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Interview with our new Programm Manager, Gwen.

Please tell us a bit about you and your previous experience: I’ve always been interested in education and the impact education has on others. My first job was in a secondary school library where I was able to engage with brilliant young people who were passionate about LGBTQI+ and justice issues, it was invigorating! After that, I taught English in Vietnam for a couple of years where I had lots…

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UK Civil Society Organisations Respond to Government’s Online Harms White Paper

The Centenary Action Group, Antisemitism Policy Trust, Carnegie UK Trust, Stonewall, HOPE Not Hate and Compassion in Politics have co-signed a statement with Glitch in response to the Government’s Online Harms White Paper announcement on Tuesday. The organisations recognise Tuesday’s announcement as an important milestone in making the Internet safer in the UK, but there are concerns that the…

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UK charity, Glitch, Stands Up To Hate with anti-hate charities

For immediate release

Today, Glitch, the UK’s leading digital citizenship charity, is launching a campaign with Twitter and ten other charities. This is the first time Twitter is actively using auto-replies to encourage positive behaviour on the social media platform, and the first time that Twitter UK has launched a campaign focused on digital citizenship in collaboration with charities.

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Online abuse during Covid: New survey finds almost half of women and non binary people have experienced online abuse during pandemic

Call on Government and tech companies to step up on content moderation, transparency, investment and education; Women reveal the impact of online abuse and how complaints are ignored; Black women and non binary people experience highest victimisation Glitch, the UK’s leading charity against online abuse, and the End Violence Against Women Coalition, (EVAW), today (8 September) publish a new report…

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If you thought online abuse was bad, then COVID-19 has made it a whole lot worse

COVID-19 has led to an epidemic of online abuse, putting women and minorities at risk. We need to do more to tackle the proliferation of tech-facilitated harms.

In mid-March, hospitalised COVID-19 patient Tara Jane Langston filmeda video on her phone warning of the danger of under-estimating the threat of the virus. The video of the young woman struggling to breathe was shared with a group of…

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Glitch calls for social media companies to respond to Black Lives Matter through new content controls

Today Glitch is calling for social media companies to change their settings in light of the recent proliferation of violent images on their platforms.

Videos and images capturing the brutalisation of Black people are being posted frequently on social media sites. Some social media companies have basic settings which users can implement that are meant to control the display of violent material.…

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Glitch Featured on The Rundown by HuffPost Why should we care about cyberflashing? If you exposed yourself to someone on the street, you’d be arrested for flashing.

Press release: Online abuse against women must be addressed urges Glitch Founder Seyi Akiwowo as she is named Digital Leader of the Year

Last night Seyi Akiwowo, Founder of Glitch, was announced as Digital Leader of the Year 2019 and Overall Winner of the Final 100 Digital Leaders.

This award comes as Tedx debuts Seyi’s TedxLondon talk on how to fix the glitch in our online communities.

Glitch is a not-for-profit organisation campaigning for increased digital citizenship. Seyi Akiwowo, Founder of Glitch, said :

“It is a huge…

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Protecting the Debate: Intimidation, Influence, and Information - an Update

Protecting the Debate: Intimidation, Influence, and Information – an Update

Comments joking about raping MP Jess Phillips by a newly selected UKIP candidate for the upcoming European Election have sparked discussion about the online abuse those in public life face. The current gap in legislation means police are still deciding whether an offence has been committed, and what sort of harm it represents.

Scottish politicians have also recently highlighted the growing proble…

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Minister for Digital agrees to ask the Chancellor to ringfence 1% of digital services tax to end online abuse

On April 29th, MP Lyn Brown, Co-Chair of the Westminster Foundation for Democracy’s APPG, delivered our recommendations to the Minister for Digital. We are very pleased to say that MP Margot James has agreed to ask the Chancellor to look into ringfencing 1% of the digital services tax to ending online abuse! Watch the full clip below.

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Response to Online Harms White Paper

Today the UK Home Office and the Department for Culture, Media and Sports have published the long awaited Online Harms White Paper. For the last two years Glitch has campaigned for social media companies to produce reports revealing how much harmful content has been found on their platforms. We are extremely pleased this has been included in the UK Government’s White Paper.

Glitch is not about…

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Our response: Mark Zuckerberg asks governments to help control internet content

On Saturday 30th March, Facebook’s Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg admitted in an open letter that the company needs governments’ help to control content on their platform. This includes stronger regulation around harmful content, election integrity, privacy and data portability. Glitch strongly believes these social media platforms cannot be used as a tool to spread hate and further existing…

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#FixTheGlitch TweetChat: How Can We End Online Gender-Based Violence?

On 13th February we launched the first edition of our Fix The Glitch Toolkit, a resource designed to support individuals who want to help end online abuse. In 2017 The Law Commission reported 28% of UK internet users were on the receiving end of trolling, harassment or cyberbullying and, unfortunately but unsurprisingly, online abuse disproportionately affects women and girls.Our Toolkit contains…

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#Everyday Sexism #Fix the Glitch #online abuse #technology #Tweetchat

#EndOnlineAbuse Campaign: Our Response to the APPG on Social Media and Young People's Mental Health and Wellbeing

#EndOnlineAbuse Campaign: Our Response to the APPG on Social Media and Young People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing

Today The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Social Media and Young People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing published its enquiry report on the health impact of social media.

We welcome the report’s recommendations, particularly the call for social media companies to be taxed on profits to to fund research and draw up clearer guidance for the public.

Since Autumnlast year Glitch and the…

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Our Statement on ChristChurch Mosque Attacks

We are saddened and horrified to hear about the attack on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. Our thoughts are with the family and friends of all victims and those injured. We stand against all forms of hate and extremism and the use of online platforms in spreading those messages of fear and violence.

As the story unfolds and more evidence is shared, we are increasingly frustrated to hear…

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#EndOnlineAbuse Campaign Response to Spring Statement 2019

This afternoon, the Chancellor of Exchequer Spring Statement made reference to the responsibility of tech giants and online harms. While we welcome the Chancellor’s commitment to protecting the public from online harms and ensuring that global tech giants pay their fair share, we cannot wait for regulation, we need practical action now.

A DCMS consultation last year found four in ten people said…

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International Women’s Day: Balance for a Safer Internet

The first Women’s Day was marked in February 1909, in wintry New York. Much has changed since, but sadly, women today still face old threats that simply come in new vehicles, digital ones.

If you were a woman in 1909 Britain you were likely treated as your father or husband’s property. This was still five years before you could serve as a constable in the police force, at least nine yearsbefore…

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