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artificial intelligence

Business Best Practice: Preparing for AI Regulation

Follow VerifyMy on LinkedIn to keep up to date with the latest safety tech and regulatory developments. The proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) has been rapid, with 9 in 10 leading businesses (across 112 countries) leveraging some form of the technology within their operations. New use cases are constantly emerging,

Online Safety Act

VerifyMy Response to Ofcom Guidance on Age Assurance: a Call for Consistency, Swift Enforcement & Industry Collaboration

Follow VerifyMy on LinkedIn to keep up to date with the latest safety tech and regulatory developments. The Online Safety Act (OSA) received Royal Assent on 26 October 2023. It creates a new regulatory framework designed to make regulated internet services safer for users in the UK, particularly for children.

Digital Services Act

Supporting the DSA Implementation: How the EC is taking the lead on ensuring the effectiveness of the new rules and the protection of users online

Follow VerifyMy on LinkedIn to keep up to date with the latest safety tech and regulatory developments. The Digital Services Act (DSA) has recently reached full force as of February 17, 2024. However, big tech players have been under its scope since August 2023. The European Commission (EC) has been

Safer Internet Day

Young People Encounter Harmful, Age-Restricted and Illegal Content Within Minutes of Going Online

Follow VerifyMy on LinkedIn to keep up to date with the latest safety tech and regulatory developments. New research, launched on Safer Internet Day, reveals that shockingly almost one in ten (9%) young people have come across Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) on the internet. Findings also show that children

Safer Internet Day

A Duty of Care: Why it’s time to Enhance Age Assurance and Content Moderation to Protect Children from Harmful Online Content

Follow VerifyMy on LinkedIn to keep up to date with the latest safety tech and regulatory developments. In today’s digital-first environment, children are being routinely exposed to harmful, age-restricted and even illegal content online. The continued proliferation of smart devices and easy, anywhere access to user-generated content (UGC) through

Online Harms

Senate hearing over online harms

Follow VerifyMy on LinkedIn to keep up to date with the latest safety tech and regulatory developments. “Speaking as someone who has been heavily involved in similar hearings related to online safety, they are invaluable in raising awareness on important topics. However, rather than pointing fingers now is the time

Digital Safeguarding

The Surge of Social Media-enabled Financial Sextortion

Follow VerifyMy on LinkedIn to keep up to date with the latest safety tech and regulatory developments. A recent study by the Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI) 'A digital pandemic: Uncovering the role of 'Yahoo Boys' in the surge of social media-enabled financial sextortion targeting minors.'

Providing Business Clarity: How updated Guidance from the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) on Age Assurance for the Children’s Code will Improve Online Child Safety

Follow VerifyMy on LinkedIn to keep up to date with the latest safety tech and regulatory developments. Businesses have historically lacked clarity from regulators regarding the compliant methods of age assurance available to them.  While some brands have had to devote significant time and resources to understand and implement the

Digital Safeguarding

Safe Experiences Online: The Need for Regulation & Effective Implementation

Follow VerifyMy on LinkedIn to keep up to date with the latest safety tech and regulatory developments. VerifyMy's Commitment to Responsible Tech, Accountability & Collaboration In the rapidly evolving landscape of the digital age, the need for regulation to protect people online has become not just a necessity

Digital Services Act

A new age of accountability: The Digital Services Act and its implications for Very Large Online Platforms

Follow VerifyMy on LinkedIn to keep up to date with the latest safety tech and regulatory developments. On August 25, 2023, the Digital Services Act (DSA) came into effect, forcing very large online platforms (VLOPs) and search engines (VLOSEs)  – a platform or search engine with more than 45 million users

Digital Safeguarding

Global Threat Assessment 2023 - WeProtect Global Alliance

Follow VerifyMy on LinkedIn to keep up to date with the latest safety tech and regulatory developments. WeProtect Global Alliance has published its latest report, assessing the scale and scope of child sexual exploitation and abuse online. The report finds that child sexual abuse material (CSAM) reports have increased by

Online Safety Act

The Online Safety Act is now law

Follow VerifyMy on LinkedIn to keep up to date with the latest safety tech and regulatory developments. The Online Safety Act has received Royal Assent and is now law, bringing a renewed focus on how online services can provide a safer life online for children and adults in the UK.

