Online safety

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Avoid and report internet scams and phishing

How internet scams work and what to be aware of - misleading websites, report website fraud, suspicious communication and phishing, HMRC scams, immigration scams.
Report online material promoting terrorism or extremism

Report internet content promoting terrorism, extremism or violence - your report will be treated anonymously.
Report hate crime

Crimes committed against someone because of their race, religion, sexuality, disability or gender are hate crimes - how to report them to the police

Relationships and sex education (RSE) and health education
- Statutory guidance
- 13 September 2021
- Department for Education
Safeguarding children and protecting professionals in early years settings: online safety considerations
- Guidance
- 4 February 2019
- UK Council for Internet Safety
Sharing nudes and semi-nudes: advice for education settings working with children and young people
- Guidance
- 11 March 2024
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and UK Council for Internet Safety
Education for a Connected World
- Guidance
- 30 June 2020
- UK Council for Internet Safety
Teaching online safety in schools
- Guidance
- 12 January 2023
- Department for Education

Response to the Independent Review of Pornography: letter to Baroness Bertin
- 27 February 2025
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, Ministry of Justice, and Home Office
- Correspondence
Britain's leading the way protecting children from online predators
- 4 February 2025
- Home Office
- News story
New online safety priorities for Ofcom and launch of study into effects of social media on children
- 20 November 2024
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Press release
Tackling illegal content online and implementation of the Online Safety Act
- 16 October 2024
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Correspondence
First UK-US online safety agreement pledges closer co-operation to keep children safe online
- 10 October 2024
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Press release

Participation Survey: July to September 2022 publication
- 13 February 2025
- Closed organisation: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- Official statistics
Participation Survey 2021–22 annual report
- 13 February 2025
- Closed organisation: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- Official statistics
Participation Survey: October to December 2022 publication
- 13 February 2025
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport and Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Official statistics
Participation Survey: January to March 2023 publication
- 13 February 2025
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport and Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Official statistics
Participation Survey 2022–23 annual publication
- 13 February 2025
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport and Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Official statistics

Super-complaints: eligible entity criteria and procedural requirements
- 16 April 2024
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 11 January 2024
Government response to the Animal Sentience Committee’s report on the Online Safety Act
- 12 February 2025
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Policy paper
Draft Statement of Strategic Priorities for online safety
- 20 November 2024
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Policy paper
Online Safety Act: Enactment impact assessment
- 23 October 2024
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Impact assessment
Online Safety Act 2023: guidance to the regulator about fees
- 24 May 2024
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Policy paper

ACE Annual Review 2023-24
- 24 September 2024
- Accelerated Capability Environment
- Corporate report