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Teenagers in Hull are publicly sharing sexually suggestive photographs of themselves on a new 'Tinder for Teens' app which can easily be accessed by paedophiles, an investigation has revealed.

Creative writing teacher began sending pupil suggestive texts after reading 50 Shades of Grey together, court hears

MOST adults in Northern Ireland do not know when children are old enough to be using social networks such as Facebook and Snapchat, new figures suggest. Nearly six in ten (59 per cent) did not realise the sites required users to be 13 or over, an NSPCC survey found.

A brave dad has shared photos of his daughter's final moments before her death from suicide on what would have been her 18th birthday.

Rachaele Hambleton, author of Part-Time Working Mummy, is raising awareness of the newest method of cyber-bullying

Facebook has been criticised for its handling of reports about sexualised images of children on its platform.

TEENAGERS are being blackmailed by online crooks pretending to be interested in having a relationship with them.

The mother of a teenager who was groomed and murdered by a man he met on the internet has called on Prime Minister Theresa May to honour her pledge to fix a legal loophole to stop sexual predators.

I’ve seen the harm online platforms can do to children, but the government is slow to respond. Its latest plans don’t go far enough

The former West Midlands Police officer and governor now faces jail after admitting three counts of making indecent images between 2009 and 2016.

The social media company will no longer wait for users to manually flag abusive content and accounts before acting.

Given that the large majority of UK adults think children should be taught about pornography and sexting in the classroom, the news that sex and relationship education is to be made compulsory in English secondary schools will be welcomed by many parents.

Education Secretary sets out plans for relationships education including online pornography, sexting and staying safe online

A Miss England finalist is inspiring teenagers to stand up to cyber bullying after she became a victim herself.

The NSPCC is calling on the Government to urgently fix a flaw in the law which means grooming children before meeting them is still not illegal.

Views of majority of adults in poll increases pressure on government to make sex education compulsory in schools

Ministers are taking action to tackle "unacceptable" online dangers facing children and young people by developing a new internet safety strategy, the Culture Secretary has announced.

Just two weeks after her daughter took her own life, Megan Evans’ mother Nicola shares how her daughter’s secret battle with cyber bullies drove her to commit suicide.

The desire to explore and manipulate our identity is a normal process of development and underpins much of the appearance-driven behaviour that we see amongst young people.

NSPCC says there is no start date for bringing legislation into force in England and Wales