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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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Wednesday, July 16, 2008 12:57 PM

Junior Safety Zones for the World Wide Web

Merlin John has recently written a article, published on the FutureLabs website considering how Primary Schools can use the internet as teaching tool whilst taking into account e-Safety considerations. Merlin states how Primary Schools across the UK are...
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008 10:42 AM

DCSF publishes action plan to implement Byron Recommendations

Yesterday, 24th June 2008, the Government published an action plan detailing how the recommendations from March 2008s Byron Review will be implemented. The report was published by Children’s Minister Kevin Brennan, Home Office Minister Vernon Coaker and...
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Thursday, May 15, 2008 3:52 PM

Byron Review - The Next Steps

An announcement by the Government (See here ): "Kevin Brennan and Vernon Coaker today announced the UK Council for Child Internet Safety will launch in September 2008, six months ahead of the recommended timescale set out by Dr Tanya Byron in her...
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Thursday, May 08, 2008 10:13 AM

UK Hector's World available for KS1

Press Release from CEOP today: "Hector's World is available at www.thinkuknow.co.uk/hectorsworld Children as young as five years old are the focus of a new online safety programme being launched today, Thursday 8th May 2008, by the Child Exploitation...
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Monday, April 28, 2008 2:30 PM

Teachtoday - Making sense of technology

A new teachers' website which delivers a strong lesson in e-safety has been launched: teachtoday This website has been set up to help to support the many teachers that feel the need to address e-safety issues but worry that they do not know enough...
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Thursday, March 27, 2008 9:56 AM

The Byron Review

A six month study which announces the first national strategy for child internet safety has been set out in a report for government today by Dr Tanya Byron named as "Safer Children in a Digital World" The report argues that the government and...
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Thursday, March 27, 2008 9:14 AM

Todays Children are being "raised online"

A recent report by the Institute for Public Policy Research ( IPPR) ahead of the impending Byron review , which will be offical released later today, has uncovering some interesting figures about how much time and access today’s youth has to the internet...
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Monday, February 25, 2008 2:35 PM

Internet Safety Survey – Social Networking sites and Schools

Kent County Council has been asked to circulate a survey which is aimed at schools to investigate their experiences and perceptions on social networking sites. It was originally conducted by the SWGfL in the summer and Becta has asked that all authorities...
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