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Safer Internet Day 2021 shortlisted for two prestigious awards
The most successful Safer Internet Day ever has received further recognition from The Charity Times Awards and The Independent Agency…
That’s a wrap for a fantastic Childnet Film Competition 2021!
We are celebrating the creativity, filmmaking skills, and online safety knowledge of scores of entries across the Primary, Secondary and Storyboard categories…
UK Safer Internet Centre Responds to the New Online Media Literacy Strategy, Launched to Combat Misinformation Online
Last week (14th July 2021) Caroline Dinenage MP, Minister for Digital and Culture, launched a new Online Media Literacy Strategy…
ProjectEVOLVE – Knowledge Map Feature has Launched
UKSIC partners SWGfL are pleased to announce that the long anticipated Knowledge Map feature for ProjectEVOLVE has now officially launched for school years 1, 3,…
Reporting Racism Online
Following the Euro 2020 Final on Sunday 11th July, the internet saw a huge range of support and celebration for…
Report Harmful Content – Why Is This Service So Important?
We spoke with Kathryn Tremlett, Manager of Report Harmful Content (RHC), to discuss the importance of RHC and the impact…
Five tips for talking about online safety with young children
Whatever their stage of development, it is important that any child using the internet understands what to do and who…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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