Scottish Finance Secretary Derek Mackay has resigned after admitting he had “behaved foolishly”, following reports he sent hundreds of messages to a 16-year-old boy. The father-of-two stepped down just hours
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Knife crime, mental health problems and dangers online will be the biggest threats to children’s safety in the coming decade, a survey suggests. The concerns are among the top five
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A former X Factor contestant who groomed and induced teenage boys to send him indecent images for money has been jailed by a judge who branded him a “despicable creature”.
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A predator who posed as a boy on a teenage dating site to groom children into sexual activity has been jailed for six years, police said. Valmiki Rampersad, 47, targeted
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Standards that would force tech giants to make children’s privacy online a primary consideration have been published by the UK’s data regulator. The final Age Appropriate Design Code has been
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The first stalking prevention order is thought to have been handed down by the courts within hours of new rules coming into force. The order was issued at Brighton Magistrates’
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Social media giants should be forced to hand over data and pay towards research into their potential harms, a new report backed by the father of Molly Russell argues. Concerns
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The Prime Minister has been urged to make it his Government’s priority to protect children from sexual abuse. During PMQs, former Tory cabinet minister Maria Miller, who was chair of
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About a third of explicit images of children found online by an internet watchdog are selfies, new figures show. The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) took action over 124,605 images of
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Ninety cyber crimes a day have been recorded against children since the introduction of Government plans to tackle online harms, the NSPCC estimates. The charity predicts that more than 25,300
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