Trade unions and online safety experts have urged MPs to investigate TikTok’s plans to make hundreds of jobs for UK-based content moderators redundant.

The video app company is planning 439 redundancies in its trust and safety team in London, leading to warnings that the jobs losses will have implications for online safety.

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'As Children’s Commissioner, I have consistently said that no child should be exposed to pornography online. That is not an ideal – it is the bare minimum we should expect from an online world which is now where children spend so much of their lives.

We do not tolerate pornographic magazines on school buses or graphic sexual material on children’s television. Why children’s exposure to it online has ever been tolerated is beyond understanding.'

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The Alan Turing Institute's Children and AI and AI for Public Services teams explored the perspectives of children, parents, carers and teachers on generative AI technologies.

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New Online Safety Policy, AUPs & Template Letters -
These have all been updated to reflect the latest guidance and emerging risks, including AI, chatbots and financial exploitation. These are all ready for you to customise and download at safepolicies.lgfl.net

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How new monetization models changed gaming, and what parents need to know.

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The latest update to Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) 2025 was released on the GOV.UK website on 7th July 2025.

'This guidance will come into effect September 2025. Until then, the previous KCSIE 2024 is still being enforced.

This applies to all schools and colleges in England. It sets out the legal duties that must be followed to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people under the age of 18.

It’s important to be aware of the changes to this year’s KCSIE and how they will impact education practice from September 2025. We’ve created this summary for you to help break down some of the major changes within the guidance.'

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