Overview
According to research by the charity Ditch the Label, 7 in 10 young people have experienced cyberbullying, 20% of whom experience it daily. Support your students to know their legal rights and responsibilities online. This lesson can be run as a standalone topic or as a series of lessons alongside Social Media and the Law…
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Students explore the law in relation to social media posts, the types of offences that people are committing (whether knowingly or not) and the consequences of committing these offences. The…
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According to research by the charity Ditch the Label, 7 in 10 young people have experienced cyberbullying, 20% of...
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