Target group

Young people

27 March 2024 UK SIC

Impersonation and Scamming Alerts Introduced on Instagram

Instagram has rolled out a new feature aimed at enhancing user awareness regarding potential suspicious activities and impersonation attempts.

26 March 2024 UK SIC

Join the Childnet Youth Advisory board to make a difference online

Want to know more about the Youth Advisory Board and what you have to do to get involved - just…

22 March 2024 UK SIC

Children are using AI to create nudes, warns new report from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

A report from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) warns that children are using AI apps designed to…

22 March 2024 UK SIC

Sextortion report of boys increase as IWF announces record amount of cases

The Internet Watch Foundation has reported a heartbreaking eightfold increase in the number of sextortion cases.

15 March 2024 UK SIC

How offenders abuse privacy apps – latest podcast episode from the IWF

Predators are using end-to-end encrypted messaging apps to contact children and distribute criminal material, warns new research.

29 February 2024 UK SIC

IWF Hotline removes record amount of child sexual abuse depicting under 10s

Younger children are increasingly being groomed and coerced by predators into performing sexually online, warns the global hotline IWF.

6 February 2024 UK SIC

UK Safer Internet Centre Join Liverpool FC for Safer Internet Day

The UK Safer Internet Centre are joining Liverpool FC to celebrate Safer Internet Day at Anfield Stadium once again this…

2 February 2024 Becca Cawthorne

A deep dive into the Safer Internet Day 2024 education resources

Safer Internet Day 2024 is on Tuesday 6th February, to help you prepare for the day this blog takes a…

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

Safer Internet Day 2024 films launched!

We are pleased to introduce our exclusive lineup of short films crafted for Safer Internet Day 2024, catering to children…

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