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Despite the benefits of young people being able to connect with friends and family, it also leaves children open to risks.

Childline: New legislation must make mobile phones and tablets safer for young u...

Headteachers Lindsay Robertson and (inset) Lisa Turnbull have welcomed the prime minster's announcement that a ban is to be introduced for Under 16s to access social media.

Sunderland headteachers welcome Under 16s social media ban

A police officer was a decoy

Sunderland man caught by decoy acting as a child on Snapchat

Scott Hall

Man who attempted to have sex chat with child caught in police sting

Jonathan Paton.

Rapist who groomed and raped a teenage girl put behind bars

James Carr.

Man admits attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child

Leo Hjelde

Sunderland player pictured on crutches during first day of pre-season

Dominic Dawson

Blackmailer used fake snapchat account for cruel topless picture scam

Cyber crime stock image. Photo: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire

Sex offender facing jail after breaching sexual harm prevention order

Sheffield gang members pose with wads of cash and machete.

Watch: Gang members pose with wads of cash and machete

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Childline: Government needs to act on concerns over Ofcom’s enforcement of the O...

(Clockwise from top left) Diaz Watson Frederick, Billy Dennis Wright, Connor Leigh Walker and Kyle Snowball have been jailed.

Burglars film themselves gloating over stolen cars and jewellery

A lot of abuse is via private messaging which is why the Online Safety Act needs strengthening. Picture posed by model

Chidline: A year since Online Safety Act became law, we’re still waiting for tec...

Thief tried to sell stolen cars to highest bidder on Snapchat

Burgling gangsters make dangerous getaway in BMW

Burgling gangsters' dangerous getaway after stealing two Mercedes cars

Major Russian phone scam platform shut down by NCA

Major Russian phone scam platform shut down by NCA
The National Crime Agency has shut down a platform used by hundreds of criminals to defraud victims across the world.
Lucinda Herbert

Gokool-Mely was convicted of murder after a jury at the Old Bailey deliberated for more than 16 hours.

Watch: Chilling CCTV shows knife-obsessed killer riding stolen bike

TikTok is working on Snapchat style streaks. (Picture: Loic Venance/AFP via Getty Images)

TikTok is copying Snapchat’s best feature and it could launch soon

Ishmael Duncan, 24, of Kennington, south east London, has admitted blackmailing dozens of young girls worldwide into sending indecent pictures and videos of themselves by posing as a model agency scout on social media Picture: NCA/SWNS

Blackmailer made young girls send him sexual pictures and videos

Jordan Lowe

Predator groomed 15-year-old girl and forced her to have sex with him

Jordan Lowe

Jail for pervert who groomed 15-year-old girl on Snapchat

Snapchat My AI goes rogue, posts ‘spooky’ story and asks for help - what happened?

Snapchat My AI freaks out users by going rogue with ‘spooky’ story

Matt Trewin reportedly uploaded the video on his personal Snapchat - Credit: Seven Network

Reality TV star under fire for filming himself running over a deer

More than half of primary school children have unrestricted and unmonitored onli...

You can help to name the next storms to hit the UK - here’s how

Wanted man hiding in attic falls through ceiling - directly above police officer

Warning released about Instagram and Snapchat blackmail scam Lloyd Bent

Sunderland squad

Can you identify these Sunderland players from hilarious Snapchat gender swap im...

A teenage girl looking at social media on her laptop computer.

The challenge of keeping children and young people safe when online

Gary Bulmer

Sunderland brute branded 'danger to women' after attacking girlfriend over Faceb...

Rachel Crago and Ethan Temple

Meet the winners of the Sunderland Echo Face of 2018 modelling competition

Does breastfeeding really belong on the school curriculum?

WhatsApp raises minimum age to 16 in Europe ahead of GDPR

Snapchat users can now keep a virtual pet - and it's part pug, part butterfly

Facebook was involved in more than half of online grooming cases according to NSPCC figures.

Children as young as two targeted in grooming cases involving Facebook apps

Girls using social media for more than an hour a day have higher risk of develop...

Teen social media addicts more likely to suffer sleep deprivation

It is thought that the punter was dancing in Arizona, Sunderland.

Can you help us find Sunderland's viral nightclub dancer?

Children as young as 12 involved in Snapchat party wiped out by police

Police on an earlier patrol in Houghton

Snapchat booze crew invasion is just latest episode in battle to free town from ...

Teenagers used Snapchat to organise the meet up.

Explainer: How does Snapchat work?

Teenagers used Snapchat to organise the meet up.

Snapchat shout out brings together 70 youths for drinking session in Houghton

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Captain Morgan Snapchat ad banned for appealing to children

Picture issued by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) of two Snapchat posts by former Geordie Shore star Marnie Simpson have been banned for failing to clearly indicate that they were ads

Ex-Geordie Shore star Marnie Simpson has Snapchat posts banned for failing to sh...

Many eight to 11 year-olds don't have parental controls on their devices, the research reveals.

9 online tips for parents ahead of Safer Internet Day

Charlotte will celebrate her 26th birthday on May 26.

11 things you should know about Charlotte Crosby ahead of her 26th birthday

Adam Johnson will be sentenced at Bradford Crown Court on March 24.

REVEALED: The day Adam Johnson will find out his prison sentence

Adam Johnson says Sunderland AFC knew the extent of his admissions last May.

Sunderland had known about Adam Johnson's admissions for months

Adam Johnson

Dad tells court girl 'wanted to kill herself' before telling him about Adam John...

Adam Johnson.

WATCH: Prosecutors release Snapchat video taken by teenager in Adam Johnson's ca...

Adam Johnson.

Adam Johnson 'set up separate Snapchat account to contact teenager,' court told

Adam Johnson trial: Footballer thought girl was deleting WhatsApp messages

Children now spend longer each day online than watching TV.

YouTube, Instagram, Snapchat and Facebook take over from TV as most popular kids...

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