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Online Safety Network @osnetwork.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

🆕 We've a new vision and a new name! Read all about our refreshed priorities here and check out our new website for analysis and related resources to help support the vital work of #onlinesafety advocates, campaigners, researchers and policymakers. www.onlinesafetynetwork.uk/analysis/the...

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Online Safety Network @osnetwork.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Here's our response to today's #DSIT #socialmedia announcement along with links to the various published documents. www.onlinesafetyact.net/analysis/res...

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Online Safety Network @osnetwork.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

🆕Our latest #onlinesafety newsletter out today 💡All the reaction to the Government's #socialmedia ban announcement. 🎁And much, much more. 📰Read it all here: us4.campaign-archive.com?u=8569c2a504... 🖊️Sign up here: onlinesafetyact.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

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Online Safety Network @osnetwork.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

The full statement and list of 115 signatories is available on our website: www.onlinesafetyact.net/analysis/sta... 2/5

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Online Safety Network @osnetwork.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Former ICO Deputy Commissioner @privacyx.bsky.social published a major new report last week, on the impact of regulation on children's online safety. It calls for a greater focus on #safetybydesign and backs our approach to delivering it. www.lse.ac.uk/news/more-wo...

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Online Safety Network @osnetwork.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

📊 84% of UK public think that requiring companies to prove their products are designed to be safe BEFORE use would keep people safe on social media platforms. 🚨Only 2% think platforms are doing a good job of reducing harm. New YouGov polling out today: www.onlinesafetyact.net/analysis/uk-... 🧵⬇️

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Online Safety Network @osnetwork.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

📣 It's newsletter day! 📰 Read on. ✒️ Sign on. 💡 Think on. 🔗 Stay connected. 👉 us4.campaign-archive.com?e=6cf6aab125... #onlinesafety #onlinesafetyact #onlineharms #internetregulation #socialmedia #AIregulation #AI #chatbots #safetybydesign #onlineabuse #onlinescams #childsafety #misinformation

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Online Safety Network @osnetwork.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Tonight, the documentary, Molly vs. The Machines will be shown at 9pm on Channel 4. It tells the heartbreaking story of Molly Russell who tragically took her own life aged just 14 after viewing harmful content online. Molly’s story, as told by her family and friends, is not an isolated one. 1/

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Online Safety Network @osnetwork.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Our initial response to the Government's consultation on children's #onlinesafety, which is due to be published later this morning. More to follow once we've seen the detail. 👉🏼 www.onlinesafetyact.net/analysis/res...

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Online Safety Network @osnetwork.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

🚨 Our latest fortnightly #onlinesafety newsletter has hit inboxes this morning. 📰 Read it at the link below. 🖋️ Sign up if you don't already receive it directly. 🗣️ Tell your friends. 🤝 Stay connected. us4.campaign-archive.com?e=12547a4002...

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Online Safety Network @osnetwork.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Quite the conveyor belt of witnesses giving evidence in the first two sessions of the #cybersecurity and resilience Bill Committee today, with #DSIT Minister Kanishka Narayan rounding up before the Committee starts its scrutiny on Thursday.

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Online Safety Network @osnetwork.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

🆕 Today we're publishing a code for improved #onlinesafety for election candidates, developed with experts at @demos-uk.bsky.social @counterhate.com @isdglobal.org @jocoxfoundation.bsky.social @wfd.org @fawcettsociety.bsky.social @fullfact.org & #ElectHer 1/2 www.onlinesafetyact.net/analysis/imp...

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Online Safety Network @osnetwork.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Great to be joined by cross-party Parliamentarians, DSIT Minister Kanishka Narayan and our fabulous civil society partners in Parliament today to launch our 10-point plan to strengthen the #onlinesafetyact - there's much to do but the commitment to working with us to do it was hugely welcome.

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Online Safety Network @osnetwork.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Well said, Baroness Kidron in @houseoflords.parliament.uk #socialmedia debate tonight. #onlinesafetyact www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...?

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Online Safety Network @osnetwork.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

This figure (and the full article) tells you a lot about the grip the tech sector and its lobbyists have on UK government thinking and just how hard it is for civil society to get its voice heard. #onlinesafetyact 👇🏻 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Online Safety Network @osnetwork.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Happy Monday, everyone. Will @ofcom.bsky.social take robust #onlinesafetyact enforcement action on X? Will Ministers stand up to Musk? We can't help with those predictions. But our newsletter can bring you right up to speed with where we are this morning. ⬇️ us4.campaign-archive.com?e=12547a4002...

