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Telecoms companies in the UK must follow tougher security rules or face fines of up to ten per cent of turnover, under a new law laid in Parliament today.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Opening remarks from the Minister for Media and Data
The money will go to six research centres across the UK whose research addresses challenges around online safety and privacy
The UK’s rapidly-growing safety tech sector is helping make the online world safer for millions of people, a report published today shows.
A first-of-its-kind blueprint to keep children safe on the internet, drafted by the Five Country partners, has been endorsed by major tech companies.
Telecoms and broadcasting regulator to get role ensuring platforms protect users
Project Artemis developed following Hackathon co-hosted by Microsoft and the Home Office
The letter concerns Facebook's proposals to apply end-to-end encryption to all its messaging services.
The Home Office will fund new research to help stop violent terrorist videos being shared online after terrorist attacks.
New fund will bolster law enforcement capabilities to tackle child sexual exploitation and abuse.
The Government has today announced the organisations that will sit on the Executive Board of a new national body to tackle online harms in the UK.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
New “game-changing” innovations to improve the capability of the Child Abuse Image Database will speed up investigations and automatically categorise indecent images.
Home Secretary Sajid Javid says all technology companies must step up their efforts to tackle online child sexual exploitation.
Read about new measures to protect children from commercialisation and sexualisation in society.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
The Prime Minister welcomes progress on tackling commercialisation and sexualisation of childhood but says more must be done
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