Advice on Ofcom’s consultation on a safer online life for women and girls – practical guidance for tech companies

The increasing levels of online misogyny on social media, is driving young people, particularly young women, away from spaces meant for connection and creativity.[1] There is an urgent need for technology platforms to overhaul their policies and take concrete steps toward ensuring a safer digital life for both girls and boys. This requires a much stronger approach from the government, from Ofcom and from the tech companies.

NICCY would welcome a statement from Ofcom as to how it will ensure that this guidance can act as a suitable response to the matters raised by the Committee of Public Accounts. NICCY also recognises the scale of the challenge but holds that the holistic realisation of children’s rights in relation to the digital environment is possible. This requires that children’s rights become an overarching objective; that a rights-respecting regulatory environment is built; and that a ‘business case’ for children’s rights is developed.

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