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Online Safety Network @osnetwork.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

As covered by @politico.com #MorningTech, we've written to the PM to call on him to end the use of X for Government communications in light of the appalling generation of sexualised images of women and girls via the platform's #Grok chatbot. Read more here⬇️ www.onlinesafetyact.net/analysis/let...

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Online Safety Network @osnetwork.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Excellent op-ed in the Times today from the BCS's Sharron Gunn on the #Grok scandal. ⬇️ www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...

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Online Safety Network @osnetwork.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

😫 Not quite ready to tackle all those "Reviews of the Year" in your inboxes? 😃 Here's our "Review of the last fortnight". 💡 Spoiler alert: it's not short. 🎁 Happy Christmas! We'll be back in January. us4.campaign-archive.com?e=6cf6aab125... #onlinesafetyact #onlinesafety

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Online Safety Network @osnetwork.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Government's #vawg strategy announces a ban on #nudification apps but no intention to upgrade @ofcom.bsky.social #onlinesafetyact guidance to a code of practice. assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6943d2...

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Online Safety Network @osnetwork.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

🆕Don't miss our penultimate newsletter of 2025, packed full of all the latest Government, @ofcom.bsky.social and civil society news and research on #onlinesafety in the UK and further afield You can read it below - and do subscribe for the next one! us4.campaign-archive.com?e=12547a4002...

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Online Safety Network @osnetwork.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

The Australian under-16 #socialmedia ban comes into force next week: here's an explainer from Prof Lorna Woods on what it covers, how it will work and some issues that may arise during implementation. www.onlinesafetyact.net/analysis/aus...

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Online Safety Network @osnetwork.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

@itvnews.bsky.social coverage of @ofcom.bsky.social #vawg guidance here with comments from Internet Matters and Refuge on why its non-enforceable status may limit its impact. 2/ www.itv.com/news/2025-11...

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Online Safety Network @osnetwork.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

It's #onlinesafety newsletter day: if you don't subscribe, you can read it in full below. Just don't forget to sign up to receive the next instalment direct.😉 #onlinesafetyact mailchi.mp/9755825a6fb9...

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Online Safety Network @osnetwork.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Quite the shot across the bows from the #DSIT Secretary of State to the @ofcom.bsky.social Chief Exec in the second of two letters on the implementation of the #onlinesafetyact, published today. Consultations on the duties referred to are now delayed until summer 2026. 1/2 www.gov.uk/government/p...

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Online Safety Network @osnetwork.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

🎂 The #onlinesafetyact is two, and so are we. 🎁 Here's the latest edition of our #onlinesafety newsletter, which has been hitting inboxes nearly every second Monday since we started. ✏️ Do sign up, if you haven't already, to receive it direct. ⬇️ mailchi.mp/581367f72801...

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Online Safety Network @osnetwork.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

🎂 The #onlinesafetyact is two years' old this weekend. 🎁 Here's a look at the highs, the lows, the missed opportunities and the homes for the future. www.onlinesafetyact.net/analysis/the...

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Online Safety Network @osnetwork.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

🆕 Our latest #onlinesafety newsletter is out today. Parliament may have been on recess but it's hardly been quiet elsewhere. Catch up with all the latest news, research and commentary below and don't forget to subscribe to receive the next one direct. ⬇️ mailchi.mp/51eb43a1895c...

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Online Safety Network @osnetwork.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

The US House Judiciary Committee has been taking testimony from Nigel Farage and others this afternoon in a discussion on "Europe's Threat to American Speech and Innovation." We've taken a look at some of the claims made about the #onlinesafetyact ⬇️ www.onlinesafetyact.net/analysis/fac...

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Online Safety Network @osnetwork.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Parliament's back - and so are we. Catch up with what's been happening over August in our new-term newsletter, out today. And, if you haven't already subscribed to receive these direct every fortnight, the registration link is in the next post. mailchi.mp/1d3aa36da50b... #onlinesafetyact

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Online Safety Network @osnetwork.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Ruling here: www.judiciary.uk/judgments/wi...

