March 2023
MRF partners with Leeds Beckett University to protect mental health onlineThe move will see the university’s Mental Health in Schools Award, which is run by the Carnegie Centre of Excellence for Mental Health in Schools, updated to include new statements directly relating to digital safety.
February 2023
Guide to the Online Safety BillThis three-page guide to the Online Safety Bill appears on the SWGfL website, a charity dedicated to empowering the safe and secure use of technology globally.
January 2023
Peers to be shown self-harm and suicide online material viewed by Molly RussellImages and film of self-harm and suicide viewed by Molly Russell in the months before her death will be shared with members of the House of Lords on Monday 30 January as part of Molly’s family’s campaign to strengthen the Online Safety Bill.
January 2023
Online Safety Bill clears the Commons with stiff amendmentsThe Molly Rose Foundation is pleased the Online Safety Bill is a step closer to becoming law and we look forward to the debate to come in the House of Lords.
January 2023
MRF comments on social media responses to Prevention of Future Deaths reportThe Molly Rose Foundation considers the platforms’ responses to the coroner’s call for action in preventing future deaths underwhelming and unsurprising.
January 2023
Labour pledges further online safety regulationThe Molly Rose Foundation (MRF) backs Labour’s pledge to introduce further online safety regulation in government if the Online Safety Bill is not strengthened during its passage through parliament.
December 2022
The Centre for Countering Digital Hate: TikTok ReportThe Molly Rose Foundation is backing a report compiled by the Centre for Countering Digital Hate, highlighting dangerous content promoting eating disorders and self-harm on TikTok.
November 2022
Online Safety Bill to be watered down by the removal of measures to take down material designated ‘harmful but legal’.The Molly Rose Foundation is disappointed that the Online Safety Bill is to be watered down by the removal of measures that would have forced social media sites to take down material designated ‘harmful but legal’.
November 2022
Proposal to introduce a new criminal offence of ‘encouraging self-harm’The proposal to introduce a new criminal offence of ‘encouraging self-harm’ within the draft Online Safety Bill appears a significant move.
November 2022
Provisional date set for debate of Online Safety BillThe Molly Rose Foundation (MRF) has welcomed the Online Safety Bill’s return to the government’s legislative programme next month.
November 2022
Meta announces new measures to protect teensThe Molly Rose Foundation welcomes any steps to help make the online world safer but we are disappointed that one of the world’s largest tech companies isn’t doing more to protect children on it’s platforms
November 2022
Delay to the Online Safety Bill Debated in the House of LordsBaroness Kidron granted a Private Notice Question to ask The Government what plans they have to bring forward the Online Safety Bill during this parliamentary Session.
