Ofcom releases guidance on women and girls' online safety

Ofcom to ‘shine light’ on sites not doing enough to protect women and girls

The regulator has published new guidance for tech firms on protecting women and girls under the Online Safety Act.

Social media companies to be 'named and shamed' for not protecting women and girls online, Ofcom chief tells LBC

The head of Ofcom has told LBC that the regulator will "name and shame" social media companies that fail to protect women and girls in the UK adequately.

Ofcom releases guidance on women and girls' online safety

Influencers share experiences of online abuse as Ofcom publishes new draft guidance for tech companies.

Ofcom calls on tech firms to make online world safer for women and girls – consultation

It hopefully doesn’t need me to point out to followers of this website that the Office of Communications, Ofcom, is a deeply ‘progressive’ organisation. Its lack of challenging of progressive media outlets (most notably the BBC) is shameful, as have been its attacks on GB News. My thanks to M for pointing to a document published by Ofcom today, Ofcom calls on tech firms to make online world safer for women and girls. Ofcom also published the rel…

Ofcom’s publication of draft Violence against Women and Girls Guidance | End Violence Against Women

Ofcom has today (25th February 2025) published draft Violence Against Women and Girls Guidance, proposing new measures for tech firms to tackle online harms against women and girls. The guidance focuses on four issues: Online misogyny ‘Pile-ons’ and online harassment Online domestic abuse Intimate image-based abuse Ofcom identified nine areas where tech firms should do more to improve the online safety of women and girls’, by “taking responsibi…

Ofcom to name and shame tech firms over women’s abuse online

Kate Berry Radio 5 Live Miah Carter Miah Carter has been sharing her experience of online abuse. Looking through the comments on her social media posts can be an emotional rollercoaster for Miah Carter. The 21-year-old influencer posts makeup, body positivity and lip-sync content for her 3.3m followers on TikTok, but says her success online comes with constant abuse. Speaking to Radio 5 Live, Miah says she receives abusive comments “every seco…