Press release: The UK Safer Internet Centre (UKSIC) has received welcome confirmation that its application to the EU Connecting Europe Facility fund has been successful. The grant of Euros 2,462,866 for January 2019-December 2020 goes to the partnership of three leading UK not-for-profit organisations – Childnet International , the Internet Watch Foundation , and SWGfL – whose joint mission is to...

As a partner within the UK Safer Internet Centre (UKSIC), SWGfL is launching a new reporting centre to assist the public in reporting online abuse and harmful content: Report Harmful Content Online.

With Black Friday and Cyber Monday over, and Christmas not far away, we look at the things you can do before handing over any tech presents on Christmas day

On a record-breaking day, IWF world class Analysts confirmed 2,015 reports of online child sexual abuse imagery. The reports were fully assessed, confirmed and marked for takedown. IWF assessments are trusted and acted upon by the police and internet industry across the globe.

Last week saw SWGfL and their European partners working with teams of young people in Berlin in their SELMA ‘Hacking Hate’ hackathon. SELMA (Social and Emotional Learning for Mutual Awareness) is a two-year project aiming to tackle the growing problem of online hate speech with mutual awareness, tolerance and respect.

The most widely acknowledged concern among parents is exposure of their children to online pornography according to recent research. A collaborative study was conducted with the University of Plymouth by South West Grid for Learning, as part of its work within the UK Safer Internet Centre.

At this event they shared their knowledge, best practice and ideas for how they can implement online safety education in their schools.