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The draft Statement of Strategic Priorities sets out government's online safety policy priorities and desired outcomes.
Ministerial foreword As the Secretary of State for the Department of…
This assessment is an update to the Online Safety Bill final stage impact assessment published in 2022 - and reflects several major policy changes made during passage of the Online Safety Bill.
Guidance issued by DSIT Secretary of State to Ofcom about determining fees payable by regulated services under the Online Safety Act 2023.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Presented to Parliament pursuant to Section 87 of the Online Safety Act…
This consultation will inform the eligible entity criteria and procedure for the Online Safety Act’s super-complaints function.
We are inviting insights to strengthen evidence base and inform the final recommendations of the Independent Pornography Review.
The Year 3 action plan sets out government’s plans to improve national media literacy capabilities and deliver the Online Media Literacy Strategy.
The Online Advertising Programme will review the regulatory framework of paid-for online advertising
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Supporting documentation for legislation to establish a new regulatory framework to tackle harmful content online, and make reforms to the criminal law.
The Year 2 Action Plan sets out government’s plans to improve national media literacy capabilities and deliver the Online Media Literacy Strategy.
Government response to the report of the Joint Committee on the draft Online Safety Bill.
This strategy and accompanying action plan set out the government’s plan to coordinate media literacy education and empower users to make safe choices online.
The CDEI has published a report on the role of AI in addressing misinformation on social media platforms, which details the findings from an expert forum it convened last year, with representatives from platforms, fact-check…
This report examines the current sector of online platforms with video-sharing capabilities, how these platforms protect users from harmful content and the user experience on platforms with video-sharing capabilities.
The Online Harms White Paper sets out the government’s plans for a world-leading package of measures to keep UK users safe online.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
VoCO (Verification of Children Online) is a child online safety research project that responds to the challenge of knowing which online users are children.
A framework and tool for organisations, policymakers, schools and companies to use to embed digital resilience thinking into products, education and services.
A response to the opportunities and challenges arising from new technologies.
This consultation seeks views on the government’s Internet Safety Strategy.
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