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The Online Safety Bill is a new set of laws to protect children and adults online. It will make social media companies more responsible for their users’ safety on their platforms.
Practical steps to manage the risk of online harm if your online platform allows people to interact, and to share text and other content.
The UK Council for Internet Safety (UKCIS) is a collaborative forum through which government, the tech community and the third sector work together to ensure the UK is the safest place in the world to be online. UKCIS is part...
How safe platform design can protect your users from online harms and prepare your business or organisation for future legislation.
Practical steps to manage the risk of online harm if your online platform allows people to live stream, or view live streams by others.
This guide is to help you and your business understand how to ensure that content on your service is appropriate for children.
Find out what online harms are, how to manage them, and where to report them if they occur.
This guide is to help you and your business understand how to establish a safe environment for children to positively interact with each other.
This guide is to help you and your business understand how to protect children from sexual exploitation and abuse on your platform.
If you manage an online platform that allows user generated content, these 7 steps will help you keep your business and your users safe.
Guidance for defence personnel on the use of social media
Raft of voices below have thrown their support behind Act protecting children from online harm, while empowering adults with more choices over what they see online.
Online Safety Act receives Royal Assent putting rules to make the UK the safest place in the world to be online into law.
Understand how preventative design measures can reduce the risk of harms happening on your online platform.
Online Safety Bill passes its final Parliamentary debate and is now ready to become law.
Practical steps to manage the risk of online harms if your online platform makes users’ account details and activity visible to others.
This consultation seeks views on the government’s Internet Safety Strategy.
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