Digital Safeguarding

Online platforms that fail to tackle child sexual abuse material could lose bank accounts

Follow VerifyMy on LinkedIn to keep up to date with the latest safety tech and regulatory developments. British banks could lead the way in using their influence over their customers to tackle child sexual abuse materials (CSAM) found online by withdrawing financial services. In a move which mirrors the existing

Online Safety Act

UK Passes Online Safety Act

Follow VerifyMy on LinkedIn to keep up to date with the latest safety tech and regulatory developments. The Online Safety Act has completed its passage through the UK Parliament and awaits only the King’s assent – a formality – before it becomes law. This will trigger an 18-month deadline for the

CSAM

Removing child sexual exploitation and abuse materials: call to action

Follow VerifyMy on LinkedIn to keep up to date with the latest safety tech and regulatory developments. The clue is in the name - the ‘World-Wide Web’ is a truly global entity, so it is both natural and welcome that the United Nations is showing an increased interest in preventing

Online Harms

Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) release 2022 Annual Report

Follow VerifyMy on LinkedIn to keep up to date with the latest safety tech and regulatory developments. The IWF have released their 2022 Annual Report revealing a deep dive into the digital and social emergency happening #BehindTheScreens, in children’s bedrooms. “Invite child abuse pyramid” or ICAP sites incentivise users

Digital Safeguarding

The growing problem of online-facilitated child sexual abuse

Follow VerifyMy on LinkedIn to keep up to date with the latest safety tech and regulatory developments. This IICSA investigation focusses on the growing problem of online-facilitated child sexual abuse. The increase in access to and use of the internet has brought undeniable benefits to society. It has also enabled

Online Safety

Online grooming crimes have risen by more than 80% in four years

Follow VerifyMy on LinkedIn to keep up to date with the latest safety tech and regulatory developments. The NSPCC have obtained figures which show online grooming crimes recorded by the police continue to climb and have jumped by more than 80% in four years. Key findings from 41 UK police

Online Safety Bill

Will UK’s online safety bill protect children from adult material?

Follow VerifyMy on LinkedIn to keep up to date with the latest safety tech and regulatory developments. Dan Milmo of The Guardian asks key questions on the online safety bill due to become law this year. The bill imposes a duty of care on tech companies to protect children from

Digital Safeguarding

'Phones have become a battleground for parenting in the age of social media'

Follow VerifyMy on LinkedIn to keep up to date with the latest safety tech and regulatory developments. Margaret Lynch looks at the question of smartphone use for children and shares her own experiences for The Journal. Keeping your kids offline only prevents them from learning the tools which will be

Age Assurance

A fifth of teenagers watch pornography frequently and some are addicted, UK study finds

Follow VerifyMy on LinkedIn to keep up to date with the latest safety tech and regulatory developments. Harriet Grant and Dan Milmo of The Guardian report on how a major new survey of British schoolchildren’s attitudes to pornography has found significant numbers of young people aged between 14 and

Digital Safeguarding

What Are Kids Doing in the Metaverse?

Follow VerifyMy on LinkedIn to keep up to date with the latest safety tech and regulatory developments. New report shares the details families, companies, and lawmakers need to keep kids safe. The metaverse is a hot topic right now. Newspapers are writing about it, tech corporations are investing in it,

Digital Safeguarding

Online Child Exploitation and Child Sexual Abuse Materials

Follow VerifyMy on LinkedIn to keep up to date with the latest safety tech and regulatory developments. The phenomena of selling, exchanging, and producing child sexual abuse materials (CSAM) is trending upwards at an alarming rate. CSAM commerce is estimated to be a multibillion dollar business. To assist in identifying

Digital Safeguarding

I Didn’t Consent: A Global Landscape Report on Image-Based Sexual Abuse

Follow VerifyMy on LinkedIn to keep up to date with the latest safety tech and regulatory developments. ‍The Image-Based Sexual Abuse initiative, powered by Panorama Global, published its landmark report. With social media, smart phones, and other technology woven seamlessly into all facets of everyday life, many of us – primarily

Online Safety

Common Emoji Drug Codes

Follow VerifyMy on LinkedIn to keep up to date with the latest safety tech and regulatory developments. As part of VerifyMy's commitment to making the internet safer for children and society, we've created this handy guide to aid parents, caregivers, and educators in understanding how emojis