Rio Ferdinand has helped launch an anti-bullying campaign ‘Don’t Face it Alone’ at No. 10
- At the ‘Don’t Face it Alone’ launch, the former England football player backed The Online Safety Bill.
- Ferdinand has also called for a new social media platform, after criticising social media companies for failing to react appropriately to bullying online.
- The campaign was set up in light of research that showed that 6 in 10 parents felt helpless in protecting their child online.
- To read more about this story, you can visit the Independent Website.
BBC found a series of ‘up skirting’ photos on Facebook
- A BBC investigation found thousands of users were uploading and sharing images and videos of ‘up skirting’.
- Up skirting is when images or videos of under a woman’s skirt are taken.
- Meta, Facebook parent’s company, reports that it has removed multiple accounts and pages.
- You can read more on this story on the BBC website.
89% of people feel social media negatively affects their mental health
- A study by The Cybersmile Foundation discovered that 89% of people felt that social media could negatively affect their mental health.
- The Digital Wellbeing 2022 study asked 1000 people aged 16-24 years about their use of social media and how it affects their wellbeing.
- Topics such as body image, social media addiction and consumption of upsetting news were covered in their research.
- For more information, you can read this story on the Marketing Tech News website.
Pupils taking GCSEs, AS and A-level exams in 2023 will be told topics ahead of exams
- Education Minister Michelle McIlveen wrote to school principals to highlight that this plan would support pupils and increase confidence.
- This approach has already been announced by Wales and Scotland and is similar tochanges brought in for Summer 2022, to account for issues caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
- The minister also announced that schools would get extra funding to help with extra tuition and holiday revision classes for pupils.
- For more information, go to the BBC Website.