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Educators

28 November 2024 UK SIC

IWF’s new tech capability accounts for thousands of additional child victims in criminal content for the first time

The new feature has been added to Intelligrade, a tool used by the IWF to accurately, and in great detail,…

6 November 2024 Becca Cawthorne

Official, free resources for Safer Internet Day 2025 are now live

With just three months to go until Safer Internet Day on 11th February  2025 – the official resources of the…

1 November 2024 Beverley Thornton

UK Safer Internet Centre Publishes Sextortion Report

The UK Safer Internet Centre has published a new report examining sextortion cases on SWGfL's Revenge Porn Helpline from August…

31 October 2024 UK SIC

More people exposed to AI child sexual abuse images and videos on the clear web – warns the Internet Watch Foundation

In the past six months, the Internet Watch Foundation has seen a 6% increase in the number of reports confirmed…

28 October 2024 UK SIC

Department for Education releases Updated Filtering and Monitoring Standards

The Department for Education (DfE) has updated its standards for how schools and colleges filter and monitor online content.

19 September 2024 UK SIC

Report reveals the current state of online safety in schools across England

The latest 360 Degree Safe report on online safety in English schools reveals a surprising and concerning slowdown in progress.

2 September 2024 UK SIC

Sextortion cases are on the rise as criminals target younger children, warns the Internet Watch Foundation

Children as young as 11, as well as more girls, are now being targeted in an increasing number of sexual…

29 August 2024 Beverley Thornton

Online Safety Training Available for the Autumn Term

The UK Safer Internet Centre and SWGfL have a series of new Online Safety Clinics and Online Safety Live events…

9 August 2024 UK SIC

Ofcom releases research into AI generated content

New research by Ofcom shows the growing impact of AI-generated content on young people and adults.

31 July 2024 Angela Munoz Aroca

AI-generated imagery of child sexual abuse has progressed at a “frightening” rate, reveals a report update from the IWF

The team at the IWF warned the public last year about the increasing realism of AI-generated images depicting child sexual…

3 July 2024 UK SIC

Snapchat includes new features to protect against sextortion

Snapchat has announced some new features aimed to support users against sextortion and other online harms.

15 May 2024 UK SIC

New online issue page released to support with responding to sextortion incidents

We have prepared a brand new online issue page to guide professionals, parents, carers, and young people through sextortion.