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Paedophile who posed as a 15-year-old girl to ‘bait’ teenage boys online is jailed
A paedophile who pretended to be a 15-year-old girl to coerce teenage boys to engage in sexual activity online has been jailed for four years.
Story from: ITV News
07 Oct 2019
How pupil banter becomes the toxic maleness of politics
Tackling classroom banter will not only stop bullying – it will also prevent the racist and sexist trolling of public figures, says Bernard Trafford
Story from: TES
06 Oct 2019
Fears Facebook’s messaging encryption plans could 'stop child abusers being caught'
Politicians have called on the social media platform to think again before introducing end-to-end encryption for its messaging services, claiming the “right balance is not being struck” and changes could make the platform an “unsafe space”.
Story from: ITV News
04 Oct 2019
Free Webinar: A Practical Solution to Supporting Pupil Mental Health
Pastoral Support Officer Jaime Traynor and tootoot Co-Founder Michael Brennan discusses how tootoot supports pupil mental health
Story from: tootoot
04 Oct 2019
What is peer-on-peer abuse?
Sean Harford, National Director for Education, and Yvette Stanley, National Director for Social Care, discuss peer-on-peer abuse: what it is, what schools should be doing when it happens and how we’ve trained our inspectors to recognise it.
Story from: Gov.uk
04 Oct 2019
Instagram expands its 'Restrict' tool to fight online bullying
Restricted people won't be able to see when you're active or when you've read their direct messages
Story from: Kent Live
03 Oct 2019
Safer Internet Day 2020 Supporters registration now open!
Schools and organisations are now able to register as Safer Internet Day Supporters to share what they are doing for the day!
Story from: UK Safer Internet Centre
02 Oct 2019
Safer Internet Day 2020 Supporters registration now open!
Schools and organisations are now able to register as Safer Internet Day Supporters to share what they are doing for the day!
Story from: Childnet
02 Oct 2019
New DAUK/HMC report identifies latest online trends
THE LATEST CHALLENGES FACING YOUNG PEOPLE USING MOBILE PHONES AND OTHER DEVICES ARE REVEALED IN THE FIRST TECH CONTROL ANNUAL REPORT, LAUNCHED BY HMC AND DIGITAL AWARENESS UK
Story from: HMC
01 Oct 2019
'Sadfishing' social media warning from school heads
A social-media "trend" is leaving young people with genuine mental health problems "facing unfair and distressing criticism", private-school leaders say.
Story from: BBC
01 Oct 2019
How to talk to young people about mental health
You don’t have to be an expert in mental health to support and talk to a young person about their mental health. The young person is the expert of their own mental health so let them educate you on how they feel.
Story from: The Children's Society
01 Oct 2019
Children as young as seven are stumbling onto porn, UK regulator warns
The majority of young people's first time watching pornography was accidental, with over 60% of children 11-13 who had seen pornography saying their viewing of porn is unintentional.
Story from: Herald Scotland
26 Sep 2019
Social media 'not linked' to poor pupil mental health
Effects of social media use on mental health of young people is about the same as wearing glasses or eating potatoes, says leading academic
Story from: TES
25 Sep 2019
Children’s rights and resilience in the digital world
The Sydney eSafety 2019 conference saw policy makers, researchers and practitioners from different fields and countries come together to discuss how to improve children’s digital lives.
Story from: Global Kids Online
24 Sep 2019
Cyber bullying statistics
51 critical cyber bullying statistics in 2019
Story from: BroadbandSearch
23 Sep 2019
Pupil Voice Week – Our Top Picks
As Pupil Voice Week is just a few days away, we thought we would give you a quick run-down of our favourite resources on offer this year
Story from: tootoot
20 Sep 2019
Yorkshire boy, 13, said he wanted to go fight for ISIS
A 13-year-old boy from Yorkshire was caught drawing Daesh logos on his hands and told a social worker he wanted to go and fight for the Islamic State.
Story from: Yorkshire Post
19 Sep 2019
County lines: how drugs gangs are recruiting children
Aamna Mohdin tells Rachel Humphreys how county lines gangs are stepping up their operations by using short-term holiday flats and recruiting local teens to sell drugs in small towns around Britain.
Story from: The Guardian
19 Sep 2019
BBC launches 'digital wellbeing' Own It app for children
The app will offer advice alongside the text and messages children type
Story from: BBC
18 Sep 2019
Children showing signs of stress and anxiety, parents say
The findings, published by the Booktrust, come at a time of growing attention on children’s mental health and wellbeing.
Story from: ITV News
17 Sep 2019
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