Online Safety

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

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TikTok creates European Safety Advisory Council to inform on content moderation

March 2, 2021

The new stats have been published to coincide with Safer Internet Day (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

Some children ‘speaking to strangers and receiving sexual messages online’

February 9, 2021

(Dominic Lipinski/PA)

Cybersecurity experts issue guidance on post-data breach safety

January 28, 2021

The average time spent online each day has risen from 3.4 hours last year to 3.8 hours (Peter Byrne/PA)

Children spending more time online to help cope with lockdown, research says

January 28, 2021

A woman using a laptop computer. The enormous volume of digital data involved in criminal cases could overwhelm police tech units, a report has found (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

Good cybersecurity habits still lacking despite greater device use, report says

January 27, 2021

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Children’s web series launches to tackle growing threat of online grooming

March 13, 2019

Do you know how to set privacy levels on Facebook? (Getty Images)

How to set privacy on Facebook – a guide on how to change your settings

May 18, 2016