The online safety bill is enforcing age verification technologies on Pornography Websites. In this article Ken Corish takes an in-depth look at this, age verification challenges, its history and the solutions that are making age verification processes, easier to enforce and manage.
22nd April 2022
The National Stalking Awareness Week Conference is taking place on the 27th. Here, the Revenge Porn Helpline takes you through the importance of the conference and the awareness week.
20th April 2022
SWGfL are delighted to introduce to you our latest topics page, Digital Wellbeing. Read our latest article to discover more!
20th April 2022
Barefoot is excited to announce that for their latest set of resources they’ve teamed up with the Micro:bit Educational Foundation to create two ‘Barefoot meets the micro:bit’ activities!
12th April 2022
Online platforms like social media have a stigma attached to it. For some, social media platforms are like the Wild West; unregulated, ruthless, frantic. However the latest report from Ofcom contradicts these thoughts by suggesting that young people are using online spaces positively.
11th April 2022
Take a look at the findings for Safer Internet Day 2022 and see what impact the day had towards keeping children and young people safe online.
5th April 2022
ProjectEVOLVE has now launched a new report that analyses data and findings from the schools and professionals who use it. Find out more in our article.
1st April 2022
Although online safety and cyber-security are closely related, there are significant differences between the two. Take a look at what these are in our article
28th March 2022
360 Early Years has been announced as the winner of a Bett award for the Early Years – Digital Product of Service category. Find out more in this article
24th March 2022
The online safety bill has now been introduced to Parliament. In this article we look back on how the bill came to be and what it is trying to work towards.
23rd March 2022
The Online Safety Bill has been introduced to parliament to put in place online safety laws. Discover what this means for protecting users online in our article.
17th March 2022
ProjectEVOLVE was selected as the winner for the Digital Leaders Impact Awards in the Education category. Find out more about what happened in this article
15th March 2022
Take a look at our coverage of VPN’s, from what they are, to how they are used and what advantages and disadvantages there are around using them. Find out more in this article and take a look at our latest resource.
10th March 2022
Just like the offline world, the online world is still, unfortunately, not safe for many women. For International Women's Day 2022, we look at what online harms are being faced and where support can be found
8th March 2022
Take a look at our considerations from the Professionals Online Safety Helpline around how schools can approach the current situation in Ukraine and respond to such concerns from students.
4th March 2022
SWGfL as part of UK Safer Internet Centre are running free Online Safety events throughout March, available for any professional working with children and young people. Find out more, here.
25th February 2022