Beyond Child Safety: Does the Internet Need Enforcement

Governments are increasingly creating specific rules for how digital services must operate. Platforms are being asked to demonstrate compliance, regulators are being given greater oversight, and enforcement systems are becoming an increasingly important part of the regulatory process.  As explored throughout the previous blogs in this series, digital regulation starts with establishing the rules, followed […]

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Regulation Without Enforcement is Bypassed

Governments are establishing new rules for how digital services must operate. Platforms are being asked to demonstrate that they comply with those rules. Regulators are developing processes to assess whether they do.  As explored in the previous blog, establishing regulation and demonstrating compliance are critical steps in this process. But what happens when a regulator

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Why Are Governments Taking a New Approach to Children’s Social Media

For years, the conversation around children and social media has largely focused on what parents should do, what platforms should do, and how children can be taught to navigate the online world safely.  That conversation is changing.  There is growing evidence that the digital environments children use can have real consequences. In a 2022 survey of almost

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Europe’s Online Gambling Enforcement Challenge 

Europe’s illegal online gambling market is growing, raising a critical question for governments and regulators: how do you enforce online gambling regulations when unlicensed operators can continue to reach consumers across borders?  A new report commissioned by Euromat and produced by Regulus Partners and Helios estimates that Europe’s unlicensed online gambling market has grown at

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Start the Year With onGuard Insights 

As we start the new year, we’re reminding our UK Cloud customers that onGuard Insights is available with onGuard 1.6.4.  See the Bigger Picture  onGuard Insights gives schools and safeguarding teams a clearer view of changes and trends in student online activity as they develop. Individual incidents can be difficult to assess on their own.

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Why Illegal Online Gambling Is Hard to Stop

Illegal online gambling is often discussed in terms of user behaviour, including accessibility, anonymity, and risk. But focusing only on the end user overlooks a more important reality.  Illegal online gambling persists because it is engineered to.  Behind every platform is an underlying infrastructure designed for resilience, rapid replication, and evasion. Understanding that infrastructure is

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AI in Education: What Norway’s Elementary School AI Ban Means for Schools Worldwide 

AI has become embedded in search engines, productivity suites, educational platforms, and other everyday applications. Schools need to think beyond simply blocking websites. Students can still encounter AI-generated content or use AI in ways that raise safeguarding concerns, even when accessing approved platforms.   Recent reports that Norway is heavily restricting AI use in elementary schools reflect a growing global

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Illegal Online Gambling: Expert Insights from Netsweeper CEO Perry 

Illegal online gambling is a growing global challenge that impacts governments, financial systems, and communities worldwide. As online gambling platforms become increasingly accessible, authorities face new challenges in identifying, monitoring, and disrupting illegal operators.  In this video series, Netsweeper CEO Perry Roach provides insights into the scale of the issue, the challenges governments face, and the role technology can play in

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Early Exposure, Lasting Harm: Porn and Under-16s 

A Safeguarding Issue Happening at Scale  Online pornography exposure among children is no longer rare or exceptional; it is increasingly routine, often accidental, and frequently occurring well before age 16.  Recent UK data from the Children’s Commissioner shows that around 70% of young people reported seeing pornography before age 18, with more than a quarter exposed by age

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International Day for Countering Hate Speech: Building Safer Digital Spaces Through Prevention and Accountability 

Every year on June 18, the International Day for Countering Hate Speech serves as a reminder of the growing challenge hate speech poses to societies around the world. As digital platforms continue to connect billions of people, they have also become channels through which harmful, discriminatory, and extremist content can spread at unprecedented speed and scale.  While freedom

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