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The government's draft Online Safety Bill "neither protects freedom of expression nor is it clear nor robust enough to tackle illegal and harmful online content," says the chair of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee.

No Place to Hide drive funded by Home Office to warn social media firms over dangers of end-to-end encryption

From ‘dark patterns’, to ‘confirmshaming’ – take your time when moving through the online world

The Internet Watch Foundation has been tracking and investigating reports of child sex abuse on the internet for 15 years and found that there were 361,000 reports of suspected criminal material last year.

Apple has launched an app for competitor Android's smartphones, which will inform users if there is a tracking device nearby.

New criminal offences and major changes have been proposed in the UK's landmark Online Safety Bill, which seeks to regulate social media and tech giants.

Apple has released iOS 15.2, adding a host of new features to the iPhone. While some updates to the iPhone operating system bring only minor updates, the new features brings some of the more significant – and controversial – additions that have been held back since iOS 15 was released earlier this year.

Proposed British rules aimed at cracking down on harmful online content should be beefed up with tougher measures like making it illegal to send unsolicited graphic images, requiring porn sites to ensure children can't gain access and moving faster to hold tech executives criminally liable for failing to uphold the regulations, lawmakers said in a new report.

New Take A Break feature will also be rolled out to Instagram users in the UK, encouraging them to pause using the app after 10, 20 or 30 minutes

Incidents reported include name-calling, online abuse, unwanted touching, assault and rape

Exclusive: failure to prevent children seeing online porn puts them at risk of abuse and lifelong trauma, say children’s safety group

Artificial Intelligence (AI), quantum computing and digital technology have combined to completely transform the way human intelligence is gathered

The government is looking at ways to hold technology companies responsible for the “explosion” in online scam advertisements, a minister has suggested.

A group of emergency services, consumer watchdogs and safety groups want the government to make online sellers more liable for selling dangerous items.

Youngsters who My London spoke to said ‘the police would do nothing else’ if these offences were reported

Nadine Dorries says government is planning to bring flagship content moderation law before MPs in March.

Can the government’s new laws make the internet safer while also defending free speech?

The privacy-focused tech company's latest update promises to block invasive data collection across your whole phone.

Close to one in eight children have met up with people they did not know in real life but had only encountered online, a new report regarding online safety has shown.

YouTube users will no longer see how many dislikes a video has got. The platform says it's made the change to protect users from "dislike bombing" and to reduce "stress and embarrassment" for creators.