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22 October 2020 Angela Munoz Aroca

Game-changing IWF chatbot to target people trying to access child sexual abuse online

The End Violence Fund has announced the funding grant for the new Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) reThink chatbot which the charity has…

21 October 2020 Becca Cawthorne

Black inventors and pioneers who have influenced the way we use the internet and technology today

October is UK Black History Month. As part of Childnet’s recognition of Black History Month, we wanted to recognise some of the Black individuals…

15 October 2020 Andy Robinson

Free Online Safety Events Return Virtually

Our partners at SWGfL have now brought Online Safety Lives onto virtual platforms. Book your free session today! 

9 October 2020 Andy Robinson

Looking out for friends online this World Mental Health Day

This World Mental Health Day (10th October 2020) we have created a list of what to do if you are…

9 October 2020 Andy Robinson

Government says new online harms legislation is expected to be ready next year

MPs have called for guarantees on funding to make the internet a safer place as the Government says new online…

8 October 2020 Andy Robinson

Project Evolve – The Future of Digital Education

Ken Corish, the Online Safety Director at SWGfL as well as the creator of ProjectEVOLVE talks about how essential this digital…

7 October 2020 Andy Robinson

‘Disturbing’ rise in videos of children who have been groomed into filming their own abuse

Videos and images where children have been manipulated into recording their own abuse now make up nearly half of all…

6 October 2020 Becca Cawthorne

Safer Internet Day 2021 Supporters

See what people across the UK are doing to celebrate Safer Internet Day 2021!

5 October 2020 Becca Cawthorne

Safer Internet Day 2021 Supporters registration now open!

Schools and organisations are now able to register as a Safer Internet Day Supporter to share what they are doing for the day!

30 September 2020 Andy Robinson

New data: thousands of schools need more help to tackle online safety effectively

Experts say new data indicates schools need more support to address online safety issues at a time where young people…

28 September 2020 Andy Robinson

Hundreds of individual victims in videos of “self-generated” child sexual abuse in one week

In one week alone, analysts saw almost 700 individual girls being exploited and coerced into filming their own abuse. This…

23 September 2020 Becca Cawthorne

Delete or Deactivate – What to do with your old accounts (updated for 2020)

This blog gives site specific guidance about how to deactivate or delete your accounts, and what these options mean.