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Four boys have been expelled from a public school after staff discovered they had been involved with class A drugs. Abingdon School in Oxfordshire punished the boys after allegedly finding a Facebook page called ‘drugs chat’ which showed them discussing cocaine and ecstasy.

An East Hull primary school has warned parents that pupils as young as nine are becoming targets of bullying and inappropriate content on Facebook. Staff at Marfleet Primary School in east Hull sent a letter to parents last week warning them about the existence of groups "targeting children" who have been the subject of "malicious and unpleasant discussions".

The BBC is to give a microcomputer to every year seven child in the UK as part of a scheme to encourage digital literacy.

One third of Irish mums and dads snoop through their children’s Facebook pages to keep them safe, new research has revealed....

New Zealand is preparing to introduce a new cyberbullying law from Monday (July 6), which will prevent trolling and other forms of abuse on the web. The Harmful Digital Communications Bill was passed by parliament last week and is expected to come into effect tomorrow with royal assent.

A third of children have encountered dangers on the internet but parents are disregarding the hazards and failing to educate them, according to a report.

After receiving hateful comments about her skin on social media, Em Ford of My Pale Skin made this powerful film to highlight the impact that social media has on the way we perceive ourselves.

More than a quarter of secondary pupils cannot recall whether or not they have been taught about online safety within the last year, a new Ofsted survey reveals. And a similar number have little confidence in their teachers’ knowledge of online safety issues.

‘It felt crazy that something so harmful and personal could turn so quickly into something positive. I realised we could take a stance against this kind of bullying’

If piracy and free content ended tomorrow, recording sales would multiply 17 times within three years.

Almost 100,000 pieces of terrorist or extremist content have been removed from the internet since 2010, the Government has disclosed. The figure was disclosed in a briefing note issued to schools on how social media is being used to encourage travel to Syria and Iraq.

Teacher abused his position "to foster a sexually motivated relationship" with the underage student, a teaching tribunal heard

Controversial sites ask.fm and Yik Yak are trying to improve child protection, but many social media companies are accused of not taking online safety seriously

The growth in school purchases of tablet computers is slowing down partly because parents are being expected to pay for the devices themselves, new research suggests. Currently, almost three-quarters of schools now use tablet computers such as the iPad in lessons, and there are an estimated 721,000 tablets such computers in schools.

The government has launched an anti-trolling website offering practical tips to people who find themselves the victims of online abuse on how to report the offence and where to seek help.

A teacher who sent a female pupil sexually suggestive messages on Facebook has been banned from the classroom for life.

This series of four short animated films for parents and carers offer advice on how to help keep children safe from the risks associated with the sharing of nude and nearly nude images.

The ENABLE Hackathon aims to encourage young people to work in teams with a mentor to reflect on bullying (what it is, the consequences, how it can be stopped, positive actions against bullying, etc.) in an environment geared to improving their online skills whilst celebrating their problem solving skills and creativity.

The results are in, and we can now announce that the finalists for Childnet Film Competition 2015 are…

Safer Internet Day 2016 - Play your part for a better internet!