In the News

Launched today by the UK Safer Internet Centre, the Safer Internet Day Quiz is a fun and interactive way for young people and their families to test their knowledge about online safety.

A legal lacuna has allowed a stalker who posted the name of his 15-year-old victim on Facebook to escape a conviction for breaching an anonymity order.

More than a quarter of children own a handheld computer before they reach the age of eight, a report has revealed. Millions of parents fear their children are ‘addicted’ to gadgets, and that their offspring ‘feel lost’ if they are not allowed to play with them, according to the research.

Bitly is working with Symantec to clean up malicious links, the result of API keys left visible on the Web

Anonib or Anonymous Image Bank shows pictures of girls as young as 15 from Cirencester and demeans them with comments such as “slut” and “bitch”.

Strategies of parental protection for children online

The Naace Strategic Conference 2014 takes places in Nottingham on 27-28 March and will see Naace celebrate its 30th anniversary. The conference is open to both Naace members and non-members and is suitable for teachers, school leaders, advisors and consultants working within and across all phases of UK education.

Pupils should be taught about the dangers of “sexting” and “cyberbullying” as part of updated sex education classes, David Cameron said yesterday.

The education of 500,000 children in the UK is suffering because they have no home internet, campaigners say - with the poorest often most at risk.

OMG! The text message is on its way out a little over 20 years after it arrived to revolutionise how the world communicates. New and cheaper ‘instant message’ alternatives available from smartphones connected to the web, such as Snapchat and WhatsApp, are taking over.

A teenager in Canada has been found guilty of possessing and disseminating child pornography after sending text messages containing naked images of her boyfriend's ex-girlfriend.

Apple has rejected an invitation from Children's Minister Ed Timpson to join the Department for Education (DfE) council that is tasked with keeping children safe online.

Once again Naace will be supporting the Bett show in a number of capacities - including curating three of the Learn Live session strands and putting on a 45 minute ICT Mark case study in the main Arena.

A respected teacher’s career lay in ruins today after he was jailed for leading a seedy double life as an internet predator who stalked teenage girls using online messaging services.

The internet gives a priceless voice to the marginalised – but the Caroline Criado-Perez abuse case shows that freedom of expression does not mean freedom from consequences

Tablet ownership has more than doubled in the past few years – and as many parents are finding, children are highly proficient at using them. But are these devices harmful to their development? Or do they encourage 'technological intelligence'?

The charity Childline says it has seen a large increase in the number of children contacting it with concerns about online bullying. It saw 4,507 cases of cyberbullying in 2012-13, up from 2,410 in 2011-12.

Two people have pleaded guilty to sending "menacing" tweets to feminist campaigner Caroline Criado-Perez.

The faceless internet means beating bullying is harder than ever – drastic measures are sometimes required

As UK Prime Minister David Cameron’s efforts to block access to extreme material online – including child pornography – spark a furious debate about creeping censorship, Ireland has an opportunity to strike a balance and lead the way forward.