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The company has designs for a system that allows children younger than 13 to be supervised by parents, according to a new patent

The National Crime Agency (NCA) is urging members of the public to protect themselves against powerful malicious software (malware), which may be costing UK computer users millions of pounds.

Childnet today launched the STAR Toolkit, a new online safety resource that offers practical advice and teaching activities to help secondary schools explore internet safety with young people with autism spectrum disorders (ASD).

The co-founder of Instagram has told Newsbeat that the app's rules on nudity are "fair".

Google has launched a service to allow Europeans to ask for personal data to be removed from online search results. The move comes after a landmark European Union court ruling earlier this month, which gave people the "right to be forgotten".

Ask.fm has told Newsbeat it understands anonymity can cause "problems and issues" for users. It also defended allowing people to hide their identity.

Almost 2,000 children in the UK have been investigated for social media abuse, offensive Twitter messages and online bullying since 2011, it has been revealed.

More than half of parents have not put any protections in place to protect their children from accessing harmful or inappropriate material online.

Cyber safety and Internet safety are important topics that are discussed in today's exclusive interview with Dr. Laura Van Schaick-Harman on Online Safety.

Here are some tips to help prevent your digital life from being stolen, whether it be a password breach or an internet-wide vulnerability.

Part of a series on the ways new technology is impacting kids and teens.

CYBER bullies should face prosecution, according to a former victim of vicious online attacks.

Digital citizenship might seem at times an ephemeral, almost narcissistic, aspect of our life. Too often we neglect the rights and responsibilities that our presence online entails.

The number of young people self-harming has risen by 30 per cent in a year - with the increase believed to be linked to the rise of cyber-bullying.

Tackling bullying has never been straightforward, whether for young victims or adults trying to support them. While most schools will have a robust policy addressing this perennial problem, getting them openly to acknowledge there actually is a problem is another matter.

A teaching union in Northern Ireland is calling for urgent action over the impact of modern technology on children's ability to learn at school.

According to a new study by the World Health Organisation, the number of teenagers in England who self-harm has trebled in the last 12 years.

A third-grade teacher at a North Branford school has been charged with harassing a teenager online using Ask.fm

Research shows that a fifth of teachers have received online abuse from pupils or their parents. Sarah Marsh explores what support is available

The UK's data privacy watchdog has said that it would focus on "evidence of damage and distress to individuals" when reviewing complaints about Google and others' search results.