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Find out what online harms are, how to manage them, and where to report them if they occur.
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How safe platform design can protect your users from online harms and prepare your business or organisation for future legislation.
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.
The Competition and Market Authority (CMA)'s work aims to tackle potentially harmful online selling practices.
Practical steps to manage the risk of online harms if your online platform allows people to search user generated content.
Research paper from OFCOM
This page brings together research commissioned by DCMS related to onlines harms. It informs government policy to prevent harm related to online activities. It also contains research by the UK Council for Internet Safety.
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.
Practical steps to manage the risk of online harm if your online platform allows people to create anonymous or multiple accounts.
Documents, publications and announcements relating to the government's Online Safety Bill.
This guide is to help you and your business understand how to ensure that content on your service is appropriate for children.
This page provides a collection of online media literacy resources and events.
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