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TikTok removes more than seven million suspected under-age accounts
TikTok removed nearly 7.3 million accounts suspected to belong to under-age children in the first quarter of this year.
Story from: BBC News
01 Jul 2021
Amazon launches 'child-friendly' smart speaker in UK
But critics said that parents should remember that it will also be collecting data on their children.
Story from: BBC News
30 Jun 2021
Molly Russell’s father warns children paying the price as tech giants fail to prevent harmful content
Ian Russell is campaigning for recognition of the disparities between the protections in place for children in their offline lives versus the dangers facing them online
Story from: i News
23 Jun 2021
New tool for under-18s to report nude photos of themselves online
Under-18s who want nude pictures or videos of themselves removed from the internet can now report the images through an online tool.
Story from: BBC News
22 Jun 2021
WhatsApp launches privacy campaign after backlash
WhatsApp has launched its first major privacy-focused advertising campaign in the UK. It follows a customer backlash against changes to its terms and conditions, announced earlier this year.
Story from: BBC News
14 Jun 2021
Sexual harassment 'normalised' for children in schools, according to 'shocking' Ofsted report
Ninety percent of girls and 50% of boys said being sent unwanted explicit pictures or videos happened "a lot" or "sometimes".
Story from: Sky News
10 Jun 2021
The contradictions at the heart of the online safety billl
Who decides what we can say online? The question plagues Silicon Valley boardrooms, government committees and philosophy departments alike ... The UK is the latest country to unveil its plan to take back the reins
Story from: Politics.co.uk
27 May 2021
The children selling explicit videos on OnlyFans
British subscription site OnlyFans is failing to prevent underage users from selling and appearing in explicit videos, a BBC investigation has found.
Story from: BBC News
27 May 2021
Instagram for kids: Safeguarding experts warn of risks of new app
Instagram boss Adam Mosseri claims the proposal for a social media app for under-13s would improve online safety but experts warn it could become a site for child grooming
Story from: i News
26 May 2021
Porn websites should be covered in Online Safety Bill, says House of Lords
The government’s proposed online safety laws fail to adequately protect children from online pornography, a House of Lords committee has warned.
Story from: Metro
26 May 2021
Teachers 'struggle to deal with classroom sexual abuse'
Teachers say they do not feel equipped to deal with peer-on-peer sexual abuse because they have had no training.
Story from: BBC News
25 May 2021
Should encryption be curbed to combat child abuse?
For nine years, Chris Hughes has fought a battle very few people ever see. He oversees a team of 21 analysts in Cambridge who locate, identify and remove child sexual abuse material (CSAM) from the internet.
Story from: BBC News
19 May 2021
More than 820m UK children ‘targeted with personalised adverts each day’
New research finds that UK children’s digital profiles are being shared with online advertisers to target young web users with personalised adverts
Story from: i News
19 May 2021
Porn blocker 'missing' from Online Safety Bill prompts concern
Campaigners are "astonished" that the government's draft Online Safety Bill does not contain long-promised age verification checks for pornography
Story from: BBC News
18 May 2021
WhatsApp to force users to accept changes to terms of service
On Saturday, WhatsApp will finally begin to force users to accept its controversial new terms of service, almost half a year after it first announced plans to do so.
Story from: The Guardian
14 May 2021
Regulators will be able to remove unsafe products listed on eBay
Regulators will be able to take down unsafe products listed on eBay without consulting it, under new rules being developed by the online seller.
Story from: The Times
10 May 2021
Online Safety Bill ignoring 'epidemic of scams' faced by the UK, experts warn
Critics warn that failing to address scams in the law will "leave vulnerable people defenceless" in the midst of a pandemic.
Story from: Sky News
07 May 2021
Why you should be using two-factor authentication for passwords
Simply having a strong password is no longer enough to keep your online accounts secure. That is why the world’s largest companies are all encouraging their users to use a system called two-factor authentication ...
Story from: The Telegraph
07 May 2021
Father calls for pornography sites to require proof of age
A father and a student campaigner are seeking a High Court hearing to consider whether the government should tighten youngsters' access to porn.
Story from: BBC News
06 May 2021
Twitter launches prompt asking users to rethink abusive tweets
Algorithm will identify tweets that may be ‘harmful or offensive’ and give option to edit, delete, or send anyway
Story from: The Guardian
06 May 2021
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