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Vulnerable Children Will Keep Falling Prey To Grooming Gangs Unless Government Gets Serious
Organised child abuse is happening up and down the country and requires billions of pounds to fix, writes children's commissioner Anne Longfield OBE.
Story from: Huffington Post
15 Jan 2020
90 online abuse crimes against children recorded a day, NSPCC estimates
The charity reckons more than 25,300 child abuse image and sexual grooming offences have occurred since the Online Harms White Paper was published.
Story from: Express & Star
14 Jan 2020
How Instagram Has Helped Me Succeed In My Studies
Social media is something that we’re all far too familiar with, and although there may be a negative stigma surrounding it, it helps us on a daily basis.
Story from: Media by Example
13 Jan 2020
UK Somalis 'racially profiled' over FGM
Parents are wrongly being arrested and having their children taken into care due to the stigma around female genital mutilation (FGM), members of the UK Somali community have told this programme.
Story from: BBC
13 Jan 2020
BANTER OR BULLYING
A REPORT EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BANTER AND BULLYING IN THE U.K
Story from: The Cybersmile Foundation
13 Jan 2020
One in four young people with mental health referral 'rejected'
Data shows NHS rejection rates have remained unchanged despite additional investments
Story from: The Guardian
10 Jan 2020
Childline review of 2018-19 shows decrease in demand for support for bullying
Calls made to the service, where the main concern of the call was bullying, dropped by 21.6 percent, whereas calls made to the service, where the main concern of the call was mental health and well-being, increased by 4.4 percent.
Story from: Anti-Bullying Alliance
09 Jan 2020
Don't 'demonise' mobile phones, schools' leader urges
Private schools' leader says they can't be 'Luddite' or 'stick their heads in the sand' about pupil use of mobile phones
Story from: TES
08 Jan 2020
Child sex abuse: Record number of images dealt with, charity says
More than a quarter of a million reports of online images and videos of child sexual abuse were dealt with by the Internet Watch Foundation in 2019.
Story from: BBC
07 Jan 2020
Children filming themselves in graphic sexual videos for 'likes' online in growing trend
New trend revealed as a record number of webpages are reported to the Internet Watch Foundation in 2019
Story from: Independent
07 Jan 2020
County lines dealers 'posing as students to sell class A drugs'
Drug dealers are enrolling on courses or recruiting from halls of residence, experts warn
Story from: The Guardian
06 Jan 2020
WhatsApp sets record as more than 100 billion messages sent on New Year's Eve
More communications were sent on 31 December than on any other day in the app's 10-year history.
Story from: Sky News
03 Jan 2020
From Libra to TikTok: Ones to watch in tech for 2020
Technology looks set to transform the world we live in further in 2020, as policies develop and new players make their mark.
Story from: ITV News
01 Jan 2020
Thousands of children under 14 have been investigated by police for sexting
Critics say children are being given police records for behaviour they do not fully understand
Story from: The Guardian
30 Dec 2019
‘Radical rethink’ on grooming gangs needed, says NSPCC after 19,000 children sexually exploited in year
Many groomed children do not realise they are being abused, warns charity
Story from: Independent
30 Dec 2019
Data regulator hones in on TikTok as it makes child safety top priority for 2020
The Information Commissioner says she expects her office’s current investigation into TikTok to be complete ‘in the coming months’
Story from: BT.com
26 Dec 2019
Smartphone night modes may not actually help you sleep, say scientists
Has our campaign against blue light been completely misguided?
Story from: Tech Radar
18 Dec 2019
Plans to halt female genital mutilation can be 'effective', MSPs told
New protection orders aimed at halting female genital mutilation can be an "effective and proven approach" to dealing with the problem, MSPs have been told.
Story from: The Scotsman
18 Dec 2019
Female genital mutilation (FGM)
Female genital mutilation is illegal. We've got advice to help you keep children and young people safe.
Story from: NSPCC
17 Dec 2019
Instagram takes aim at ‘offensive’ captions with new warning prompts
The social media platform is deploying AI in the hopes of reducing online bullying
Story from: Tech Radar
17 Dec 2019
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