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An Essex primary school teacher, was banned in May last year for sending suggestive messages to her pupil through the social media apps.

A Highland teacher is facing a disciplinary hearing after being accused of making a series of “inappropriate” remarks to pupils.

The internet was used in more than 3,000 sex crimes against children in England and Wales over the past year, according to the NSPCC. The youngest victim was a one-year-old infant.

Algeria has temporarily blocked access to social media across the country in an attempt to fight cheating in secondary school exams. Almost half of students are being forced to retake the baccalaureat exam, starting on Sunday, after the initial session was marred by online leaking.

Research reveals that 94% of children who have seen online pornography were exposed to it by age 14 and many saw images by accident in pop-up ads

Advice is in response to increase in number of offences and concern among schools that children are not over-criminalised

Some argue that technology has an immensely positive influence on our closest relationships. But we shouldn’t be too quick to generalise. Technology can also have a toxic effect on intimate relationships, one of which is Facebook’s own potential to exacerbate romantic insecurity.

The C.E.O.s of Britain's leading telecoms companies, UK and European heads of the world's largest technology firms, and World Wide Web creator Sir Tim Berners-Lee are among the leaders that have been announced today as founding members of The Duke of Cambridge's Taskforce on the Prevention of Cyberbullying.

Shields, who wants to try and protect people, particularly children, from online pedophiles and terrorist groups, said regulation is "never the right solution."

Report submitted to MPs says sexual harassment in schools is not always recognised for what it is

Decisions about safeguarding concerns that seem clear when issues occur offline can be more difficult in a digital world.

Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft and YouTube have agreed to a new code of conduct drafted by the EU that commits to combating online hate speech.

A 13-year-old student from the Central Coast was met with a slew of online abuse from people she considered friends after breaking up with her boyfriend, highlighting a worrying trend in cyberbullying.

Thanks to advancements in technology, it is now easier than ever to get involved in politics and civil society. Social media, in particular, helped to mobilise thousands of people during the uprisings on Tahir Square in Egypt and the Indignados protests in Spain.

Eight out of 10 18-year-olds worldwide believe young people are in danger of being sexually abused or taken advantage of online, a Unicef study suggests.

The Visitor is reporting that students at UK universities have been warned of a new scam which aims to gain access to their bank accounts.

A Labour MP has received around 5,000 abusive posts on Twitter after launching a campaign against online bullying. Jess Phillips, Labour MP for Birmingham Yardley and founder of Recl@im the Internet, told Victoria Derbyshire many of the messages said she was not worthy of being raped.

Statutory guidance for schools and colleges - May 2016: For information only. Guidance will commence: 5 September 2016

On Friday 28th October, Twitter will host the Digital Citizenship Summit, a major gathering of organizations, industry, parenting experts, students, and more.

The average British child is given their first mobile phone at the age of 12, while almost one in 10 receives one before the age of five. But Steve Hilton, a former Downing Street policy adviser, has called for impressionable youngsters to be banned from using devices until they are 16 to protect them from early sexualisation and incorrect beliefs on sex.