The brother of Simple Minds singer Jim Kerr has been found guilty of stalking two “superfans” of the band. Paul Kerr threatened to murder John Fagan and drag his wife
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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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A Sinn Fein candidate has voiced fears for the safety of women standing for election as she expressed solidarity with a DUP candidate who was abused online. Carla Lockhart was
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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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One in five young people have been bullied in the past 12 months, with three out of four saying it has impacted their mental health, new research has found. Anti-bullying
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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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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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One of Britain’s worst paedophiles, who abused up to 200 Malaysian children, has been stabbed to death in prison. Richard Huckle was murdered at HMP Full Sutton in Yorkshire on
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Disability hate crime involving violence has risen by 41% in a year, figures suggest. Data obtained under the Freedom of Information Act by charity Leonard Cheshire also showed the number
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