online safety

WhatsApp said it is committed to user privacy, and believes encryption will play a key role in ongoing global security, as it launched its first global marketing campaign (Nick Ansell/PA)

WhatsApp launches ad campaign to promote benefits of end-to-end encryption

June 14 2021

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Cyber security agency launches online game for children

May 25 2021

TikTok is to allow users to delete or report harmful comments in bulk and block multiple accounts at once for the first time (PA)

TikTok gives users the power to delete comments in bulk to combat bullying

May 20 2021

Regulators will not need to notify Ebay to remove unsafe and illegal listings (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

Regulators given power to remove dangerous Ebay listings

May 10 2021

Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden hosted the virtual meeting, ahead of the main G7 Summit in June (Yui Mok/PA)

Online safety takes centre stage at meeting between G7 tech leaders

April 28 2021

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TikTok to open first European Transparency Centre

April 27 2021

Ministers said the legislation would help to make the UK the safest place in the world to be online (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

Online Safety Bill ‘must go further to protect children online’

April 22 2021

Ofcom’s new hub is expected to be operational by the summer (Yui Mok/PA)

Ofcom to create tech hub and up to 150 new jobs in Manchester

March 26 2021

Facebook has previously revealed plans to make messaging across its apps end-to-end encrypted (PA)

Facebook apps used in more than half of online child sex crimes, NSPCC says

March 26 2021

Children are at risk of a 'multitude' of harms due to increased online time, it has been claimed.

Schools & Family

Online safety: Pandemic highlights need to educate children on password protection – Dundee expert

February 22 2021

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Schools & Family

What safety measures do social media platforms have in place?

October 26 2020

Sargent Gavin Jardine.

Schools & Family

Police urge parents to discuss online dangers to help combat rising digital crimes

October 26 2020

Geri Horner is hoping to bridge the ‘digital language gap’ between parents and their children (Ian West/PA)

Geri Horner: Mystique has gone in today’s pop world

October 25 2018

A French police officer enters the residence of Kim Kardashian West in Paris.

If you’ve got it, don’t flaunt it

October 12 2016