Report Harmful Content will be closed from 4pm today until reopening at 10am on Tuesday 7th of May.

You can use our chatbot, Reiya, to support the navigation of the website in the meantime. All case enquiries will be responded to on reopening.

Is your #school meeting staff #training needs? Why not explore ProjectEVOLVE EDU, our essential online safety training platform designed to shape the knowledge of teachers across the UK.

Find out how to start the ProjectEVOLVE EDU experience to access features such as videos,…

The National Crime Agency has alerted schools across the UK around the surge in cases of financially motivated sexual extortion.

Find out more about the alert and the support available.⤵️

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Our service has seen a concerning increase in reports involving animal abuse content.

Since November 2023, 36% of content escalated to industry partners included animal abuse. 84% of this harmful content has now been successfully removed.

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Report Harmful Content supports anyone over the age of 13 in the UK who may need help reporting harmful online content. We also provide tools that schools and organisations can use to support their students.

Find out how schools can use our service. ⬇️

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Schools and organisations can use the @ReportHC Button to give young people quick access to online safety and reporting guidance for social media platforms.

Find out how to add the Button to your organisation’s website for free. 👇

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Harmful content is anything online that causes a person distress or harm. It includes a huge amount of content and can be subjective depending on who views it; what may be harmful to one person might not be to another.

Find out more. ⤵️

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Social media safety centres are often provided by social media platforms to promote the safe and responsible use of their social media platforms.

If you want to access a social media safety centre, you can find them all in one place on our website.

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In 2023, 31% more people made a report to Report Harmful Content than in 2022, totalling over 5,000 reports.

Find out how Report Harmful Content has supported people affected by harmful content online. ⤵️
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Our helpline has released new guidance after finding a rise in cases involving online reputational concerns.

These concerns, which often affect #teachers in secondary schools, involve the reputation of schools being damaged online. ⤵️

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New data released by #Ofcom reveals that 1 in 3 children aged between 5-7 use social media unsupervised.

The latest data explores how children communicate online. Find out more in the SWGfL - Safe, Secure, Online article.

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The latest episode of the Interface podcast has been released, looking at online safety and technology with Mr P

Take a listen to the latest discussions around digital literacy, #AI and how teachers can utilise technology in the classroom.

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Nearly 19,000 reports were made to the Revenge Porn Helpline in 2023, a 106% increase compared to 2022.

After a record-breaking year, find out how the Helpline supported adults experiencing intimate image abuse.

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Today is the start of National Stalking Awareness Week 2024.
This year we’re calling for agencies to #JoinForcesAgainstStalking to ensure that victims of stalking are supported from disclosure to conviction and beyond.

Read our report at suzylamplugh.org/national-stalk…
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Romance and sextortion scams are becoming increasingly common, with @rphelpline finding that victims are being blackmailed for money using their private sexual images.

For more information on scams involving intimate images, read the SWGfL article.

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Our Report Harmful Content button has been supporting #schools and organisations across the UK to report harmful content online.

Download the RHC Button to your organisation’s website for free, to help make sure your organisation can stay safe online.

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Meta has announced that they are trialling new features on Instagram to protect users from #sextortion and intimate image abuse.

Find out more.

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Do you know what to do if you're being affected by sextortion?

Take a listen to the advice Amanda Dashwood, our Helpline Practitioner, shared with @ITVnews.

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Sextortion reports increased by 54% last year.

This horrific crime continues to affect hundreds of individuals every day, read our latest data release to find out more about intimate image abuse in 2023.

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With sextortion scams rising by 54% in 2023, ITV News has visited the Revenge Porn Helpline team to find out more about this concerning rise.

Take a listen to our Helpline practitioners discussing their work to assist individuals affected by this crime.

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