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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Instagram users can now raise awareness of and donate directly to charities following the introduction of a donation sticker to the Stories section of the social media app. The sticker
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More than 200,000 secondary school children may have been groomed online, research suggests. A survey carried out on behalf of children’s charity the NSPCC found that around 4% of young
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Campaigners are calling for urgent reform to so-called “digital strip searches” of crime victims by police. New digital disclosure consent forms have been rolled out to all 43 police forces
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Social media guidelines have been published by the Church of England for the first time in a bid to tackle online abuse and misleading content. The Archbishop of Canterbury will
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Funding of £90,000 has been announced for a new advice package on the healthy use of social media and screen time. The Scottish Youth Parliament and the Children’s Parliament are
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