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About Online Safety News

Online Safety News is an editorial publication covering online harms, platform accountability, practical safety guidance, and the policies that shape digital services.

Our Mission

Our goal is to make consequential online-safety developments easier to understand. We separate news, explainers, analysis, guides, and research so readers can see whether a page reports a new event, explains context, interprets evidence, or offers practical steps.

Editorial Independence

Editorial judgments are not safety certifications or substitutes for legal, medical, or security advice. Platform assessments and safety signals are dated newsroom judgments based on the sources cited on each entry. Relevant relationships, sponsorship, or conflicts will be disclosed with the affected work.

How we work

  • Reporting and verification: We prefer primary documents and direct, attributable evidence, identify uncertainty, and link readers to supporting sources.
  • Practical guidance: Guides explain concrete options while making clear where circumstances, age, location, or professional advice may change what is appropriate.
  • Dated trackers: Safety signals, platform assessments, developing stories, and legislation entries show their evidence, status, and last-updated date so readers can judge how current they are.

We distinguish routine updates from substantive changes and corrections. See the editorial terms and corrections log for the current policy and public notices.