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Audiences could be better protected from harmful material like misinformation and pseudoscience while watching programmes on video-on-demand services (VoD), Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden has announced.
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Change in the law announced to extend Football Banning Orders to those who are abusive in connection with football on social media.
Children will be better protected online thanks to new guidance to help smaller tech firms embed safe design into their services.
British tech companies dedicated to making the internet a safer place have seen revenues soar in the last year.
DCMS is calling for views on a number of measures to enhance the security of digital supply chains and third party IT services.
The Online Safety Bill will help protect young people and clamp down on racist abuse online, while safeguarding freedom of expression.
The draft Online Safety Bill will help safeguard young people and clamp down on racist abuse, while upholding democratic debate online.
The Digital Secretary has laid out the scope of the new Bill — to keep people safe online, tackle illegal and harmful content and protect freedom of expression.
Australia, India, the Republic of Korea and South Africa, together with the G7, have expressed their desire to work together to seize the benefits of modern technology.
Two in five businesses (39 per cent) and a quarter of charities (26 per cent) report having cyber security breaches or attacks in the last 12 months.
DCMS has today announced the agenda for Safety Tech 2021, a world-first Expo event to showcase how technology can be used to support safer online communities.
A new social media campaign to tackle false vaccine information shared amongst ethnic minority communities will launch today, supported by the world’s biggest social media companies.
The government has published the UK’s first national action plan to protect journalists from abuse and harassment.
A new government report shows that the UK's growing cyber industry attracted record investment last year, despite the global pandemic.
The government has today published its draft rules of the road for governing the future use of digital identities.
The government has set up a new independent body to boost career opportunities and professional standards for the UK’s booming cyber security sector.
The Digital Secretary reacts to Twitter's suspension of Trump's account, and outlines how the UK Government plans to protect free speech while regulating social media.
The Digital Secretary updated Parliament on the government's full response to the Online Harms White Paper consultation.
Digital Secretary Oliver Dowden and Home Secretary Priti Patel have today announced the government’s final decisions on new laws to make the UK a safer place to be online.
The government will today set out a roadmap for the complete removal of high risk vendor equipment from the UK’s 5G networks, alongside an ambitious strategy to diversify the country’s telecoms supply chain and ensure its fu…
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