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<p>The UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS) is co-chaired by Ministers from
Department for Education, Home Office and Department for Culture Media and Sport.
This brings together industry, law enforcement, academia, charities and parenting
groups to help to keep children and young people safe online. As part of this work,
the UK’s Communications regulator, Ofcom, published best practice guidance for social
media platforms to encourage responsible practice from industry in December 2015.</p><p>The
Department for Education recognises that educating young people is key to tackling
cyberbullying and protecting children from online abuse. All schools must have a behaviour
policy which includes measures to prevent and tackle all forms of bullying, including
cyberbullying. To help schools to develop effective measures the Department for Education
has produced advice which provides a definition of cyberbullying and outlines the
steps schools can take to deal with bullying.</p><p>Search powers included in the
Education Act 2011 have given teachers stronger powers to tackle cyber-bullying (via
text message or the internet) by providing a specific power to search for and, if
necessary, delete inappropriate images (or files) on electronic devices, including
mobile phones. The Department has also issued advice for parents and carers on cyberbullying
which specifies the tell-tale signs that it is happening and includes advice on what
do when it occurs.</p><p>The Government has invested £3.85 million in a new phase
of our This is Abuse campaign, which tackles abuse within teenage relationships and
was launched in March. The National Crime Agency’s Child Exploitation and Online Protection
(CEOP) has developed a comprehensive education programme, called Thinkuknow, which
provides targeted advice to children, parents and carers, including on how to use
social media safely.</p>
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