Tag: Governments

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

Report Harmful Content Quarterly Report 2021

Here, we look at the quarterly report from the Report Harmful Content helpline for the start of 2021 with the main trends seen over the reporting period. Find out some of the key statistics including number of reports and visits to the website.

18th May 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

Government announces new UK Council to improve Online Safety

The UK Government has announced it is expanding the scope of the UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS) to help improve online safety for everyone.

30th July 2018

Life in Likes: The Children's Commissioner's report into social media use among 8-12s

We recently saw the release of the latest national report focussed on young people and social media. Here Ben Bolton looks at the report and how it relate's to his own work in Cornwall.

15th January 2018

David Wright reviews the proposed changes to Keeping Children Safe in Education

DfE published a consultation on December 14th 2017 - here our Director David Wright offers his views on the proposed changes to ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ for schools and colleges in England.

19th December 2017

SWGfL response to Government's Internet Safety Strategy

SWGfL Director, David Wright, responds to the Government's Internet Safety Strategy green paper, we reflect on the document and look at where it may need some development.

27th November 2017

Government publishes Internet Safety Strategy Green Paper

Today the Government has published a consultation that will help shape the UK’s strategies around online safety.

11th October 2017