Tag: Facebook
StopNCII.org Wins UK IT Industry Award for Charity Project of the Year
This recognition celebrates StopNCII.org’s exceptional work in combating non-consensual intimate image (NCII) abuse
14th November 2024
Meta Announces New Measures to Protect People from Sextortion
Meta has launched new safety measures to protect people from sextortion scams.
24th October 2024
How Meta are Responding to Sextortion Attacks
Meta has revealed how they are preventing sextortion scammers from using their platforms.
5th August 2024
Meta Announces Plans to Use Facebook and Instagram Posts to Train AI
Meta has announced plans to use people’s public posts and images across Facebook and Instagram to help train artificial intelligence tools across Meta.
7th June 2024
Meta Announces Tools to Help Protect Against Sextortion and Intimate Image Abuse
Meta has announced new tools being tested to protect young people and adults from intimate image abuse.
15th April 2024
Meta Announces New Protections to Safeguard Teens from Harmful Content Online
Meta has announced new content policies to protect teens from seeing certain types of harmful content across Facebook and Instagram.
11th January 2024
Facebook Privacy and Safety Checklist Updated for 2024
The updated Facebook Checklist offers a comprehensive guide designed to address the common queries users may have about their Facebook profiles.
8th January 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
Meta Introduces New Digital Wellbeing and Parental Supervision Tools
Meta has announced new features to support young people and families across Facebook and Instagram.
7th July 2023
New Industry Partners Join StopNCII.org to Prevent the Sharing of Non-Consensual Intimate Images Online
TikTok and Bumble Inc. have joined Facebook and Instagram as Industry Partners of StopNCII.org to prevent the sharing of non-consensual intimate images online
1st December 2022
Tickets Now Available for Online Safety Day
Book your free tickets here for our annual Online Safety Day event with Meta taking place on Wednesday 16th November. Tickets available for online and in-person.
17th October 2022
Meta Introduces Community Chats to Facebook
Meta has announced that it is expanding communication features across Facebook and Messenger, by introducing Community Chats. Find out more in this article.
16th September 2022
Online Safety Day is Coming Back!
We are pleased to announce that we will be hosting Online Safety Day once again this year with social media giant Facebook. Find out what you can do to be the first to sign up to this online event.
19th July 2021
SWGfL & Facebook Release a New Guide for Schools using Facebook Apps
SWGfL have been pleased to work directly with Facebook and Childnet to produce a brand new guide for education professionals using Facebook apps.
15th June 2020
Privacy vs Safety - The Conflict
Privacy is the number 1 priority for Facebook and associated platforms, moving forward. In his blog, Mark Zuckerberg outlines his vision for a future of ‘privacy focused social networking’, admitting that “frankly we don't currently have a strong reputation for building privacy protective services,..”
6th March 2020
Online Safety Alerts - Think Before You Scare
The Education Safeguarding Advisor (Online Protection) within the Education Safeguarding Service regularly receives queries from schools in relation to warning parents/carers and young people about the online safeguarding risks they have heard about via the media.
26th February 2019