Over 70% of UK adults think social media platforms should do more to protect children

TikTok exposes children to suicide content within three minutes of joining app Research from the

Ofsted’s Annual Report released Ofsted’s annual report, which ran from September 2021 to August 2022,

Reports of online child sexual abuse crimes have jumped by over 80% Police have revealed

TikTok becoming most popular news source for younger users Research from the Reuters Institute and

TikTok’s ‘blackout’ challenge linked to deaths of 20 children in 18 months The ‘blackout’ challenge

Accuracy of mental health advice on TikTok examined TikTok is now increasingly being used as

Social media firms told to protect young people or pay price Social media firms have

Encouraging self-harm to be criminalised in Online Safety Bill Content that encourages or promotes self-harm

Google alerts Gmail users about 5 key scams and spams during holiday season The company

Molly Russell and Olly Stephens: Families unite to slam online law delays The parents of

Parents warned seven risks of posting images of children leading up to Christmas A 2018

Meta rolls out new privacy updates for young people on Instagram and Facebook Meta has

Watchdog report finds almost 900 instances of more severe form of child abuse content According

TikTok accounts hiding Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) in plain sight Many TikTok accounts have

Tweets with racial slurs soar after Musk takeover New research from the Center for Countering

Record amount of online child abuse blocked The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) has said that

Findings on how children spend their free time and ‘Generation Isolation’ A study from youth

Instagram introduces age verification for UK users Instagram is introducing Yoti technology to help verify

Sandwell launches ‘Online Safety-Against Extremism’ guide    Sandwell Council’s Prevent team have devised a new

Findings from the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual

Some UK adult sites ‘not doing enough to protect children’ Ofcom have released a report

Social media safety ratings to protect children from online harm A study from Crest Advisory

Only half of young people agree they feel “supported online” by parents Research from Malwarebytes

Young LGBTQI+ people ‘nearly twice as likely’ to encounter hate speech online Research from the

Roblox says policing virtual world is like “shutting down speakeasies” Roblox chief scientists have released

Pinterest announces new partnership with Headspace ahead of World Mental Health Day The platform will

School nursing affected by rise in eating disorders Latest data from NHS Digital shows the