03/05/2024: #NotYoursToView: How We Want to Stop Non-Consensually Shared Intimate Images from Being Seen Online
At the Revenge Porn Helpline, we have a 90% removal rate and have removed over 305,000 non-consensually shared intimate images since we began operating in 2015. Despite this, a large number of intimate images remain online, and we are committed to ensuring this content can be removed.
(Source: South West Grid for Learning)
02/05/2024: Experts lament ‘appalling decline’ in health of under-fives in UK
Academy for Medical Sciences report highlights rising infant mortality, obesity and tooth decay
02/05/2024: Call for ‘enrichment premium’ for disadvantaged pupils
Disadvantaged pupils’ access to after school clubs and other extra-curricular activities could be improved by the creation of an ‘enrichment premium’ funding stream, a report recommends.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
01/05/2024: Character.ai: Young people turning to AI therapist bots
Harry Potter, Elon Musk, Beyoncé, Super Mario and Vladimir Putin. These are just some of the millions of artificial intelligence (AI) personas you can talk to on Character.ai Рa popular platform where anyone can create chatbots based on fictional or real people.
01/05/2024: Ofsted chief unveils feedback scheme and mental health training for inspectors
New Ofsted boss Sir Martyn Oliver has unveiled plans for a listening exercise to gather views about the inspectorate’s work in the wake of the recent inquest into the death of headteacher Ruth Perry.
01/05/2024: ‘Things have gone backwards for parents with learning disabilities’, says BASW officer
In the latest interview to mark Community Care’s 50th anniversary, BASW’s Denise Monks recalls her work in the 2000s providing specialist support to parents with learning disabilities – and how it’s needed now as much as ever.
30/04/2024: Stop children using smartphones until they are 13, says French report
Children should be banned from most social media until 18 amid attempts to ‘monetise’ them, says Macron-commissioned study
30/04/2024: Smartphones ban may cause more harm than good, says Molly Russell’s father
Ian Russell says parental controls could weaken trust and ‘punish children for tech firms’ failures.
29/04/2024: Teachers warned to be on lookout for victims of sextortion in UK schools
Teenage boys believed to be among most vulnerable to gangs using real and fake images to blackmail victims
28/04/2024: Paedophile was caught ordering teenage girl to perform sex acts in video call
A paedophile was caught ordering a teenage girl to perform vile sex acts in a video call just months after being release from prison for almost identical offences.
28/04/2024: Vulnerable teenagers ‘dumped and abandoned’ in hotels by councils in England
Campaigners say cash-strapped local authorities are placing young people in budget accommodation, making them targets for grooming by criminal gangs.
26/04/2024: Foreign states targeting UK universities, MI5 warns
Foreign states are targeting British universities in order to undermine national security, MI5 has warned.