An adopted teenager duped his autistic brother into accessing material about so-called Islamic State on the dark web and then turned him in to police, causing the family home to
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Cyberbullying can lead to post-traumatic stress (PTS) for both victims and bullies, the first study of its kind suggests. Experts from Imperial College London found that cyberbullying can lead to
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The Prime Minister has been urged by the NSPCC to get on with regulation of social networks, as the number of online grooming crimes topped 10,000. Under freedom of information
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Children stuck at home using the internet during lockdown is brewing a “perfect storm” for offenders to abuse online, the NSPCC has warned. The children’s charity is concerned that predators
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Technology giants and social media firms have “failed” in attempts to prevent access to child sex abuse images, allowing for “an explosion in online-facilitated” crimes against children, an inquiry has
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A woman with Down’s syndrome who was spat on at a railway station is one of the faces behind a new Police Scotland campaign encouraging people to report disability hate
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Scientists are hoping to find a way to track down paedophiles just from their hands. The pioneering programme aims to discover whether our hands are truly unique by looking at
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TikTok has announced new safety features which will allow parents to control the content their children see on the platform. The video-sharing social media app said its new family safety
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Images of child sexual abuse can be accessed on the open web in just three clicks, investigators have warned. The National Crime Agency (NCA) said offenders can orchestrate attacks on
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An SNP activist has alleged that former Scottish finance secretary Derek Mackay sent him dozens of unwanted messages over a period of four years. Shaun Cameron, 25, told the Daily
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