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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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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Schoolchildren seeking solace online are being affected by the latest toxic social media trend – “sadfishing”, a new report warns. Youngsters are being accused of attention-seeking after sharing details about
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A child abuser already serving a 10-year jail sentence has been handed more than three extra years after a “vindictive campaign of social media trolling” against one of his victims.
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How often do we hear public figures talking about the need to “call out” racism? It seems a simple remedy – those airing abhorrent views being shamed and forced to
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The number of grooming crimes recorded by police has risen by a third, figures suggest. Children’s charity the NSPCC said police recorded 4,373 offences of sexual communication with a child
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Google’s video site YouTube has been fined 170 million US dollars (£139 million) to settle allegations it collected children’s personal data without their parents’ consent. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
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Nearly a quarter of a million children are unhappy in the UK, according to new research by a children’s charity. It is the lowest rate of happiness among the nation’s
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Cyber-bullying and lack of sleep have a bigger impact on children’s mental health than social media use, a study has found. UK researchers found a significant link between children who
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