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Monday, February 06, 2012 8:59 AM

Beatbullying publish updated report "Virtual Violence II": The Real Impact Of Cyberbullying Revealed

Beatbullying today publishes Virtual Violence II: Progress and Challenges in the Fight against Cyberbullying - an in-depth study of the state of cyberbullying amongst children, young people and teachers in the UK. The report is commissioned by Nominet...
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Wednesday, August 24, 2011 11:11 AM

Facebook New Privacy Setting Changes: an e-Safety perspective

In the next few days Facebook will be rolling out changes to its privacy settings options to all users. Facebook state that they believe the new privacy settings will offer more control to users and will make managing personal data more visual and straightforward...
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Monday, August 01, 2011 4:12 PM

New research on Cyberbullying published

Anglia Ruskin University has published a study which identifies how bullying via texts, e-mails, social networks can have detrimental effects on mental health for people aged 11 to 19.This reseacrh would estimate that nearly one in five UK youngsters...
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Wednesday, February 16, 2011 4:23 PM

Professional Abuse Survey

A news article from the BBC from last year highlighted the concerns of professionals working with young people becoming victims on online abuse: Teachers bullied by 'hate sites ' In the light of increasing concerns around this issue, The South...
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Thursday, September 16, 2010 9:42 AM

New e-Safety Resources and Information - September 2010

Below is a selection of new tools and resources to help with your e-Safety practice in this school year! Teach Today - Teacher of the Month Competition Teach Today is a website which aims to help education professionals understand new technologies and...
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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 9:22 AM

First Cyberbully jailed in UK

A Worcestershire teenager is thought to be the first person in Britain jailed for social network bullying after threatening to kill someone on Facebook. In jailing 18-year-old Keeley Houghton up for three months in a young offenders institution, District...
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Monday, May 11, 2009 1:53 PM

The Big Stand - take a stand against Cyberbullying

Beatbullying is asking every every person in the UK, young people and adults, to stand up at 10am on Thursday 14 May, as a national sign of defiance against bullying and cyberbullying and in solidarity with the millions of young people being bullied and...
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Friday, April 17, 2009 11:11 AM

New DCSF guidance on cyberbullying of school staff

On the 15th April, 2009 Childnet International and the DCFS launched new guidance on Cyberbullying in relation to ‘Supporting School Staff'. This new document builds on the 2007 Safe to Learn Cyberbullying guidance, and provides advice for employers...
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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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Wednesday, March 18, 2009 10:47 AM

New support for Children and Young People experiencing Cyberbullying

New websites and support have been launched this month with the aim of supporting the increasing numbers of young people experiencing Cyberbullying. One in five 11-16 year olds in the UK say they have experienced cyberbullying and three quarters say they...
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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, 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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Monday, May 19, 2008 10:47 AM

Cyberbullying - not just for kids

A recent news report from BBC News worldwide stated how a 49 year old woman, Lori Drew from Missouri USA, who set up a fake Myspace Profile to cyberbully a 13 year old girl who later committed suicide, is facing criminal charges. D rew has been indicted...
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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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Tuesday, March 18, 2008 10:41 AM

Cyberbullying for teachers too?

An article in The Times this week discusses the ideas raised at the annual Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) conference 2008, that teachers are becoming increasingly at risk of being victims of Cyberbullying.. A recent ALT poll found that 1...
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Friday, February 08, 2008 2:15 PM

Safer Internet Day 2008

On the 15th February 2008, Schools across the globe are being invited to participat e in insafe ’s "Safer Internet Day". Schools are encouraged to use the day to reflect on key issues within their school and to raise an awareness of safer internet use...
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Friday, November 30, 2007 6:31 AM

YouTube & Beatbullying join forces with new channel

YouTube has launched a new channel to encourage young people to denounce the intimidation. Children & Young People can post their own videos and messages. Channels are YouTube members ( Beatbullying in this case) who upload videos. You can subscribe...
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Sunday, September 23, 2007 2:29 PM

Cyberbullying - Embedding anti-bullying work in schools

The opening paragraph of the new government advice document states that "... it is vital that schools understand the issue, know how to prevent and respond to incidents, and are updated on the legal issues surrounding this challenging subject". Understanding...
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Sunday, September 23, 2007 1:50 PM

Don't Hide It

An NSPCC survey indicates that over 50% of children have experienced problems such as bullying, threats or sexual harassment online. They are particularly concerned at the popularity of social networking sites such as Bebo or MySpace, which they sayaround...
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Wednesday, April 04, 2007 6:01 PM

How should we protect teachers from being bullied?

It is good to see that attention is being given to the issue of cyber-bullying of teachers. The very nature of the read/write web makes it easy for anyone, including children to anonymously instigate what are often pranks, and in some cases outright vicious...
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