"It's about making reporting much easier so that you can report multiple accounts that are abusing you at the same time rather than having to do them one by one, which is absolutely soul destroying,"
"Until we have legally enforced mandatory code of practice, we don't think we'll really see a shift in tech platforms taking this issue seriously enough,"
"I don't think that we should be worried about the online space, it should be a place where we can authentically be ourselves,"
"name and shame"
Ofcom published voluntary guidelines aimed at making the internet safer for women and girls. The guidance recommends consolidating account privacy settings, de-monetising content that contains sexual violence, and enabling collective reporting of abusive comments so multiple accounts can be reported at once. The guidelines are not legally binding; the regulator plans to publicly identify platforms that fail to follow them. Critics and campaigners say legally enforced mandatory codes of practice are needed to force tech platforms to act. Influencers report having to use blocking and develop resilience to cope with online abuse. Ofcom frames the measures as small steps that together improve online safety.
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