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Child protection
TikTok removes Australian account purporting to hunt paedophiles | Technology
Social networking platform TikTok has removed an Australian account purporting to lure alleged paedophiles to meetings and then capture their confrontation on film, as the NSW police warn people not to take the law into their own hands. In what appears to be a new form of the trend of online accounts hunting child sex …
Schoolchildren to get online safety advice on catfishing and fake news | Technology
New guidance on teaching online safety in schools to make children more resilient to catfishing, fake news and other online harms has been announced by the education secretary. The guidelines will combine teaching on relationships, citizenship and computing to help students understand the technology behind targeted advertising, fake profiles and other digital issues. Damian Hinds …