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Records show hundreds of pupils, some as young as five, have been banned from class for a raft of "sexual misconduct"

The Department for Education is refusing to reveal details of a letter that Edward Timpson MP sent to Apple, as it seeks to ingratiate itself with the company to ensure future co-operation on child internet safety.

Aa East Yorkshire teenager has revealed how she fought back against cyber-bullying. Kira Lisseter, 18, decided to take on the anonymous bully who made abusive remarks against her online.

Let's hope Facebook's button stays an internal experiment – turning sympathy into a data point won't help those posting bad news

A headmaster was forced to apologise today after a class of 11-year-old pupils was accidentally shown haradcore porn on their classroom projector.

Eight of the world’s leading technology companies have called on the US government to implement sweeping reforms to the country’s surveillance policy ...

App promises "quick, fun exercises on the go" to help people learn to code on their smartphone

The average UK teenager owns six digital devices and posts pictures and information online, a survey says.

Parents warned after three men are convicted of grooming girls as young as 13 for sex

Young people are anonymously bullying and trolling themselves online in what some are calling cyber self-harm. Why? Internet trolling is on the increase, according to recent reports. When people are bombarded with abuse and threats on social networking sites the common assumption is that a stranger is doing it, but it's not always the case.

"Brutal" and "abhorrent" online abuse, grooming, bullying and blackmail are devastating the lives of some young people, it has been warned.

The BBC's Legal Correspondent Clive Coleman explains how to avoid legal action over tweets and status updates

Facebook has replaced its Hide All button with a more to-the-point ‘Unfollow,’ letting users block all messages and posts from selected friends. Like the previous button, it gives users the option of blocking content from certain people without offending them, say through de-friending.

Children are joining Facebook at an average age of 13 years and two months, and are tweeting for the first time aged 14 years and one month, according to Asda's Mumdex panel.

Last week, Jonathan Maitland addressed this question in the Tonight programme ‘Too young for technology’. So, how young is too young, asks Josie Gurney-Read

Student-led anti-bullying strategies, workshops for parents and circle time sessions are some of the suggestions from education experts on how schools can tackle bullying

The Global Youth Summit: BYND 2015 gathered together youth from all over the world to convene on using technology for social good, and gave them a chance to influence UN decisions

Minister warns parents to install filters on tablets and phones bought for Christmas

A teacher has upload a photo to Imgur pointing out to her students the dangers of posting images online. The unnamed woman was pictured holding a piece of paper which reads, 'I'm talking to my 5th grade students about internet safety and how a quickly a photo can be seen by lots of people. If you are reading this, please click "Like." Thanks!'

Schools have been urged to teach pupils about the risks of “sexting” as research suggests that a quarter of teenagers have shared explicit pictures of themselves via mobile phones.