British subscription site OnlyFans is failing to prevent underage users from selling and appearing in explicit videos, a BBC investigation has found.
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27 May 2021
Instagram boss Adam Mosseri claims the proposal for a social media app for under-13s would improve online safety but experts warn it could become a site for child grooming
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i News
26 May 2021
The government’s proposed online safety laws fail to adequately protect children from online pornography, a House of Lords committee has warned.
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Metro
26 May 2021
Teachers say they do not feel equipped to deal with peer-on-peer sexual abuse because they have had no training.
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BBC News
25 May 2021
For nine years, Chris Hughes has fought a battle very few people ever see.
He oversees a team of 21 analysts in Cambridge who locate, identify and remove child sexual abuse material (CSAM) from the internet.
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19 May 2021
New research finds that UK children’s digital profiles are being shared with online advertisers to target young web users with personalised adverts
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i News
19 May 2021
Campaigners are "astonished" that the government's draft Online Safety Bill does not contain long-promised age verification checks for pornography
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BBC News
18 May 2021
On Saturday, WhatsApp will finally begin to force users to accept its controversial new terms of service, almost half a year after it first announced plans to do so.
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The Guardian
14 May 2021
Regulators will be able to take down unsafe products listed on eBay without consulting it, under new rules being developed by the online seller.
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The Times
10 May 2021
Critics warn that failing to address scams in the law will "leave vulnerable people defenceless" in the midst of a pandemic.
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Sky News
07 May 2021
Simply having a strong password is no longer enough to keep your online accounts secure. That is why the world’s largest companies are all encouraging their users to use a system called two-factor authentication ...
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The Telegraph
07 May 2021
A father and a student campaigner are seeking a High Court hearing to consider whether the government should tighten youngsters' access to porn.
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BBC News
06 May 2021
Algorithm will identify tweets that may be ‘harmful or offensive’ and give option to edit, delete, or send anyway
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The Guardian
06 May 2021
There remains "little association" between technology use and mental-health problems, a study of more than 430,000 10 to 15-year-olds suggests.
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BBC News
04 May 2021
Facebook approved adverts targeting teenage children interested in gambling, smoking and extreme weight loss, a report says.
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BBC News
29 Apr 2021
Leaders from the G7 countries have signed a declaration outlining a series of principles to boost online safety across the world.
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GovernmentComputing.com
29 Apr 2021
We may never leave social media completely. But we will control which aspects of our identities we share, and with whom
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Wired
26 Apr 2021
A project that works with young people to boost self-esteem says its services are "needed now more than ever".
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BBC News
24 Apr 2021
The head of one of London’s most elite state schools called on pupils to be more like the character Neville Longbottom from the Harry Potter novels and stand up to friends in the light of harassment and assault.
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Evening Standard
24 Apr 2021
Instagram has announced it will start automatically filtering abusive messages on its app.
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ITV News
21 Apr 2021