Resources for Policy Makers
Search our resource hub to find expert, evidence-led briefings and reports to guide effective and robust policy change in the online safety sector to reduce tech-facilitated self-harm and suicide
Read policy briefing providing an overview of Molly Rose Foundation’s five-point plan laid out in our Roadmap for a better online future.
A new online safety settlement for children, parents and families.
A new report by Resolver Trust and Safety in partnership with Molly Rose Foundation finds so-called Com networks are recruiting young victims and coercing them to become perpetrators of violence and abuse (Jan 26)
immediately before the Online Safety Act came into effect (Oct 25)
Collaborative report revealing how Instagram is failing to protect minors (Sept 25)
Suicide, self-harm and intense depression content on TikTok and Instagram, and how their algorithms recommend it to teens (Aug 25)
Bold and decisive action is needed to tackle the acute and chronic harms caused by social media.
Recent weeks have seen growing momentum behind a social ban for under 16s in the UK, following the introduction of similar measures in Australia.
Risk assessments are a cornerstone of the Online Safety Act, with online services required to produce ‘suitable and sufficient’ risk assessments for both the illegal and child safety parts of the regime.