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Online safety conference to discuss cyberbullying

 

Cyberbullying will be one of the topics of conversation when child protection workers, the police, teachers, social workers and charities gather in the Island later this month for a conference.

The issue was thrust into the spotlight locally recently when an inquest heard one of the main factors leading to the suicide of 19-year-old Caitlin Alker was the abuse she was subjected to on Facebook.

Her mother Michelle has launched an anti-cyberbullying campaign in the wake of the loss of her daughter.

'Isle of Man: Making Children Safer Online' is set to take place at Mount Murray on November 22.

It's been organised by INEQE Safe and Secure - a risk, security and child protection consultancy from the UK.

Chief Inspector Simon Lowe of the Isle of Man Constabulary says the timing of the conference is sadly apt:

 

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