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Don’t ask children what they would do if they got requests from a stranger online but say “if your friend came to you and said this happened, what would you tell them?”
A ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ horror tale for the internet age

The little girl had bought the phone with her Holy Communion money to watch cartoons, dancing and singing online. It was a very innocent and very mode(...)

Secondary-school girls report higher levels of both being cyberbullied (22 per cent versus 11 per cent of their male peers) and of experiencing cyberbullying happening to people around them
Sexting: do you know what your teenager is doing on their phone?

Almost half of teenagers in their final year at school say they have participated in sexting – an activity that increases progressively through each y(...)

Pictured at NovaUCD is Dr Marina Everri, head of research, Zeeko, with Cian Sheehy (11). Photograph: Nick Bradshaw / FOTONIC
Firm gets €100,000 to study effects of VR on children

Internet safety start-up Zeeko is to evaluate the side effects of virtual reality (VR) technology on children’s health after securing €100,000 in fund(...)

Almost 25% of children in first class have interacted with a stranger online
Almost 25% of children in 1st class have interacted with a stranger online

Almost one in five children in first class at primary school has spoken to or interacted with a stranger online. By the time they are in sixth class,(...)