Tag: Governments
David Wright Awarded Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
As part of the King’s Birthday Honours List for 2024, David Wright has been awarded a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) .
15th June 2024
Department for Education Releases Keeping Children Safe in Education for 2024
This guidance outlines crucial measures for the safeguarding and protection of children within educational settings.
3rd June 2024
White House Calls for Tech Industry to Combat Synthetic Sexual Content
The White House has called for tech industry companies and financial institutions to combat synthetic sexual content, also known as 'deepfakes' - strengthening the need to implement tools such as StopNCII.org.
24th May 2024
MPs Support #NotYoursToView Campaign Alongside Georgia Harrison
Find out how we presented in parliament to discuss the ongoing issue of intimate image abuse alongside Georgia Harrison
9th May 2024
Government to Criminalise the Creation of Synthetic Sexual Content
The UK government has announced new legislation to criminalise the creation of synthetic sexual content, or 'deepfake' images.
17th April 2024
Continuing the Global Efforts to Prevent Non-Consensual Intimate Image Sharing
Over 182,000 individuals have used StopNCII.org to protect their intimate images and videos from being shared across multiple online platforms.
30th November 2023
Tickets Now Available for Online Safety Day 2023
Reserve your place to join us for our annual Online Safety Day event in partnership with TikTok taking place on Wednesday 13th December.
17th November 2023
Ofcom Announces Draft Codes of Practice to Protect Children Online
Ofcom has published its draft codes of practice, addressing illegal material and harmful content online.
13th November 2023
Current Global Events - Responding to Online Harm
With distressing events taking place, many online platforms are seeing a shift in the types of content being shared. Find out what support is available.
13th October 2023
SWGfL Attends Internet Governance Forum in Kyoto Japan
We have been delighted to attend the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) to discuss our extensive work within the protection of individuals online.
11th October 2023
Phone Banning in Schools – Considerations from David Wright
New guidance is being introduced to ban phones in schools across England. David Wright shares his thoughts on the initiative.
5th October 2023
Online Safety Bill Ready to Become UK Law
The Online Safety Bill has now been signed off by the Houses of Parliament and ready to become UK law. Read our response in this latest article:
20th September 2023
UK Safer Internet Centre Launches Don’t Steal My Right to Appeal Campaign
The Online Safety Bill is looking to remove an essential protection that is supporting individuals to report and remove online content. Find out more
9th May 2023
SWGfL Presents Online Harm Research at the House of Commons
SWGfL attended the Houses of Parliament to present an exclusive look at the latest research from Report Harmful Content. Find out what happened
24th February 2023
A Need for Support – Report Harmful Content Report Launched
Report Harmful Content have launched their latest research report looking at cases and trends that have been seen throughout 2021 and 2022
21st February 2023
Harmful Sexual Behaviour Resources and Training – Support for Professionals
The team behind the Harmful Sexual Behaviour Support Service have now developed a variety of resources and training materials to help professionals. Discover more in our latest article.
9th December 2022