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The vast majority of the public does not comprehend the effects of cyber bullying, according to a new poll

The Samaritans charity has launched a new app which will notify Twitter users if people they follow on the site appear to be suicidal.

A recent New York Times article points to a glaring inconsistency between the amount of “screen time” toddlers have using tablets, phones and computers – and the advice of many early years specialists.

The Queen has joined the Twitter generation - sending her first ever tweet to declare a new exhibition at the Science Museum officially open. But now the account is being bombarded with questions from users desperate to grab the monarch's attention.

GPs are being urged to be on the alert for signs of cyber-bullying as part of new child safeguarding guidance launched today. Advice to help GPs identify and support children and young people at risk of child trafficking and radicalisation is also included in the new toolkit published by the Royal College of General Practitioners and leading children’s charity, the NSPCC.

Ofcom’s latest report, Children and Parents: Media Use and Attitudes Report, has revealed that almost half of children aged 5-15 go online using a tablet computer, twice as many as in 2013.

We have seen an increase in the number of children getting caught up in sexual offences – particularly through using social networks

Teenagers are reportedly being tricked and blackmailed into sending inappropriate images through social media, police have said.

A STRING of ‘obscene and offensive’ social media messages were sent to students at a Ramsbottom high school – allegedly by a fellow pupil.

With the recent iCloud hacks, news of cybercrimes against celebrities have hogged the media spotlight. What's less reported, yet equally significant, is how many average Brits fall victim to cyber attacks each year.

Internet trolls could face two years in jail under new laws. But how does the British legal system currently police online abuse, asks Tom de Castella.

Now the norm for many teens, it often predates real relationships, but has damaging effects

Ask any teen if he or she suffers from social media anxiety and the answer will probably be no.

Our life on the internet consists of games, rules and norms that do not apply in real life

Internet trolls who subject victims to vile abuse are to be jailed for up to two years under a tough Government crackdown.

Paul Parkinson has made a powerful statement about the effects of bullying on victim and family with his movie Nowhere Safe. Cyber-bullying, especially among high school teens, is a new form of terrorizing your target victim. The movie, inspired by true events tells the story of two teen girls, who victimize their target by pretending to be her.

The parents of a schoolboy who set up a fake Facebook page to ridicule a classmate are facing a libel trial because they failed to take the page down.

Schoolgirls have been sent sexually explicit and inappropriate messages on Facebook.

Teachers should keep their distance from parents as much as pupils on social media sites for fear of being “trolled” in revenge for classroom punishments, a head teacher has advised.

Merseyside children as young as nine are placing themselves in danger by swapping nude and topless photographs, a campaigner today warns.