A teacher convention held in America “ The Greater Edmonton teachers convention” a leading expert on the subject of “cyberbullying“ pointed out the true problem that faces students online.

He points out the differences between bullying and cyberbullying and how much of threat it can be. He goes to say “what makes cyberbullying so different is the audience can be as large as the Internet itself and the speed with which this can happen is staggering.”

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A recently published report, “the Norton Online Living Report”, conducted by “Harris Interactive for Symantec” discovered that parents were still not fully aware of the possible dangers that can affect their children when they are online.

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There was an anti-bullying event held in Glasgow recently focusing on bullying in schools.

The message being sent by Maureen Watt, Minister for Schools and Skills was “Scotland’s schools are no place for bullying and it must be tackled wherever and whenever it arises.”

At “Respectme’s” annual conference she asked everyone to “take collective responsibility to make sure young people can benefit from the opportunities available to them.”

She also goes on to highlight how the advancements of technology has opened up another window of opportunity for bullies, “The nature of cyberbullying also allows for anonymity on the part of the bully and can take place anywhere, including at home, which makes it even harder to deal with.”

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The race is heating up to grab a piece of Search Engine Internet giant Yahoo!

The latest company to stake an interest is AOL with Yahoo! considering deals that “help it evade the clutches of Microsoft”

Other suiters for Yahoo! has been “Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation is thought to have offered to buy a 20% stake in Yahoo”. This deal would see yahoo “swap shares for a clutch of online assets, including social networking site MySpace”.

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Top “Media companies including the BBC, Channel 4, Google, Yahoo and social-networking site Bebo” have all signed up to “a new code of conduct”

This was created to give parents better information “about the suitability for children of audiovisual content available on the internet and mobile phones.”

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A new piece of hardware, was launched on Internet Safety Day (12 Feb 2008), “to help parents fight back against the dangers” that face their children on the internet.

The creators of the computer hardware “PICstick” put the parent in complete control of their home pc, allowing them to set “protection levels” that their child / children must follow when they are using the internet.

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Due to the increasing numbers on children spending their free time on the internet, a video game has been realised by the “Council of Europe” which highlights  the “online dangers” that face children.

It is hoped that using the  video game feature will draw more children’s attention to the dangers that they face.

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Police in Lancashire are giving their full backing to the campaign for “keeping children safe when they go online”

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Released to coincide with Safer Internet Day (12 February), the video contains tips and advice for parents on internet safety.

It has been reported recently that there has been “a sharp increase in the number of children being bullied over the internet”.

Due to the increase of calls from concerned parents, the charity Parentline “a national and free charity based in Hertfordshire” launched a campaign to help parents deal with this situation.

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