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15 March 2024 UK SIC

How offenders abuse privacy apps – latest podcast episode from the IWF

Predators are using end-to-end encrypted messaging apps to contact children and distribute criminal material, warns new research.

15 March 2024 Becca Cawthorne

Meet the Childnet Film Competition Judges for 2024

We are delighted to introduce you to the judges of the 2024 Childnet Film Competition

14 March 2024 UK SIC

StopNCII Announces PhotoDNA Integration and Niantic as New Industry Partner

StopNCII.org announced some exciting new developments as part of an event SWGfL and NCMEC (National Centre for Missing and Exploited…

11 March 2024 UK SIC

2024 Appropriate filtering and monitoring definitions published for public consultation

The UK Safer Internet Centre (UKSIC) has published a draft of its 'appropriate' filtering and monitoring definitions for 2024 for…

8 March 2024 UK SIC

UK Safer Internet Centre Sees Concerning Rise in Animal Abuse Content

Our service Report Harmful Content has seen a significant rise in animal abuse reports across social media channels.

7 March 2024 Beverley Thornton

Online Safety Clinics – New Events

SWGfL and the UK Safer Internet Centre have announced a series of new Online Safety Clinics covering a range of…

29 February 2024 UK SIC

IWF Hotline removes record amount of child sexual abuse depicting under 10s

Younger children are increasingly being groomed and coerced by predators into performing sexually online, warns the global hotline IWF.

23 February 2024 Becca Cawthorne

New resource from Childnet – Championing youth voice this LGBT+ History Month

February is LGBT+ History Month, and to celebrate UK Safer Internet Centre partner Childnet have created a poster for you…

22 February 2024 UK SIC

Meta Set To Label AI Generated Images

Meta has announced plans to label AI-generated images on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads in an aim to enhance transparency on…

20 February 2024 UK SIC

UK Safer Internet Centre Announces Accredited Filtering Systems for UK Schools and Colleges

Lightspeed Systems, Netsweeper and Smoothwall are the first filtering systems to be accredited under the new filtering accreditation scheme.

16 February 2024 Becca Cawthorne

How did you celebrate Safer Internet Day 2024?

We want to showcase all of the amazing things that organisations like yours did to celebrate the day!

15 February 2024 UK SIC

Online Safety Live – New 2024 Events

Book your free place for our online safety live sessions taking place across February and March