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Kids Online Safety

Kids online safety refers to practices and policies that protect children and teenagers from harm while in digital spaces, such as social media, while also allowing them to engage and participate online safely. 

January 13, 2026

Generation Z’s ideological fluidity is shifting the extremist landscape

The extremist ecosystem has shifted dramatically in recent years, with Generation-Z teenagers driving these changes. 

Kids Online Safety, Terrorism and Extremism

December 9, 2025

Fostering Healthy Masculinities: Building Resilience Against Online Misogyny

Kids Online Safety, Misogyny

December 3, 2025

Squaring the circle on men’s health, online harms and gender-based violence

Kids Online Safety, Misogyny, Tech Accountability and Safety

November 12, 2025

ISD CEO Sasha Havlicek honoured to join Pope Leo XIV’s audience on AI’s ethical and societal challenges

Emerging Technologies, Kids Online Safety, Tech Accountability and Safety

November 6, 2025

Networks of Harm: A Victim-Centric Resource on the 764 Network

Kids Online Safety, Misogyny, Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse, Tech Accountability and Safety, Threat Detection and Analysis

March 27, 2025

764

Information Warfare and Online Manipulation, Kids Online Safety, Misogyny

March 2, 2025

The Guardian: Rising violence among teens linked to online forums glorifying mass killers

Hybrid Extremism and Nihilistic Violence, Kids Online Safety, Terrorism and Extremism

January 24, 2025

Julia Ebner speaks to The Guardian about how to address extreme online violence with young people

Hybrid Extremism and Nihilistic Violence, Kids Online Safety, Terrorism and Extremism

January 21, 2025

Southport trial: Hannah Rose speaks with BBC5 Live about protecting children from online violence

Hybrid Extremism and Nihilistic Violence, Kids Online Safety, Terrorism and Extremism

Further Reading

December 24, 2024

ISD’s Moustafa Ayad speaks with The Times about how extremists target children online

Moustafa Ayad explains how online platforms fail to protect minors from radicalisation.

Kids Online Safety, Tech Accountability and Safety

June 19, 2024

Pulling Back the Curtain: An Exploration of YouTube’s Recommendation Algorithm

This is the executive summary of ISD’s Pulling Back the Curtain series which explores different aspects of YouTube’s recommendation algorithm.

Information Warfare and Online Manipulation, Kids Online Safety, Recommender Systems and Algorithms

May 17, 2024

The US Senate’s AI policy roadmap is not a road to a safe future

The Senate's AI Roadmap represents a positive step forward, but it is important to recognize that there remains substantial work to be done.

Emerging Technologies, Kids Online Safety, Recommender Systems and Algorithms

February 23, 2023

Memes & the Extreme Right-Wing

This Explainer provides an overview of the use of internet memes by the extreme right wing.

Emerging Technologies, Far-Right Extremism, Kids Online Safety, Tech Accountability and Safety

January 21, 2020

Young Digital Leaders 2019: From Safety to Citizenship Online

This report presents findings from Young Digital Leaders Phase 2, a digital citizenship program by ISD and Google.

Education, Kids Online Safety, Resources, Training and Educational Resources

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