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Thursday, November 05, 2009 11:02 AM

Anti-bullying Week 2009 – Be Safe in Cyberspace

The Anti-Bullying Alliance (ABA) is calling on all schools in England to take part in Anti-Bullying Week 2009, which takes place 16 -20 November. The focus will be on cyberbullying - the use of information communications technology (ICT), particularly...
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009 9:30 AM

myguide: Building parents’ and carers’ confidence online

Children's Minister Delyth Morgan yesterday launched a new facility on myguide , a free and easy-to-use tool to help parents and carers catch up with their children when it comes to the Internet. "myguide" helps provide the next step in...
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009 1:55 PM

Safeguarding online - Explaining the risk posed by violent extremism

The internet is a huge source of positive experiences that offers unprecedented opportunities for global information exchange, communication, networking and education. However, alongside these benefits are risks, often similar to those in the offline...
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Friday, June 19, 2009 11:41 AM

Childnet International Youth IGF Project

Childnet International are currently running the Youth IGF Project to capture the voice of children and young people to take to the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) a UN mandated meeting in the Autumn. The IGF is a four day international gathering that...
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Friday, June 19, 2009 10:04 AM

The Children's Charities' Coalition for Internet Safety launch their Digital Manifesto

The Children's Charities Coalition on Internet Safety ( CHIS ) has launched its "Digital Manifesto", which it is sending to all the political parties represented in the Westminster Parliament, the Scottish Parliament and the Assemblies in...
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Friday, April 24, 2009 9:06 AM

New resource from Childnet: Know It All for Primary Schools

A new resource from Childnet International is now available: Know IT All for Primary Schools. This resource has been produced specifically for the primary sector with support from Becta, the TDA and the UK Council for Child Internet Safety; KIA for Primary...
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Wednesday, April 15, 2009 12:09 PM

Becta’s “Oh, nothing much” report

The majority of parents say that they don't know as much about their child's day at school as they would like too, according to the " Oh, Nothing Much report " commissioned by Becta to support its Next Generation Learning campaign. The...
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Monday, April 06, 2009 5:01 PM

Facebook friend saves suicidal teen

A girl in America saw a suicidal comment from a UK boy on her Facebook friends list, and within three hours he was found and taken to the hospital for treatment, The Daily Mail reports here Shortly before 11.30pm on the1st April, the 16-year-old boy wrote...
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Monday, April 06, 2009 4:34 PM

Connect Safely's Top Tips to prevent Sexting

Connect Safely have launched some top tips to protect teens from ‘ Sexting' which can be found here The advice is aimed at both parents and teen and looks at the legalities, effects and consequences sexting can have both now and on young people's...
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Friday, March 27, 2009 9:39 AM

UK Council for Child Internet Safety launches working groups

On March 26th 2009 Children's Minister Delyth Morgan announced the membership for four groups of professionals tasked with taking forward the work of the UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS). Formed in September 2008, UKCCIS is a forum of...
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Thursday, March 26, 2009 10:24 AM

New EU proposals against Child Sex Abuse

The European Commission has set out plans to tighten EU law to protect children from online abuse. Announced by European Commission Vice President Jacques Barrot in charge of Justice, Freedom and Security, the proposals are aimed at replacing two existing...
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009 3:27 PM

Generation "sexting"

90 young people in UK "have been cautioned as a result of posting sexual material of themselves or their underage friends online or on their mobile phones," the Daily Mail reports. This phenomena known as "Sexting" is becoming increasingly...
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009 3:02 PM

Are today's young people raised in Captivity?

Dr Tanya Byron - author of the 2008 Byron Review into child safety on the Web and when using videogames - has stated that the risk-averse society we are currently living in is keeping children cooped up at home on a "global playground" called...
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009 1:27 PM

Website for Young People about protecting Personal Data online

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) contains pages for young people , aimed at helping them to protect personal information and consider what they are posting online. http://www.ico.gov.uk/youth.aspx The website aims to encourage teenagers...
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Friday, February 27, 2009 10:47 AM

"Who wnts 2 no?" - Free Online Safety Resource available for Schools and Libraries

A new internet Safety book " Who wnts 2 no? " is being launched on the 5 th March 2009 and is available free to all Schools and Libraries across the UK. The book explores online situations with the "Cybernuts" to help children and...
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Friday, February 27, 2009 9:55 AM

