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With secondary school pupils in England appearing to fall victim to cyberbullying more frequently than their peers across the world, according to a global survey of teachers, there is likely to be fierce debate over whether mobile phones should be banned in schools.

Head teachers in England are more likely to face problems with pupils bullying online and misusing social media than in any other developed country, an international study says.

Instagram "can't solve bullying on its own", the social media company's boss Adam Mosseri says. He's told Radio 1 Newsbeat that online bullying needs to be tackled as part of a wider plan.

Sixteen of the world’s biggest advertisers have joined together to push platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Google’s YouTube to do more to tackle dangerous and fake content online.

Barnardo's warns that internet risks 'can have a devastating impact on the lives of the UK's most vulnerable children'

Online adult sexual content can give kids extreme and unrealistic idea of sex. The best way to tackle that is by educating them about the full spectrum and range of sexual desire

Pupils with pre-existing problems may seek out disturbing issues, Chief Medical Officer tells MPs

The Home Office has been working with the Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) Association and teachers to create new and improved school curriculum materials on knife crime ahead of the summer holidays.

Anti-Bullying Week happens in schools across England each November. This year's Anti-Bullying Week has the theme Change Starts With Us and is happening from Monday 11th November - Friday 15th November 2019.

It is only a matter of time before schools become engulfed in scandals over breaches of their pupils’ data, a leading expert has warned.

Urgent action needed to inform teachers about mental health and emotional wellbeing at each stage of a child’s life, says Pam Steel

Online multiplayer game Roblox, which has 90 million users worldwide, is marketed at children - but there are fears it also being used to groom them. One mother explains how this happened to her young son.

A new annual report on what people are doing online, and their attitudes to and experiences of using the internet.

New research also shows the upsetting number of youngsters that are subjected to online bullying

79% of children claimed that they had experienced at least one potentially harmful experience online in the past 12 months.

Authorities cannot arrest their way out of the scourge of online child abuse, an expert has said. Rather than relying on the police, teachers, or social services to keep children safe, they need to be given the right information to make better decisions.

Children's charity advises teachers to look for key signs that suggest a girl may be at risk of being taken abroad for FGM

Many adolescents have trouble sleeping - but limiting screen use is not the solution. When used correctly, bedtime use of devices can be beneficial to mental health, without harming sleep quality.

A survey finds one in five people don't realise a teacher having sex with a 16-year-old pupil is a crime.

It estimates that fake accounts represent about 5% of its monthly active users globally.