Today (26th October 2023) the long awaited Online Safety Bill has become an act of law, with landmark guidance for tech companies to reduce harm to women and girls to be developed by the regulator, Ofcom. This is a historic…
Today (30th June 2023) the government has announced that it will amend the Online Safety Bill to require Ofcom to publish guidance for tech companies to ensure they reduce risks of harm to women and girls using their platforms. The…
Today (9th May 2023) the Children's Commissioner for England has published a new report exploring the links between exposure to pornography and harmful sexual behaviours in children. Building on an earlier report which illustrated the shocking extent of pornography exposure…
Accessible versions of the Snapshot report 2022-23 Download the Snapshot report here Download the Easy Read Snapshot report here Download the large print report here View the Executive Summary and Recommendations in BSL New YouGov data shows the majority of…
Update, 27th February 2023: Over 100,000 people have now signed our petition to end online abuse! Today (Tuesday, 17th January 2023) as the Online Safety Bill completed its final stages in the House of Commons, the End Violence Against Women…
Today (15th December 2022), a coalition of experts in tackling violence against women have written to the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Michelle Donelan MP, calling on the government to make sure the Online Safety Bill…
Today, (Friday, 25th November 2022), the government has announced new offences to tackle image-based sexual abuse, taking forward several of the Law Commission’s recent recommendations to strengthen protections for victims. These include: Repealing and replacing current legislation with new offences…
The government has put the Online Safety Bill on hold until a new Prime Minister is in place, leaving it at risk of being weakened or scrapped. In a statement responding to the news, a coalition of violence against women…
The Law Commission of England and Wales has today (7th July 2022) made a series of recommendations to government for reforms that would strengthen protections for victims of image-based sexual abuse. These reforms follow a review of the laws around…
New Ofcom figures are published on the same day as the Victims' Commissioner's research, also highlighting the harmful impacts of online abuse on women and girls. Today (1st June 2022), Ofcom has released figures from their major study into the…