Plagiarism Awareness Teaching Materials for Secondary Schools

Plagiarism is a high-profile issue for schools, particularly issues relating to the internet and coursework. Netskills have created some resources to support Secondary Achools in raising awareness and in tackling this issue which can be used with staff...
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009 3:24 PM

Social Networking Sites commit to new EC Agreement

The European Commission has completed a deal with internet companies to help protect children using social networking sites. The agreement was signed at the Safer Internet Day, which was organised by the European Commission as a means of self-regulation...
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Tuesday, January 06, 2009 4:15 PM

Age ratings a possibility for websites

Websites could potentially be given film/gaming style age-ratings to limit children's access to harmful and offensive materials. Culture Secretary Andy Burnham has said clearer standards need to define what can be displayed online. Mr Burnham has...
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Wednesday, December 17, 2008 4:24 PM

More than half of UK adults meet with online friends

A recent study called “ Digital World, Digital Life ” conducted by market researcher TNS Global, has revealed that more than half of all adults who first made contact online go on to meet face to face . More than 27,000 participants aged 18 to 55 across...
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Tuesday, December 16, 2008 12:36 PM

2008 Year-End Google Zeitgeist

Google has published its year-end Zeitgeist 2008. It's a tool which reveals what internet users are searching for by studying the aggregation of the billions of search queries that people type into the Google search box. Most popular 10 Searches in...
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Monday, December 15, 2008 4:53 PM

A "youtube for all of us"?

Youtube has recently announced making changes “ the collective YouTube experience even better”. The aims of the new ideas from youtube are to ensure users find content that is relevant and appropriate and that inappropriate material is removed quickly...
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008 11:38 AM

Is time spent online wasted?

A 3 year long project by American researchers exploring how kids use digital media in their everyday lives has been published as the " Digital Youth Project ". The "Kids' Informal Learning with Digital Media: An Ethnographic Investigation...
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Friday, October 03, 2008 3:39 PM

e-Safety and Web 2.0 report published

Becta recently commissioned the University of Nottingham in conjunction with London Knowledge Lab and Manchester Metropolitan University to research Web 2.0 technologies for learning at Key Stages 3 and 4. The aims of this research was to help shape Becta's...
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Monday, September 29, 2008 8:09 PM

UK Council for Child Internet Safety launched

The UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS) has been launched today wth the aim to help protect children from "harmful" web content, such as cyber-bullying and violent video games. The UK Council for Child Internet Safety wants to work...
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Wednesday, September 10, 2008 11:41 AM

New Social Networking site launched for Parents of Teenagers

Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Parentline Plus has launched a new social networking site aimed at parents of teenagers. It has been funded by the government and also runs a 24-hour helpline. Gotateenager is a "social networking...
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Monday, September 01, 2008 10:10 AM

Gold Farming Increasing in Developing Countries

Research by Manchester University shows that almost 500,000 people in developing nations are earning a wage by making virtual goods in online games (known as gold-farming )to sell to players and the industry is increasing rapidly. The industry (about...
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Tuesday, August 19, 2008 10:11 AM

Beatbullying launches new site for Young People

Anti-bullying charity Beatbullying has launched a new website for young people. The revamped website includes social networking, blogging, music uploading and video features. It enables young people of all ages to share thier own videos, photos and upload...
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Friday, August 15, 2008 10:25 AM

UK Youth Online Unconference

The UK Youth Online Unconference is a free event for anyone with an interest in how technology impacts upon, or can be used in, work with under 18s. It will be an opportunity to discuss, demonstrate and explore what the latest online developments mean...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2008 9:40 AM

Kitemark for Child Safety Online

A new "Kitemark for Child Safety Online has been launched with the Home Office and Ofcom to provide consumers - especially parents - reassurance that their children will not be subjected to undesirable web content." Becta have played a key role...
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Thursday, July 24, 2008 2:12 PM

Internet Service Providers sign up to tackle Online Music Piracy

Six of the UK's largest Internet Service Providers (ISPs), BT, Virgin, Orange, Tiscali, BSkyB and Carphone Warehouse, have agreed to join with the Music industry to try and tackle the growing issue of online piracy. The proposal from the government...
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