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Actions developed by the Five Country Ministerial to counter online child sexual exploitation and abuse.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Practical steps to manage the risk of online harms if your online platform makes users’ account details and activity visible to others.
A communication tool to help children and young people with care experience talk with their carers about their online lives.
If you manage an online platform that allows user generated content, these 7 steps will help you keep your business and your users safe.
Advice and guidance to help parents and carers to keep children safe online.
DCMS is launching the Media Literacy Taskforce Fund to award grant funding to projects piloting new methods of delivering media literacy interventions to ‘hard to reach’ citizens.
A framework for deeper UK-Japan collaboration across digital infrastructure and technologies, data, digital regulation and digital transformation.
Help your children to understand what the risks associated with using social media are.
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
Understand how preventative design measures can reduce the risk of harms happening on your online platform.
A best practice guide for supporting young people’s online safety and experiences
Practical steps to manage the risk of online harms if your online platform allows people to search user generated content.
The government has made a number of amendments to the Online Safety Bill in relation to content published by a recognised news publisher.
The government has made a number of amendments affecting the illegal content duties at clauses 8 and 9 of the Online Safety Bill.
These codes provide guidance for companies to help them understand how to mitigate the risks from online terrorist content and activity and child sexual exploitation and abuse.
We've announced new rules for tech firms around online harms — below are answers to questions surrounding the Full Government Response.
Advice and guidance on how to protect yourself and your business from fraud and cyber crime.
The Media Literacy Programme Fund awards grant funding to organisations undertaking media literacy activity that tackles the media literacy challenges in the Online Media Literacy Strategy.
Steps internet infrastructure providers can take to prevent child sexual abuse and terrorism.
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by the UK and Australia in February 2024 to enhance cooperation in online safety and security.
Information on the risks end-to-end encryption poses to children if it is implemented on social media messaging platforms without robust safety measures.
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