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Authorities fear the youngster could have been targeted after posting personal details on social networking sites.

As part of Safer Internet Day 2014 the European commission are gathering ideas from young people about how to make the internet better.

Schools are tackling the dangerous internet drinking craze of NekNominate by reading out warnings in assemblies and putting up signs on noticeboards.

A MAN who was jailed after a mum found sexually explicit text messages on her young daughter’s phone, has failed to convince judges his sentence was too harsh.

A third British man is thought to have fallen victim to the deadly NekNominate craze. Young people have been warned against taking part in the drinking craze which has swept the nation, following the deaths of three men who had participated in the game.

A BRITISH speed skater has been subjected to a torrent of online abuse after being stripped of a silver medal at the Sochi Olympics.

.. 38 per cent were aware of their pupils sexting - sending explicit messages or photographs to their peers via their mobiles and other gadgets.

Many parents are out of touch with the dangers faced by their children on tablets and smartphones, according to a poll by BBC Learning.

Sexting is now an “everyday” occurrence in Edinburgh classrooms – sparking fears the pressure to send explicit photos is driving some pupils to the brink of suicide.

The revelation in a new report by communications watchdog Ofcom was laid bare yesterday on Safer Internet Day.

MPs in Italy have called for action against cyberbullying after a girl of 14, subjected to online abuse, killed herself in a north-eastern town.

The app is becoming the hottest new social network among American high school pupils (Facebook has been gathering dust for years). It is only out in North America at the moment, but a similar one called Whisper is available over here, and is climbing the download charts.

Children 'unaware' that explicit images are being circulated on the internet

Around half of 15 to 17-year-olds have accessed pornography on a smartphone or tablet, according to a survey seen by Newsbeat.

School pupils are having more sexually explicit conversations with each other, a teachers' union says. The ATL union says nearly 40% of its members believe the young people they teach have been pressured into viewing online pornography by their peers.

The 20-year-old said he wanted to 'outdo' everyone before drinking deadly cocktail of wine, whisky, vodka and lager

The drinking game, which has gone viral on social media this year, involves taking a video of yourself downing a drink and then "nominating" others online to do the same.

Playing violent video games for long periods of time can hold back the "moral maturity" of teenagers, according to a study in Canada.

A woman has become the first person in Britain to be jailed for trolling herself - after bombarding her own Facebook page with fake abuse.

Eleven students have been expelled from a school in southern California for allegedly hacking teachers' computers and changing their grades.