Social Media – Care Appointments

New task force to examine action to tackle online harms to children

By Craig Paton, Reporter22nd January 2025News Scotland, Webwatch

The Scottish Government will convene a new task force to look at what can be done to tackle online harms to children as it was urged to consider a social

Ex-care worker and mother of former police officer jailed for perverting course of justice

By George Thompson, Reporter17th December 202417th December 2024News Wales

The mother of a former police officer who was given a life sentence for child sex abuse has been sentenced to two years for perverting the course of justice, after

Prolific sex offender who targeted girls online across the UK jailed for 27 years

By Jonathan McCambridge, Reporter10th December 2024News Northern Ireland

A prolific sex offender from Northern Ireland, who posed as a teenage boy on Snapchat and Instagram to trap his child victims, has been sentenced to 27 years in prison.

Webwatch: Social media ban for children ‘brilliant idea’ for tackling abuse – charity boss

By Rosie Shead, Reporter2nd December 2024Webwatch

A social media ban for young children is “a brilliant idea” for tackling abuse, the chair of a domestic violence charity has said. Hetti Barkworth-Nanton, chair of Refuge charity, emphasised

‘Monster’ social worker who sent explicit Snapchat messages to teenagers jailed

By Anahita Hossein-Pour, Reporter27th September 2024News England

A social worker was described as a “monster” as he was jailed for sexually messaging two young teenagers on Snapchat and accessing records of another teenager he had a relationship

Webwatch: Online safety rules don’t go far enough, bereaved parents say

By Martyn Landi, Reporter8th May 2024Webwatch

A group of bereaved parents have warned that the Online Safety Act does not yet go far enough to protect children on social media. Bereaved Families for Online Safety have

Mother’s anger after coroner finds Army failures contributed to Jaysley’s death

Thirty councils in severe financial distress granted support to protect services

More than half of councils face insolvency over special needs spending – survey

Man with Down’s syndrome died after care worker ‘landed on him’ in swimming pool

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