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The Spring issue is full of features, reviews and articles that will inspire you to assist in keeping children safe online.

New research from ESET, the pioneer of proactive protection and the maker of the award-winning ESET NOD32® technology, has today revealed that parents are feeling increasingly concerned about the inappropriate content their children are seeing on the internet.

Over a year, young people from across Europe submitted and then voted on Youth Manifesto Principles. The resulting Youth Manifesto contains ten principles reflecting the digital rights and opportunities that Europe’s young people view as most essential for building a better internet.

6 Things You Can Do to Protect Yourself

A recent project challenged young people to go cold turkey on using digital devices for a week. The results suggest compulsion – not addiction – is the issue

Bullying has always been an issue when it comes to school kids, but the trouble is that these days picking on the seemingly weaker youngsters in the playground isn’t the end of the matter – thanks to online connectivity, bullying can continue at home, outside of school.

The male headmaster of a leading all-girls’ grammar school has been sacked after sending a series of private emails to a teenage pupil, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.

Children struggle to read emotions and are less empathetic than a generation ago because they spend too much time using tablets and smartphones, a leading psychiatrist has warned.

Four in ten teenagers have fallen victim to cyber criminals as they carelessly reveal personal details on social media, a new survey shows. Figures reveal that more than 41 per cent of teenagers aged 18 and under have been targeted by fraudsters looking to obtain their PIN number or bank details.

Twitter has announced new updates to its service and policy in an effort to crack down on cyberbullying. The company has been outspoken about its failures to tackle online abuse, but new changes to the platform should help tackle the issue.

How much time do you spend connected to the internet? If you're a message junkie, YouTube addict, or use the web for business, you are leaving tracks that can be followed. We all have what has been dubbed a 'digital footprint' with some being larger than others.

Once upon a time parents were able to sleep easy at night, knowing their young teenage children were safely tucked up in their bedrooms and well away from danger.

Avon and Somerset police say they have arrested a 22-year-old man over "homophobic messages" posted on social media.

On Friday 15th May, the NSPCC are inviting people to gather round to play their favourite board games. Raising money to keep children safe

Facebook-owned photo sharing app Instagram has revamped its community guidelines to reflect a tougher stance on nudity, pornography and harassment.

Twitter’s broadcasting platform is personal, immediate and sometimes thrilling - but also often really boring

Young people are deserting social media sites such as Facebook in a bid to ditch online relationships with their parents, a new report has revealed. Research showed a third of younger internet users admitted deleting social media accounts because their parents had started to use the same site.

Recent news stories making startling claims have come off the back of polls that were conducted by research companies. But how trustworthy are they?

The head of an elite Victorian private school has resigned after a photograph of him looking at pornography on his work commuter circulated on social media.

Facebook is being sued by some 25,000 users for alleged violations of European privacy laws in a class action suit due in a Vienna court later