Tag: Governments
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
Online Safety Index Report Released for 2022
The annual Online Safety Index report has been launched for 2022, looking into how well schools in England protect their children online. Find out more here
24th November 2022
Reports of Online Harm Continue to Grow as Online Safety Bill is Delayed
As delays continue, online harm is evidently still affecting thousands of people on a daily basis with a growing number of reports to our helplines. Find out more.
1st November 2022
Online Safety Bill: Response to Further Delays
The Online Safety Bill was due to appear in parliament this week but has now been further delayed. Read our response in this latest article.
1st November 2022
Independent Inquiry Into Child Sexual Abuse Report Exemplifies How Essential Support Services Are
The Independent Inquiry Into Child Sexual Abuse has released its final report. Read our response and find out why the need for support services is more important than ever.
21st October 2022
Safer Internet Day 2023 Theme Announced
The UK Safer Internet Centre has announced what the new Safer Internet Day theme will be for 2023. See how you can register your support here.
29th September 2022
Keeping Children Safe in Education – Guidance from the Department for Education
The Department for Education has recently published the updated 2022 ‘Keeping children safe in education’ statutory guidance for schools and colleges in England. Discover more about what is included, here.
23rd May 2022
Age Verification
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
Joint Committee Reports on Draft Online Safety Bill
A joint committee of MPs joined to scrutinise the draft online safety bill and to make further recommendations for improvement before it goes to parliament and finalised in 2022. Today, the report on the draft bill has been published with the following recommendations.
14th December 2021
Have You Heard About Report Harmful Content?
We’re calling for your help to answer this questionnaire about the platform Report Harmful Content and to share your experiences of harmful content online.
25th November 2021
SWGfL statement on UK Government response to Online Harms White Paper
David Wright, UK Safer Internet Centre Director at SWGfL, issues statement following the UK Government's response to the Online Harms white paper.
12th February 2020
UK Government Online Harms White Paper - Initial thoughts from SWGfL
The Government wants the UK to be the safest place in the world to be online; no mean aspiration given the long,and often tortuous, history of what we now regard as our “online lives”.
8th April 2019
UK Government Publishes Online Harms White Paper
SWGfL welcomes the UK Government's Online Harms White Paper and its commitment to making the UK the safest place to be online.
8th April 2019