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UK vulnerable to misinformation, fact-checking charity warns

The UK is highly vulnerable to misinformation and is currently not properly equipped to combat it, the annual report from fact-checking charity Full Fact says. The report warns that without urgent action, the UK risks falling behind the pace of ...

09 Apr 2024 at 00:01

New online safety law may disappoint public without ‘tangible’ change, say MPs

Confidence in Britain’s new online safety regime could be undermined by a lack of “tangible” improvement, MPs have warned. Communications regulator Ofcom has been given the job of implementing the regime introduced by last year’s Online Safety ...

21 Feb 2024 at 09:23

Consider banning social media and smartphones for under-16s, MP tells Sunak

Rishi Sunak has faced a call to consider banning social media and smartphones for under-16s. Conservative MP Miriam Cates (Penistone and Stocksbridge) said there has been a “marked increase” in poor teenage mental health since 2010, and ...

29 Jan 2024 at 09:34

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Up to five years in prison for self-harm threats under new Scots law

Encouraging or assisting an individual to self-harm has been criminalised in Scotland as new legislation takes effect. Those found guilty of the crime, which can be committed online, in correspondence or publications, or in-person, can ...

31 Jan 2024 at 00:01

Ofcom sets out guidance on protecting children from online pornography

Websites that display or publish pornographic content will be required to use age assurance measures such as credit card checks and photo ID matching on users under the Online Safety Act. Online safety regulator Ofcom has published ...

05 Dec 2023 at 00:01

Social media sites failing to stop the spread of suicide content, charity says

Social media platforms suffer from significant, fundamental system failings in handling self-harm and suicide content, according to a new report. Suicide prevention charity the Molly Rose Foundation said it had found harmful ...

29 Nov 2023 at 00:01

Campaigners could make online safety super-complaints to Ofcom, Government says

Expert groups and children’s charities could be allowed to submit super-complaints to Ofcom under the powers of the Online Safety Act. The Government has launched a consultation seeking views on the possibility of allowing ...

16 Nov 2023 at 13:31

Ofcom lays out first plans to enforce new online safety rules

The biggest social media platforms will be required to protect children online by keeping them off suggested friend lists to stop them being contacted by groomers, Ofcom has said. The new online safety regulator has ...

09 Nov 2023 at 05:51

‘Facebook end-to-end encryption like turning a blind eye to child abuse’

Introducing end-to-end encryption on Facebook would be like “consciously turning a blind eye to child abuse”, the head of the National Crime Agency (NCA) has said. Graeme Biggar told a conference in central London ...

31 Oct 2023 at 14:25

Tech firms must ‘tame aggressive algorithms’ under Ofcom online safety rules

Social media platforms must take action to stop their algorithms recommending harmful content to children, and put robust age-checking measures in place to protect them, Ofcom has said. The regulator has ...

08 May 2024 at 09:39

Children as young as three ‘coerced into sexual abuse acts online’

Children as young as three are being manipulated into acts sexual abuse, with the images and videos now being found on the open internet, a new report says. The latest study from the Internet Watch ...

23 Apr 2024 at 00:01

Online safety rules don’t go far enough, bereaved parents say

A group of bereaved parents have warned that the Online Safety Act does not yet go far enough to protect children on social media. Bereaved Families for Online Safety have sent a joint letter to ...

08 May 2024 at 11:07

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