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Online Safety Network @osnetwork.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

We welcome the report of the @houseoflords.parliament.uk Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee on the #onlinesafetyact draft Protection of Children's Codes from @ofcom.bsky.social and thank the Chair and its members for the detailed consideration of our evidence in coming to its conclusions. 1/7

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Online Safety Network @osnetwork.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

📣 Newsletter special edition klaxon! So much has gone on in the #onlinesafety world in the last week that we've produced an extra newsletter. Enjoy! 🤓 👇🏻 #onlinesafetyact #onlineharms #socialmedia mailchi.mp/5de07ff7b964...

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Online Safety Network @osnetwork.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Trump expels Democratic regulators at FTC | @politico.com 👇 www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

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Online Safety Network @osnetwork.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

It's a big day* for #onlinesafety ... our newsletter is out! Rounding up all the recent news, research and commentary and much, much more including all our latest publications and news * Oh, and the #onlinesafetyact has also come into force ... 1/2 us4.campaign-archive.com?u=8569c2a504...

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Online Safety Network @osnetwork.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

📣 Check out all the latest #onlinesafetyact developments, including last week's Parliamentary debates (and arguments), in the latest edition of our newsletter. ⬇️ mailchi.mp/f518fb48b771...

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Online Safety Network @osnetwork.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Clement-Jones wins the vote: 86: 55. FWIW, the regulations still go through but with their approval caveated by the "House regrets" text tabled as below, including the call that the Govt "withdraw the Regulations and establish a revised definition of Category 1 services.” Ends/

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Online Safety Network @osnetwork.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

The UK Government has co-signed this statement today, calling for gender to be an integral part of the #AIActionSummit and flagging the need for #safetybydesign. www.gov.uk/government/p...

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Online Safety Network @osnetwork.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

It's the 3rd Reading of the Data (Use and Access) Bill @houseoflords.parliament.uk this afternoon: far from just "tidying up", the Govt & Baroness Kidron have a "data protection by design" amendment, and there's a new offence of creating purported intimate images. bills.parliament.uk/publications...

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Online Safety Network @osnetwork.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

It's that time again: our fortnightly newsletter is out! If you've not received it directly, have a read here ... and then be sure to sign up for next time. 🤓 👇 #onlinesafety #onlinesafetyact #onlineharms #socialmedia #internetregulation #AI mailchi.mp/20f28aec78b8...

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Online Safety Network @osnetwork.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

The Govt has withdrawn an amendment to the Data (Use and Access) Bill tabled a few days ago - the same as one tabled by the previous govt. Great result for campaigners but an avoidable own-goal from the Govt given its #VAWG target. www.thetimes.com/article/d257... @claremcglynn.bsky.social

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Online Safety Network @osnetwork.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

"There is no justification for waiting for the #onlinesafetyact to kick in." BBC News - Remove videos seen by Southport killer, Cooper says www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Online Safety Network @osnetwork.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

📣 The new edition of our fortnightly #OnlineSafety newsletter hit inboxes this morning. It's fair to say it's been a busy start to the year ...👇 #onlinesafetyact #onlineharms mailchi.mp/bffdd1de81e9...

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Online Safety Network @osnetwork.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Good to see our #onlinesafetyact #illegalharms statement covered in @thetimes.com today www.thetimes.com/article/88d9...

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Online Safety Network @osnetwork.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

#DCMS Secretary of State No 1 (of 8) with responsibility for the passage of the #onlinesafetyact is back in the game. And well done to Karen Bradley for some heartening cross-party solidarity at the end of a grim week. #violenceagainstwomen hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2025...

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Online Safety Network @osnetwork.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

A weak response from Govt in a HoL debate on Tues on the impact of foreign-owned social media co.s on UK democracy that fails to engage with either the need to plug gaps in the #OnlineSafetyAct and the weaknesses in @ofcom.bsky.social implementation as it is. hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2025-0...

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Online Safety Network @osnetwork.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

🚨 Announcement on new Govt proposals to be brought forward "in the coming weeks" to tackle online #csea, including rise in #AI-generated material, from the Home Secretary in the debate earlier today in the Commons.

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Online Safety Network @osnetwork.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

🎁 It's our last newsletter of 2024 - a bumper one, covering all the reaction and commentary so far on last week's announcements from @ofcom.bsky.social and #DSIT. 🎅 Spoiler alert: there's not very much ho, ho, ho. 🎄Happy Christmas. We'll be back with more next year. mailchi.mp/a1956b0126b5...

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Online Safety Network @osnetwork.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Lots for @ofcom.bsky.social to get to grips with in its "Year of Action" in 2025, then. And yet another reminder why its guidance on #VAWG, due for consultation, in February is so important.. ⬇️ www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

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