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If you manage an online platform that allows user generated content, these 7 steps will help you keep your business and your users safe.
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.
This guide is to help you and your business understand how to protect children from sexual exploitation and abuse on your platform.
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.
Practical steps to manage the risk of online harm if your online platform allows people to interact, and to share text and other content.
Find out what online harms are, how to manage them, and where to report them if they occur.
How to meet your new sponsor and their family, while staying safe online. Also information about how to stay safe in the UK.
How safe platform design can protect your users from online harms and prepare your business or organisation for future legislation.
Information on eVisas and why you need one.
Find out your VAT obligations if you use an online marketplace to sell goods in the UK.
This page provides a collection of online media literacy resources and events.
The British Hallmarking Council's HALO award 2023 is open for submissions.
The Competition and Market Authority (CMA)'s work aims to tackle potentially harmful online selling practices.
One hour GDS Academy online course on tools and techniques for leading interactive and engaging meetings in virtual rooms.
Practical steps to manage the risk of online harms if your online platform allows people to search user generated content.
This guide is to help you and your business understand issues around data protection and privacy. It is intended for organisations that provide online services likely to be accessed by children.
Check if someone selling medicines online in Northern Ireland is allowed to do so by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
Understand how preventative design measures can reduce the risk of harms happening on your online platform.
Practical steps to manage the risk of online harm if your online platform allows people to live stream, or view live streams by others.
UK customers may not be able to access their online content services when they visit the EU.
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