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Monday 30 November 2020
Children in schools in disadvantaged areas were 29% more likely to talk to strangers every day.
Minister for Communications Richard Bruton is proposing the establishment of an Online Safety Commissioner.
Today is Safer Internet Day, with organisations working to raise awareness around how people can be more safe online.
Over half of nine year olds are on social media despite age restrictions, a new survey has found.
Facebook, Snapchat and Instagram gave statements on their security to the Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs.
A new resource launched this week seeks to help protect children and teens online.
The searches took place across private residences in 12 counties over the weekend.
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There have been calls for the Garda cyber crime unit to be beefed up.
Modelling agencies have stressed that they never request photographs through social media or third party sites.
There are calls for parents, educators and the government needed to be doing more to promote a safe internet environment.
A study commissioned by the ISPCC found that one-third of primary school children did not know how to keep their social network account private, while one in six secondary students had met someone in person after meeting them online.
IT’S THE LAST day of November, so it’s safe to say the Christmas countdown has well and truly begun.
With everything that has happened in 2020 so far, many people have chosen to bring a bit Christmas cheer into their lives earlier than usual this year, and decorations have been going up in households around the country for a number of weeks now.
But others are still sticking to their usual traditions and waiting until December to put the tree up.
So, today we want to know: When are you putting up your Christmas tree?
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