Female stars may leave sport unless tech giants clamp down on online abuse, Ofcom warns

Ofcom vows to name and shame platforms over online sexism

But critics say the regulator's new measures need to be the law rather than guidelines to make the internet safer for women and girls.

British regulator urges tech firms to do more to protect women, girls

Britain's communications regulator issued plan to tech firms to tackle mysogyny, stalking and image abuse of and women and girls in the online world.

Social media firms urged to introduce 'timeouts' and 'prompts' to tackle abuse - The Mirror

Technology Secretary Liz Kendall warned social media companies they are complicit in creating spaces where 'sexism festers' if they fail to act on online misogyny

Let’s make the digital world safe for women and girls

What would you do if your face appeared in a video, you never filmed? Or if a stranger online, out of the blue, knew your home address, your workplace, even the time your child finishes classes?For millions of women and girls, these aren’t just chilling ‘what ifs’ – they’re real. What started as a space...

Female stars may leave sport unless tech giants clamp down on online abuse, Ofcom warns

Social networks are being urged to prompt users sending harmful messages, stop payments for posts that promote misogynistic content, and allow multiple accounts to be blocked or muted at the same time.

Ofcom urges tech firms to step up to protect women and girls online

The watchdog has published new guidance but some organisations have said it must be made mandatory. Technology firms are being urged to “step up” in their efforts to tackle trolling and toxic online abuse of women in new guidance published by the internet and communications watchdog. Ofcom said women in sport, politics and other public arenas are facing “significant and widespread abuse online every day”. Earlier this year, Sport England chairma…