The ProTechThem Project: Sharenting cyber awareness video YouTube video by Protechthem Project

📣New video alert! ⚠️This animated video is based on a survey of over 1000 UK parents & it highlights harms that occur when parents post information about their children online. Be risk aware & help secure a positive digital future for children📱#cyberawareness #sharenting #onlinesafety

Parents urged to think twice before posting back-to-school pictures Researchers at the University of Southampton have warned of the dangers of 'sharenting'.

📣 📢 Our new study shows that children experience harms such as identity fraud & cyberbullying due to sharenting which occurs when parents disclose their children’s information online ⚠️

Children at risk of identity theft and fraud from 'sharenting' Researchers at the University of Southampton are warning of the dangers of posting your children's photos online.

This article outlines key findings from our ESRC-funded research project which revealed digital harms that arise when parents disclose children’s information online. Awareness raising resources for parents & briefings for stakeholders including policy makers are available at: www.protechthem.org

The EU Kids Online network's feedback on the Guidelines for the Protection of Minors Online under the Digital Services Act is now available online:
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#dsa #guidelines #comments #basedonevidence

X has lost its legal battle against Ireland’s Online Safety Code, as the Irish High Court today dismissed the case and affirmed the media regulator’s authority to enforce tougher online safety regulations www.mlex.com/mlex/technol...

⚠️ Child Rights Impact Assessment: A Policy Tool for a Rights‐Respecting Digital Environment - just published o/a by @Livingstone_S @Kruakae_Noony #DigitalFutures4Children
@5RightsFound @MediaLSE #CRIA #DigitalEnvironment #ChildRights #GeneralComment25

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'New rules for a safer generation of children online. What changes will there be?'

🔒 Children in the UK will lead safer online lives as we've finalised safety measures for sites and apps to introduce from July.

Tech firms must act to prevent children from seeing harmful content, and meet their duties under the Online Safety Act

➡️ Read more: www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safet...

'Top trends in UK media lives - our latest research on how people in the UK access, use, and perceive their online and media lives.'

Check out the latest trends for how people in the UK live their lives online:

🤖 AI is on the rise, but not trusted by all
🚫 Scams and fake profiles
📱 Smartphone use

Find out more here: www.ofcom.org.uk/media-use-an...

Home Ofcom is the UK’s regulator for the communications services that we use and rely on each day. We regulate broadband, home phone and mobile services, TV, radio and video on demand services, oversee the...

‘While broadcast TV still accounts for the majority of in-home viewing (56%), audiences are increasingly turning to YouTube. The platform is now the second most-watched service in the UK, behind the BBC and ahead of ITV.’

Tech firms suggested placing trackers under offenders’ skin at meeting with justice secretary Exclusive: Shabana Mahmood told companies she wanted ‘deeper collaboration’ to tackle prisons crisis

Last month, tech companies were asked ‘what a digital, data and technology-enabled justice system could look like in 2050. Responses included: Real-time behaviour monitoring & subcutaneous tracking of people under the control of the criminal justice system’.

UK campaigners raise alarm over report of Meta plan to use automation for risk checks Ofcom ‘considering the concerns’ raised after claim that up to 90% of risk assessments will be carried out by AI

‘Internet safety campaigners have urged the UK’s communications watchdog to limit the use of artificial intelligence in crucial risk assessments after a report that Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta was planning to automate checks.’

Ofcom head calls age checks a ‘big moment’ for child online safety Melanie Dawes says rules will protect children from harmful content but campaigners are unconvinced The UK’s chief media regulator has promised age verification checks will prove a “really big moment” in the battle to keep children safe online, even as campaigners warn she needs to take tougher action against big technology companies. Melanie Dawes, the head of Ofcom, said on Sunday that the new checks, which have to be in place later this month, would prove a turning point in regulating the behaviour of the world’s biggest online platforms. Continue reading...

Ofcom head calls age checks a ‘big moment’ for child online safety

Content warning screen with the European Commission logo at the top right. Text reads: 'Our children deserve a safe digital childhood.' A warning icon is displayed above the text, and a 'See Why' button appears at the bottom.

No more excuses. Platforms must protect children online.

Following broad consultation, we’ve released new #DSA guidelines to strengthen the protection of minors online.

They target:

➡️ Addictive design
➡️ Cyberbullying
➡️ Harmful content
➡️ Unwanted contact

Apple and Google have 'effective duopoly' in UK says regulator The tech giants both expressed concern at the rulings, but said they will co-operate with investigations.

‘Apple & Google may be required to change the way they operate some of their mobile services in the UK. "Around 90-100% of UK mobile devices run on Apple or Google's mobile platforms," the Competition & Markets Authority said, adding this means the firms "hold an effective duopoly".

Reddit introduces age verification in the UK ahead of new rules The platform will bring in the measures from 14 July to stop under-18s looking at "certain mature content".

‘The social media platform [Reddit] has brought in the measures to comply with new rules under the UK's Online Safety Act which require sites that show adult material to introduce "robust" age checking techniques.’