10/03/2025: Surge in use of ‘game-changing’ Report Remove service
Child protection analysts have seen a significant rise in reports from children accessing the world-leading Report Remove service run by the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) and the NSPCC’s Childline service.
09/03/2025: Children in UK as young as 11 targeted by sextortion criminals, data reveals
Internet Watch Foundation says ‘worrying’ trend shows criminals are casting their nets wider to trap victims.
09/03/2025: Our teenage son was targeted by a sextortionist online – here’s what we did
Help is available for children tricked into sending intimate images, but regular conversations about internet safety are ‘part of parenting now’.
07/03/2025: Plan to make phone use safer for teens watered down
A bill that had suggested banning smartphones in schools and addictive algorithms aimed at young teenagers has been watered down to gain government support.
05/03/2025: I wish my job didn’t exist – the team that has to find child abuse images
At home she is a loving grandmother who enjoys spending time with her grandkids but at work Mabel has to watch the internet’s most “abhorrent” child sex abuse.
03/03/2025: TikTok profiting from sexual livestreams involving children, BBC told
TikTok is profiting from sexual livestreams performed by teens as young as 15, the BBC has been told.
03/03/2025: TikTok investigated over use of children’s data
The UK data watchdog has launched what it calls a “major investigation” into TikTok’s use of children’s personal information.
27/02/2025: Ban degrading and violent online porn, review proposes
Degrading, violent and misogynistic pornography should be banned, a review of the industry has recommended.
27/02/2025: What the Online Safety Act is – and how to keep children safe online
Technology companies will have to take more action to keep children in the UK safe on the internet, following the introduction of the Online Safety Act.
27/02/2025: SWGfL Welcomes Pornography Review Recommendations
A comprehensive list of recommendations for strengthening protections on online pornography has been published today and delivered to the Government.