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17 September 2020 Andy Robinson

Revenge porn pandemic: Rise in reports shows no sign of slowing even as lockdown eases

Experts warn an increased level of reports to the UK’s Revenge Porn Helpline could be here to stay.Read all about…

16 September 2020 Becca Cawthorne

UK theme for Safer Internet Day 2021 announced

Safer Internet Day is on 9th February 2021 and will be celebrated in the UK with the theme: An internet we trust: exploring…

16 September 2020 Becca Cawthorne

An internet we trust: exploring reliability in the online world

Celebrating the amazing range of information and opportunities online, the potential to inform, connect and inspire us, and looking at how…

11 September 2020 UK SIC

New Laws Proposed by Law Commission to Protect Victims of Online Abuse

Today, the law commission has proposed new laws to protect victims from harmful online behaviour. This article looks at what…

10 September 2020 Andy Robinson

Nominet partner with Childnet & SWGfL for Children’s Online Safety Programme

Nominet have launched the new Children’s Online Safety Programme along with Childnet and SWGfL

9 September 2020 Andy Robinson

Report Harmful Content announce 9 new partnerships contributing to safer online dating and gaming.

RHC will be expanding to deal with harmful content located on dating sites and other platforms as part of their…

3 September 2020 Andy Robinson

Online Safety Live – What has been the impact?

Online Safety Lives are regarded as the UK’s largest online safety professional development programme for the children’s workforce to protect all…

1 September 2020 Andy Robinson

Helping young people get back to school ready with BBC Own It

The Team at BBC Own It have created a range of content to help young people return to learning.In this…

27 August 2020 UK SIC

What is Triller?

Hear all about the latest app that has been downloaded over 120 million times! This article looks at why so…

26 August 2020 Andy Robinson

IWF Release New Reporting Portal for Madagascar

For the first time, people in Madagascar will have a safe and anonymous place to report criminal images and videos…

25 August 2020 Becca Cawthorne

25 ideas for embedding online safety throughout your curriculum

With the full time return of Scottish schools and schools in England, Wales and Northern Ireland due in September, our…

20 August 2020 Andy Robinson

SWGfL to Launch New Versions of Online Safety Review Tool

Our partners at SWGfL have re-developed the online self-review tool Online Compass and will be releasing new and more focused…