Audience

Educators

26 January 2024 UK SIC

Safer Internet Day Surpasses 1000 Supporters

Over 1000 organisations have already registered their support for Safer Internet Day with supporter numbers growing by the second!

22 January 2024 UK SIC

Meta Announces New Protections to Protect Teens from Harmful Content Online

Meta has announced new content policies to help protect teenagers from viewing harmful content across Facebook and Instagram.

20 December 2023 UK SIC

New guidance released for how to respond to the online sexual harassment of school staff in England

The Professionals Online Safety Helpline has released new guidance to support schools and colleges in England on How to Respond…

27 November 2023 UK SIC

Children must understand risk as UK schools say pupils abusing AI to make sexual imagery of other children

Initial reports show schoolchildren in the UK are now using AI to generate indecent images of other children, with experts…

17 November 2023 UK SIC

Free artificial intelligence lesson plans available from SWGfL

SWGfL has collaborated with the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit to develop educational resources for schools about artificial intelligence.

16 November 2023 UK SIC

Ofcom announces draft codes of practice to protect children online

Ofcom has published its draft codes of practice focusing on addressing illegal material online. Read more in this article

3 November 2023 UK SIC

New TikTok checklist highlights privacy and security settings

The 2023 TikTok Checklist is a comprehensive resource designed to address some of the most pressing queries about privacy and…

30 October 2023 Angela Munoz Aroca

Global collaboration needed as thousands of AI-generated child sexual abuse images emerge depicting the worst kinds of abuse

The IWF has published its latest report on the proliferation of AI-generated child sexual abuse imagery, following a month-long investigation.

27 October 2023 UK SIC

Online Safety Bill Becomes Law after Receiving Royal Assent

The Online Safety Bill has now received Royal Assent, making legislation legal. Read more about what this means for the…

6 October 2023 UK SIC

Phone Banning in Schools – Considerations from David Wright (Director of UKSIC)

New guidance is being introduced to ban phones in schools across England. David Wright (UKSIC Director) shares his thoughts on…

29 September 2023 UK SIC

IWF analysts report rise in sexual extortion cases of boys

IWF experts have reported a steep increase in reports of children being blackmailed to share sexual images of themselves by…

22 September 2023 UK SIC

Report shows one third of schools in England lack effective staff training 

The latest report from SWGfL stems from the latest insights taken from the online safety self-assessment tool 360Safe. Here we…