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Almost half of LGBTQ+ children who turn to Childline have fears of coming out

Concerns include their parents’ reactions and being alienated from their friendship groups

The Independent UK

‘I was groomed and abused by a taxi driver. Why was it so hard to get justice?’

Despite receiving Royal Assent two years ago, key provisions of the Victims and Prisoners Act are yet to be implemented to support survivors

The Independent UK

Tech expert points out privacy pitfall in plan to ban under-16s from social media

THE campaign to ban social media for people under the age of 16 is gathering pace.

The National (Scotland)

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Social media as dangerous as smoking for children, doctors warn

They say they are seeing ‘a wave of radicalised children’ who have been exposed to hateful content

The Independent UK

Streeting likens social media to tobacco as pressure grows for under-16s ban

The Government’s consultation closes at the end of Tuesday.

Evening Standard

‘A tsunami of harm’: views on tackling online safety for under-16s in the UK

Campaigners, teenagers, legislators and experts give their opinions on the government’s social media consultation

The Guardian - UK

Journalist admits stalking George Osborne and his wife Thea Rogers

Lydia Suffield, 29, sent emails and Instagram messages to the couple, and filed false referrals to children’s charity the NSPCC, prosecutors have said

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The Nightmare Upstairs: Why two siblings locked themselves in a room for 54 days

Two-part Hulu documentary about the bitter custody battle between two Utah parents is out now

The Independent UK

Limit social media ban for under-16s to unsafe apps, Starmer urged

Campaigners warn against blanket restrictions and say focus should be on blocking teenagers from platforms with ‘risky’ features

The Guardian - UK

NSPCC reports sharp rise in children being blackmailed over sexual images in UK

Charity says calls to its Childline service about online sexual abuse and exploitation have risen 36% in a year

The Guardian - UK

Criminal gangs profiting as child sexual abuse websites double, experts say

Analyst who worked on Internet Watch Foundation report says content exists ‘across all social media platforms’ and is ‘very easy’ to find

The Guardian - UK

Man who groomed 14-year-old girl he met on Roblox jailed for 28 months

Police say case highlights online dangers to children after Carlo Tritta pleads guilty to making indecent images

The Guardian - UK

Children in UK report online sextortion attempts in record numbers

Exclusive: Call for nudity-detection tech on phones as number of under-18s reporting blackmail attempts rises by 34%

The Guardian - UK

Tech urged to step in as UK child sex abuse image crimes rise by 10%

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Children being ‘failed’ by tech companies as sex abuse image crimes rise by almost 10%

NSPCC chief executive Chris Sherwood said tech firms “can do more to prevent this from happening in the first place”

Evening Standard

Narrow social media bans are not the right way to protect our youngsters

We should be able to provide children with the connection that social media provides without addictive algorithms

The Guardian - US

West Virginia sues Apple over child sex abuse material stored and shared on iCloud

Attorney general JB McCuskey, a Republican, calls case the first of its kind by a government agency against company

The Guardian - UK

Starmer vows to fast-track social media law but says under-16s ban not definite

Prime minister says action will be taken on young people’s social media access in ‘months, not years’

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The Guardian - UK

Starmer to extend online safety rules to AI chatbots after Grok scandal

Starmer to announce ‘crackdown on vile illegal content created by AI’ after scandal involving Elon Musk’s Grok tool

Evening Standard

Revealed: How London nursery worker Vincent Chan’s horrific campaign of child abuse was uncovered by chance

Paedophile Vincent Chan, 45, attacked girls so defenceless they ‘didn’t have a voice’ at a Bright Horizons nursery in West Hampstead and downloaded a million indecent images

Euronews

Safer Internet Day: How parents can protect children without banning social media

Here are some ways parents can keep their children safe online without having to restrict social media entirely.

Evening Standard

Third of children who use AI chatbots consider tech to be a ‘friend’

Some 81% of children aged between 11 and 16 say they use the technology, the poll for Vodafone found.

The Independent UK

Tony Hawk hits out at ‘narrative of nonsense’ that he got married on Epstein’s island

Skateboarding star denied that any of his weddings were held on the convicted sex offender’s private island despite being named in the latest files released by the DOJ

The Fashion Central

Newly released Epstein documents show the late Countess of Iveagh had significant contact with Epstein before her marriage

Clare Hazell married Arthur Edward Guinness, Earl of Iveagh, she stepped into Britain’s aristocracy and became custodian of one of the country’s grandest estates.

The Guardian - UK

Tech companies’ access to UK ministers dwarfs that of child safety groups

Exclusive: Amazon, Meta and X among firms holding hundreds of meetings with people at heart of government, data shows

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