London, Apr 23 (PTI) Schools in the UK are teaching children "netiquette" to stop them from texting at mealtimes, announcing deaths on Facebook or dumping romantic partners via WhatsApp, according to a media report. Emma Robertson, of Digital Awareness UK, who works with hundreds of schools, told The Sunday Times that children who had grown up in the digital age were not aware that checking phone messages during a meal was rude. Neither did they realise that halting a face-to-face conversation because a message flashed up on Snapchat was impolite. "Schools have a role to play to model good behaviour and teach children what is or is not socially appropriate," Robertson was quoted as saying. Using social media to break news such as the death of a friends mother was a breach of netiquette, she said.

Source: India Today April 23, 2017 10:18 UTC