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2 July 2021 UK SIC

Government Launches New Online Safety Guidance for Tech Companies

The government has produced new guidance around protecting users online in response to smaller tech firms feeling less confident in…

1 July 2021 Angela Munoz Aroca

Looking at Safer Internet Day 2021– Four Months On

Susie Hargreaves OBE, Chief Executive of the Internet Watch Foundation and Director of the UK Safer Internet Centre, looks back…

28 June 2021 Andy Robinson

Celebrating Online this Pride Month

With activities going online to commemorate Pride month, Childnet is celebrating ways the internet can be used to celebrate and find…

23 June 2021 Andy Robinson

225% Increase in ‘Hate Speech’ Reported to Report Harmful Content – Annual Report 2021

Today (23/6/2021) Report Harmful Content (RHC) launched their annual report for 2021 ‘Through These Walls’, which analyses data between January 2020…

22 June 2021 Angela Munoz Aroca

New tool empowers children and young people to stop spread of nude images online

Childline and the IWF launch new tool to help young people remove nude images that have been shared online

18 June 2021 UK SIC

Looking at the Impact and Effects of Social Media Fame

In this blog we’ll look at the impact social media fame can bring to individuals across all ages and consider…

15 June 2021 Becca Cawthorne

Looking at the impact of Safer Internet Day 2021 four months on

Will Gardner OBE, CEO of Childnet and Director of the UK Safer Internet Centre, looks at the impact Safer Internet Day had four…

10 June 2021 Andy Robinson

Ofsted Review – Sexual Harassment and Safeguarding Concerns in Schools

Ofsted has published a review of sexual abuse in schools and colleges in light of the recent Everyone’s Invited campaign…

3 June 2021 Andy Robinson

Looking at Safer Internet Day 2021– Four Months On

Several months on from Safer Internet Day, David Wright (UKSIC Director at SWGfL) takes a look back at the record…

2 June 2021 Becca Cawthorne

Help – my child wants to play games that are too old for them

In this blog we will take a closer look at the ratings in games, give you practical ways to respond…

1 June 2021 UK SIC

Instagram Allows Users to ‘Hide’ Likes

Instagram has launched a new feature that will give users the option to ‘hide’ likes on other people’s posts as…

26 May 2021 Andy Robinson

UK Schools Online Safety Policy and Practice Annual Report 2021 Released

The annual UK Schools Online Safety Policy and Practice report looking at trends around online safety over the last year…