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Online grooming and the rise of online tuition
Due to COVID-19, there has been an explosion of online tuition but there is a crucial need for more stringent regulatory practices in order to safeguard students and parents. David McCarthy, Director of Education at Sophia Technologies, discusses here.
The importance of online security and privacy for children
Stuart Snape, Managing Partner, Graham Coffey & Co. Solicitors, provides his expert thoughts on the importance of online security and privacy for children under 13, including the key role parents play in this vein.
Housing providers must become insight-driven to increase fire safety
Mark Holdsworth, Director at Civica argues here that housing providers must become insight-driven to increase fire safety.
US law criminalises sex workers for discussing work online
The law criminalises sex workers writing about their lives, discussing health and safety issues and for journalists reporting on sex work.
Board announced for new UK Council for Internet Safety
The Government has today announced the organisations that will sit on the Executive Board of the new UK Council for Internet Safety.
UK PM joins ‘Christchurch Call to Action’ on online terror
PM Theresa May joins world leaders and internet companies for a Summit on tackling terrorist use of the internet and online terror consequences.
What is the future of online mental health treatment?
Henry Jones spoke to Nishat from Open Access Government about mental health platform Big White Wall (BWW), in light of expected UK Government White Paper on Online Harms.
Product safety, supporting small business growth and implementing the Industrial Strategy
The work of the Office for Product Safety and Standards, which is part of the UK’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), around product safety, supporting small business growth and implementing the Industrial Strategy vision of simplifying regulation are explored here.
Underage access to porn online is UK parents biggest fear
Three quarters (75%) of parents worry about their children accessing inappropriate adult content online such as violent porn, according to new research.
Cybercrime, illegal content online: We don’t have to turn a blind eye
Marsali Hancock from EP3 Foundation underlines that we don’t have to turn a blind eye concerning cybercrime, illegal content and harmful activities online.
Workplace technology – How has it impacted health and safety?
Employers have a duty of care to ensure that employees are not at risk when at work in businesses and organisations across Britain —so how are employers using technology to stay within the law and protect their team?
Parents demand tougher age verification laws to protect children online
Over half of UK parents believe that age restrictions are not working effectively and want stricter verification laws to be introduced online, according to new research
European Commission: Tackling illegal content online
The efforts of the European Commission around tackling illegal content online are charted here by Open Access Government
Brits concerned about computer safety due to rise in unwarranted bitcoin mining
A new study has revealed that there is major concern amongst brits about unwarranted bitcoin mining on their personal computers
Over-sharing online could harm future career prospects
Parents are concerned that their children are ruining their reputations and future career prospects through the content they’re posting online
New technology revealed to help fight terrorist content online
The Home Office has announced the development of new technology to automatically detect terrorist content on online platforms
Developed by the Home Office and ASI Data Science, the technology uses advanced machine learning to analyse the audio and visuals of a video to determine whether it could Daesh propaganda.
Tests have...
UK government outlines steps to enhance internet safety
The prime minister has announced plans to make the UK the safest place to be online, making sure that what is illegal offline is illegal online
As set out in the Internet Safety Strategy Green Paper which was published last year, the government is clear that abusive and threatening behaviour...
Safer Internet Day 2018- how to keep your children safe online
BullGuard cybersecurity discusses how we can connect with our children to make their online world safer
Safer Internet Day aims to encourage safe and positive use of digital technology among children and young people and start conversations about just how important it is.
Today’s generation lives in the digital world from...
Online council services to be expanded in Wrexham
Wrexham Council is expanding its digital capabilities to enable residents to access more services online…
An expansion of Wrexham Council’s digital agenda will enable residents to access more services online.
The council has revealed it will continue to grow its online capabilities, saving some £5m from its 2017/18 budget.
Currently, Wrexham residents can...
New measures announced to keep children safe online at school
Under new plans announced by the government, all schools will be required to put in place strengthened measures to protect children from online harm…
The new plans include protecting children from cyber bullying, pornography and the risk of radicalisation, following recent events that have shown the risks to young people...
