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
Members of Families and Survivors to Prevent Online Suicide Harms wrote to Ofcom Chief Executive Melanie Dawes urging further enforcement action to tackle a pro-suicide forum.
Report setting out how a substance and suicide forum costs lives and the state missed countless chances to act (Oct 25)
Research briefing – October 2025
Molly Rose Foundation writes to Ofcom boss Melanie Dawes urging the regulator to hold Meta to account for failures under the Online Safety Act.
From July 2025, social media platforms have been required to comply with new measures set out in the Online Safety Act to protect children from harmful content.
Molly rose Foundation coordinated a letter to Ofcom to warn against Meta’s plans to automate 90% of its risk assessments.
This briefing sets out our initial assessment of Ofcom’s Protection of Children measures, which in our view fail to rise to the challenge of protecting children from algorithmically-driven preventable harm.
Molly Rose Foundation writes to Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds amidst reports the Online Safety Act could be watered down to facilitate a US trade deal.
Policy briefing – This briefing presents the results of new representative polling of adults across Great Britain, and it shows the public wants and expects a stronger legislative and regulatory response in the face of significant weakening of safety measures by large social media sites.