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Online Safety Bill must be strengthened to protect children, NSPCC says

The Government must go further in its Online Safety Bill to better tackle grooming and child abuse, the NSPCC has said in a new report. The children’s charity made the plea in the wake of new data which shows that reports of online child sexual ...

15 Apr 2022 at 01:25

Facebook says levels of harmful content taken down remain ‘consistent’

The prevalence of harmful content on Facebook and Instagram remained “relatively consistent” during the first three months of this year, the platforms’ parent company Meta said, as it published its latest community standards enforcement report....

17 May 2022 at 19:25

Ofcom urges tech firms to do more to keep women safe online

Ofcom has urged tech firms to do more to keep women safe online after a study found that they are less confident about online safety than men and feel less able to have a voice or share an opinion online. The study from Ofcom found that women ...

01 Jun 2022 at 10:16

Illegal and harmful content could evade new online safety laws, MPs warn

The Government’s draft Online Safety Bill would fail to prevent the sharing of the most “insidious” images of child abuse and violence against women and girls, a new report from MPs has warned. The House of Commons Digital, Culture, Media ...

24 Jan 2022 at 04:25

Social media firms ‘should be fined if they don’t prevent repeated abuse online’

Social media companies should face fines if they cannot demonstrate that they are stopping people banned from their platforms for abusive behaviour from setting up new accounts, a report from MPs has said. The House of Commons Petitions ...

01 Feb 2022 at 02:25

Ireland

Irish data protection watchdog defends handling of social media investigations

Ireland’s data protection watchdog has defended its stance and the pace of its investigations into breaches by social media giants. Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon said the long-running criticisms are “becoming old news”. ...

15 Sept 2022 at 10:24

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Irish data protection watchdog defends handling of social media investigations

15 Sept 2022 at 13:33

Public support tech bosses being made liable for online harms, NSPCC says

The Government should strengthen the online safety laws to hold senior managers at tech firms legally responsible for harmful content appearing on their platforms, the NSPCC has said in response to polling which found the public ...

06 Jan 2023 at 00:01

Long-term work sickness absence ‘a serious fiscal threat’ to UK

Long-term sickness – with people out of the labour market – has become a “serious fiscal threat” to the UK and action is needed to reform health and social care, according to a new report. The Institute for Public Policy ...

13 Sept 2023 at 00:01

Children turning to social media for news, Ofcom report finds

Children are increasingly turning to social media if they want to find out something new and “generally believe” what they discover online is true, according to a new study by the communications regulator. The Ofcom ...

29 Mar 2023 at 00:01

Government should hold inquiry into pupils’ access to ‘dangerous’ online content

The Government should hold an inquiry into “dangerous” content which young people are able to access on their smartphones, the leader of the largest education union in the UK has said. Daniel Kebede, general ...

05 Apr 2024 at 00:01

Social media safety ratings needed to protect children from online harm – report

An official five-star rating system for social media platforms to indicate how safe they are for children should be introduced to better protect young people online, a new report from criminal justice ...

19 Oct 2022 at 01:01

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