The Catholic Church and other religions must “take a moral lead” in tackling child sexual abuse online, a charity has said. The Internet Watch Foundation made the call ahead of
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An ad for the app PopJam that encouraged users to “get likes and followers” has been banned over concerns it could be detrimental to children’s mental health and self-esteem. The
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Cyberbullies are hiding behind claims that online abuse is “banter”, new research has claimed. To mark the start of Anti-Bullying Week on Monday, Instagram and cyberbullying charity Cybersmile have released
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The organisation responsible for emojis is being urged to introduce a person holding a yellow card and a whistleblower in a bid to take on abusive behaviour online. Tory parliamentary
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Social media company Instagram has said it will remove images, drawings and cartoons showing methods of self-harm or suicide from its platform. The move follows the death of British 14-year-old
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The BBC is launching an interactive voice news service for Alexa, allowing people to skip stories or ask for more details about the items they are interested in. From Wednesday,
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Age verification measures designed to prevent children from accessing pornography online have been dropped, the Government has announced. Under the scrapped plans, people would have to prove their age in
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Google is adding more detailed voice navigation options to its mapping app in an effort to help those with visual impairments. The feature, which is only available in the US
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A new safety and wellbeing service has been launched for women in Scotland selling or exchanging sex or sexual activity online. The service, called Click, aims to respond to the
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Twitter has launched a new filter tool which can hide spam and abusive messages that are sent to users via the platform’s direct messages feature. The tool adds a new
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