Press Release: 14 May 2013 Protected offline, but exposed online, says Baroness Howe Today, Baroness Howe of Idlicote will introduce legislation intended to protect under-eighteens from adult content online. Welcomed by internet safety charities, her new Online Safety Bill has its First Reading in the House of Lords today. Baroness Howe explained the hypocrisy of [...]

This week, Baroness Howe of Idlicote linked increasing sexual offences with the availability of explicit violent pornography online. In a speech to the House of Lords, Baroness Howe pointed to the Government’s report that revealed one in five women surveyed had been a victim of a sexual offence at some point in her life since [...]

Momentum is building for Baroness Howe’s Online Safety Bill, following disappointment with the Government’s lacklustre response to the proposal to introduce an opt-in system for protecting children online. In the week running up to Safer Internet Day, a series of amendments have been tabled to support Baroness Howe’s efforts to improve the safety of children [...]

CARE has expressed its disappointment that the Government has rejected the opt-in system of protecting children from accessing adult content online, despite the Prime Minister’s latest announcement. We are particularly unimpressed at the justification given by the Government for not proceeding with an opt-in system. Nola Leach, Head of Public Affairs, explains: ‘The Government’s justification [...]

Why more tools like Olly should be developed and used Some time ago I wrote a short piece about how new technologies, such as tablets and smartphones, can distract parents from paying full attention to the life of their children.  The portability of technology means it can be readily accessed and the temptation to check [...]

Baroness Howe of Idlicote (pictured, right) introduced her Online Safety Private Members Bill to the House of Lords on 10 May. It requires those companies that supply internet services – whether at home or on a mobile device – to filter pornographic content, unless an adult user specifically asks for access to such content. This [...]

CARE warmly welcomes the Report from the Independent Parliamentary Inquiry into Online Child Protection, published today. Conducted by Claire Perry and a cross-party group of MPs, the Inquiry’s Report tackles the issue of protecting children online – a cause CARE has worked on for a number of years, most recently with Baroness Howe of Idlicote [...]

·        One in three children has seen hardcore internet pornography ·        Software to protect children absent from half of computers New laws which will make it more difficult for children to access hardcore pornography were introduced in Parliament on Wednesday. The legislation will introduce new controls to halt the rising numbers of children who have [...]

Baroness Howe of Idlicote (pictured, right) introduced her ‘Online Safety’ Private Members Bill to the House of Lords today. It requires those companies that supply internet services – whether at home or on a mobile device – to filter pornographic content, unless an adult user specifically asks for access to such content. This mechanism is [...]

Today, 7 February, is Safer Internet Day.  Coming, as it does, on the same day that the Police Federation expressed their fears over cuts to online safety work, Safer Internet Day is a timely and necessary opportunity for UK families to think about how they use the internet and engage with the online world. This [...]