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Vulnerable children are being left at risk of sexual abuse from within their family by the failings of state agencies tasked with keeping them safe, according to a damning report into child protection.

Parents are oblivious of the extent to which their children are watching pornography, according to a rare in-depth study of teenagers’ viewing habits that shows adult material has become a normalised part of young Britons’ lives.

Anne Longfield, the children’s commissioner for England, said there was a “chasm” between the services that were available for children and what they actually needed, adding that children’s mental health services were “the poor relation” in terms of NHS funding.

More than half of children say they sleep with their mobile phone beside their bed, according to an annual survey of young people's use of media. The Childwise report found children getting mobiles at an earlier age, with most now having their own phone by the age of seven.

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New research with schools in the US and France shows that teachers perceive the benefits and harms of tech use for students differently depending on the student’s race, social class and disability status.

A study by BT indicates that 56% of parents admitted they find it difficult to talk about tech and social media because of a lack of knowledge on the subject.

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The Internet Watch Foundation, which removes child abuse imagery from the internet, said men would approach children as young as 11 online.

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Standards that would force tech giants to make children’s privacy online a primary consideration have been published by the UK’s data regulator.

British children will get the right to know when their parents are spying on them online under a binding code for technology firms, a data watchdog announced on Wednesday.

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The father of a teenage girl who took her own life after watching graphic self-harm and suicide material on Instagram is backing a campaign to make social media giants hand over their data to mental health researchers.

Social media companies such as Facebook and Instagram should be forced to hand over data about who their users are and why they use the sites in an attempt to reduce suicide among children and young people, a new report suggests.

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Mental health issues are manifesting in "younger and younger" students, NI's children's commissioner has said. Koulla Yiasouma has called for an expansion in the mental health services available to primary school students.

Organised child abuse is happening up and down the country and requires billions of pounds to fix, writes children's commissioner Anne Longfield OBE.