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• Children’s smartphone usage sparks cyber safety fears: Report

  The adoption of mobile phones by Australian children is growing rapidly, but education about the dangers of cyber space is lacking, according to a new Telstra survey.

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  Teachers given lesson in cyber bullying

  Students are not the only ones in need of education when it comes to online security, according to the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA).

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  Principals need help with cyber bullies

  Victorian school principals need more help to cope with the rising threat of cyberbullying, an Auditor-General's report has found.

• South Australia moves to outlaw cyber bullying

  Posting violent or other degrading images on the internet will become an offence under proposed South Australian laws.

• Grieving mother seeks tougher cyber safety

  A woman whose daughter was murdered after being stalked by an internet predator has called on social networking sites to better protect users.

• Cyber bullying reaches epidemic level

  Cyber bullying is reaching epidemic levels, says a Melbourne youth worker, amid new claims about young girls being pressured to provide pornographic images of themselves.

• Cyber bullying funds for Vic schools

  A $10.6 million program to tackle cyber bullying will be rolled out in every Victorian public school.

• Coalition announced additional $10.5 million to spend on cyber-safety

  The Coalition has announced it will spend $10.5 million on a National Cyberbullying Taskforce as part of its wider cyber-safety policy.

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  Opposition calls on Gov to heed Cyber Safety Committee evidence

  Evidence heard at the Cyber Safety Committee roundtable in Melbourne has been cited by the Greens and the Opposition as further reason for the Federal Government to drop its controversial mandatory ISP-level filter.

• Cybercrime tops Attorneys General meeting

  The Federal and State government attorney generals have agreed to establish a National Cybercrime Working Group to coordinate a response to online threats, including the increasing rate of bullying.

• Three Google execs convicted over Italian bullying video

  Three Google executives were handed suspended six month prison sentences by a Milan court on Wednesday for privacy law violations relating to a video posted on Google Video showing the bullying of a handicapped boy.

• ACMA extends cyber bullying smarts to trainee teachers

  The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has extended its cyber safety education program to trainee teachers, with the introduction of a new program.

• Virginia man gets prison time for online threats

  An Oakwood, Virginia, man who used a social-networking Web site to make threats of school shootings throughout the country has been sentenced to four years in a federal prison.

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  Archbishop: Facebook can lead to teen suicide

  The head of the Roman Catholic Church in England is warning that Facebook, texting and e-mails are destroying relationships and may even lead teens to commit suicide.

• Govt pilots anti-cyber bullying project

  A new pilot project aimed at curbing cyber bullying in Australian schools has been announced by the Federal Government.