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Social media challenge has seen children burning themselves with salt and ice

Specialist detectives are investigating after a stranger managed to log into a primary school live streaming service - and performed a sex act in front of the children.

The 23 year old used the popular Minecraft site to befriend the boys aged 12 and 14, before carrying out a string of sexual offences online.

Research findings prompt call for e-safety to be a part of every teacher's ongoing CPD

The Headteacher was fed up of pupils spending time on their phones, but she found it wouldn't be possible after advice from Ofcom and council

Checking social media at night means that teenagers are constantly tired at school, academics say

GoBubble from eCadets puts an end to unwanted friend requests, dubious content and the potential for cyber-bullying.

A study of screen time and mental wellbeing among teenagers has suggested moderate use of devices may be beneficial in a connected world.

Police are likely to see a rise in cases involving children bullying and threatening each other by posting naked images online, a chief constable has warned.

Parents worry about their children being bullied online, but what if it is your child who is doing the bullying?

The Daily Mail is reporting that the Prime Minister is instilling plans to tackle cyber bullying, including training teachers to spot signs.

Twitter is a fun, micro-blogging site which brings Rachel Hawkins humour, information and knowledge. All in equal doses. However, yesterday, things took something of a sinister turn.

A film showing the final two weeks of murdered schoolgirl Kayleigh Haywood's life has encouraged children to report cases of grooming online.

They live out their lives online: if you haven’t photographed it and didn’t Snapchat it, it didn’t really happen. But all this is happening with no navigation and precious little protection, according to the Children’s Commissioner for England, who says the internet just isn’t designed for children even though they use it all the time.

Fraudsters posing as government officials are contacting schools in attempts to hold important computer files to ransom, police have said.

Youngsters are being left to fend for themselves on the internet against dangers such as bullying and grooming, a report has said.

Despite the phenomenal rise in computing over the last 50 years, the birth of the internet, and our ever increasing reliance on technology, women are still not engaging with computer science at the same rate as men.

Forget quitting smoking and exercising more, why not make a different type of resolution for 2017 – to help your kids use the internet safely?

Step-by-step instructions on setting parental controls for your video game console, handheld device or computer

In 2015/16 there were 3,716 Childline counselling sessions about online sexual abuse, a 24 per cent increase from 2014/15