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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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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, August 13, 2008 9:23 AM

Children avoiding age restrictions on Social Networking Sites

Nearly a quarter of children between the ages of 8 and 12 are dodging the age restrictions imposed by social networking sites such as Facebook, Bebo and MySpace. A recent poll suggests that from these results, more than 750,000 children could be illicitly...
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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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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, July 16, 2008 12:37 PM

First UK Conviction for laundering proceeds of commercial distribution of child abuse images in the UK

CEOP have managed to secure a conviction for the first person in UK to be arrested for money-laundering the proceeds of commercial distribution of child abuse images. Andrian Benzin, a 29 year old Moldovan national who was living in London was arrested...
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Friday, June 27, 2008 10:51 AM

Are Children the only ones who need advice on staying safe?

Children in Sweden are reportedly embarrassed and concerned about what their parents get up to on the Internet, according to a report from the Barnens Rätt i Samhället (Children's Rights in Society). BRIS reported a rise in complaints to 1,895 in...
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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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Friday, May 30, 2008 2:57 PM

Free Online Introduction to Internet Safety for Parents

UK Online centres have launched a new website aimed at teaching parents online safety, myguide . You can find your nearest UK Online centre here . Currently there are no UK Online centres here in Kent, however that doesn't mean you can't register...
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Tuesday, May 27, 2008 10:38 AM

Ofcom publish Media Literacy Audit

Ofcom have undertaken an audit into childrens "Media Literacy" The report can be found here Ofcom’s definition of media literacy, was developed after consultation with stakeholders was defined as ‘the ability to access, understand and create...
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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, 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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Friday, April 04, 2008 3:46 PM

Your Views required - e-Safety in Kent Schools

Due to the recent press attention and focus on e-Safety (See blog posts on New Home Office Proposals and The Byron Review ) I'm seeking opinions to see if readers feel that enough is being done in Kent and indeed in Kent Schools to consider these...
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Friday, April 04, 2008 9:46 AM

New Home Office Proposals on Internet Safety

The Home Office has made today new recommendations to improve safety for children on the internet. The package of new guidelines was developed in consultation with children's charities and social networking websites. It calls for Social Networking...
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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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Tuesday, March 18, 2008 10:02 AM

Living in the World of Warcraft

The Swedish Media Council commissioned a report into MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games) "Living in the world of Warcraft" in 2007 which was carried out by Jonas Linderoth, PhD, and Ulrika Bennerstedt, MA, of Gothenburg...
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Tuesday, March 04, 2008 9:59 AM

I.T Girls?

A recent study from Tescos Computers for Schools has shown that girls may now be ahead of boys when it comes to technology and its use in today’s society. It was an independent study completed by Tickbox research on behalf of Tesco, and the total survey...
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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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Tuesday, February 19, 2008 9:29 AM

Byron Review Competition

As part of the ongoing work of the Byron Review ; looking at the risks to children from exposure to potentially harmful or inappropriate material on the internet and in video games, Dr Tanya Byron is inviting young people to contribute to the debate....
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Tuesday, February 12, 2008 5:24 PM

Kent highlighted as a best practice case study in Becta e-safety publication!

Becta have produced a toolkit for Local Safeguarding Children Board's and LA's. The publication includes a case study detailing how Kent has developed its e-safety policy and practice. On a straight word-count, Kent gets 64 mentions, and provides clear...
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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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