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The Surge of Social Media-enabled Financial Sextortion

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

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

Safe Experiences Online: The Need for Regulation & Effective Implementation

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

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

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

Global Threat Assessment 2023 - WeProtect Global Alliance

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

The Online Safety Act is now law

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.

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

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

UK Passes Online Safety Act

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

Removing child sexual exploitation and abuse materials: call to action

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

Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) release 2022 Annual Report

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

The growing problem of online-facilitated child sexual abuse

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What Are Kids Doing in the Metaverse?

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,

Online Child Exploitation and Child Sexual Abuse Materials

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

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

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

Common Emoji Drug Codes

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

Children’s Commissioner Report

Children’s Commissioner Report

Follow VerifyMy on LinkedIn to keep up to date with the latest safety tech and regulatory developments. The Children’s Commissioner for England publishes results of nationally representative survey of 1,000 young people aged 16 to 21 and focus groups with teenagers. Read full report here 31st January 2023:

UK Online Safety Bill gains teeth

UK Online Safety Bill gains teeth

Follow VerifyMy on LinkedIn to keep up to date with the latest safety tech and regulatory developments. British ministers reached a compromise with backbenchers from their own party who had been pressing for senior executives in tech companies to be made criminally liable for breaches of the new Online Safety

Visualsoft announce VS Verify, powered by VerifyMyAge

Visualsoft announce VS Verify, powered by VerifyMyAge

Follow VerifyMy on LinkedIn to keep up to date with the latest safety tech and regulatory developments. We are excited to announce Visualsoft has partnered with VerifyMy to offer their customers age verification services through VerifyMy's age verification solution - VerifyMyAge (VMA). Visualsoft aligns technology, marketing and strategic

ASACP name VerifyMy as one of its valued Featured Sponsors for December 2022

ASACP name VerifyMy as one of its valued Featured Sponsors for December 2022

VerifyMy, the Google for Startups-backed safety-tech provider, has a mission to make the Internet a safer place via their VerifyMyAge and VerifyMyContent safety-tech solutions designed to deliver the best consumer experience without compromising the needs of the business. VerifyMyAge is a global leader in age assurance technology, safeguarding children by

VerifyMy joins the Internet Watch Foundation

VerifyMy joins the Internet Watch Foundation

We are pleased to announce that VerifyMy has joined the Internet Watch Foundation as a new Member, helping to keep the internet free from illegal child sexual abuse content. IWF Members are given access to a range of services that aid organisations in keeping their users, employees and children safe

VerifyMy joins WeProtect Global Alliance

VerifyMy joins WeProtect Global Alliance

We're excited to become a member of WeProtect Global Alliance to help in the fight to make the internet safer for children and society. Working with the Alliance, we will continue to develop our safeguarding solutions designed to solve the compliance and safeguarding problems of today's