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The Department for Education's (DfE) new 'Keeping children safe in education' statutory guidance comes into force on the 3rd September 2018. Thankfully, it mentions online safety throughout and acknowledges that abuse can take place online.

Increasing numbers of primary school pupils are exhibiting “harmful sexual behaviour” as a result of the web - with others groomed in their bedrooms in live broadcasts, Barnardo's said.

Social media devotees are being encouraged to "take back control" and stop scrolling through their feeds for an entire month.

More than 1,000 people were surveyed for the research, and just 1% of respondents believe that platforms such as Facebook, Snapchat and Instagram make bullying less of a problem among children. Almost two in three of those polled - 64% - think smartphones should be banned from schools

The Government’s green paper on children's mental health ‘doesn’t go far enough’ in tackling the challenges many young people are facing, local government leaders warn.

The NSPCC says more than 100,000 abused children in Yorkshire & Humber are being "let down" and the charity's findings show 64 per cent of NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups' local mental health plans "failed to properly plan for the needs of abused children."

The news comes as the Joint Council for Qualifications have set up dedicated teams to monitor social media as part of moves to clamp down on cheating.

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Pupils at top schools are being groomed to work as drugs couriers because they are more likely to escape attention, it is claimed. Middle-class children as young as 12 are being pressured to join crime gangs through intimidation and blackmail as well as the lure of “status” and cash.

PARENTS and grandparents are more likely to be concerned about children being exposed to trolling or bad language online than grooming, according to a poll.

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Schools in Manchester have put out a warning over a smartphone app they say is fuelling cyberbullying among teens. Tellonym is an anonymous messaging app that was launched on iOS and Android in 2016.

Health education is to be made compulsory in all schools in England under new government plans following growing concerns about mental health problems among young people.

Teachers will be expected to teach pupils how to spot poor mental health as well as how to stay healthy

C4 Dispatches documentary finds moderators left Britain First’s pages alone as ‘they generate a lot of revenue’

Damian Hinds writes in The Telegraph. Children today have never known a time when a phone couldn’t navigate you through life.

The largest ever survey - of how 40,000 seven to 16-year-olds used the internet - showed one in ten who live chatted with strangers had been asked to change or undress

Metal hidden in underwear will be detected by airport scanners – and stop children being flown abroad

Sky has called on the internet industry to consider forming a co-regulatory body to provide independent oversight of platforms' content policies.