Curated signals on child online safety, distilled for busy parents. Sources are vetted RSS feeds; highlights may be summarised by AI.
Content
What children see: harmful, misleading or viral material
Contact
Who they interact with: strangers, grooming, unwanted contact
Conduct
How people behave: bullying, harassment, hate
Contract
Rules & commerce: privacy, data, terms, costs
Exclusive: Call for nudity-detection tech on phones as number of under-18s reporting blackmail attempts rises by 34% • ‘I felt ashamed and scared’: how an online friendship became a sextortion nightmare Children are reporting online sextortion attempts in record numbers in the UK, as campaigners urge tech companies to do more to stamp out the crime. The Report Remove service, which allows children to flag intimate images or videos of themselves that have appeared, or could appear, online, said …
April 3, 2026 update: The legal exemption has expired, leaving a crucial child safety gap in Europe. To find out more about what this means for platform safety, please visit […] The post April 3 could create a dangerous gap in child safety across Europe appeared first on Thorn .
Today, on Safer Internet Day, Thorn is joining child safety organizations worldwide in a unified call to prohibit nudifying tools. We’re proud to stand alongside partners including Safe Online, NCMEC, […] The post No to nudifying tools: Standing with our partners for children’s safety appeared first on Thorn .
Parents should understand that government intervention is likely to change how social media platforms operate for children.
