The Online Safety Act: A safer life online for women and girls
UK — Ofcom · 2025-11-25 · UK · verified record
Themes: Hate speech & illegal content
Ecosystems: UK Online Safety Act
Online interactions play a major role in our daily lives. While most people have positive experiences online, for many women and girls life online can be an extension of harmful gender dynamics that exist in wider society. Women and girls are disproportionately affected by certain kinds of online harms, such as intimate image abuse, cyberflashing, and controlling or coercive behaviour. Importantly, different groups of women and girls are affected differently by online harms. Age, sexuality, gender identity, race and ethnicity, along with many other factors, influence women and girls’ experienc
Online interactions play a major role in our daily lives. While most people have positive experiences online, for many women and girls life online can be an extension of harmful gender dynamics that exist in wider society. Women and girls are disproportionately affected by certain kinds of online harms, such as intimate image abuse, cyberflashing, and controlling or coercive behaviour. Importantly, different groups of women and girls are affected differently by online harms. Age, sexuality, gender identity, race and ethnicity, along with many other factors, influence women and girls’ experienc…
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