On the 20th January 2026, the Government announced that it would consult on children’s social media use “to protect young people’s wellbeing and ensure safer online experiences.”

In light of this, and considering our belief in transformative justice approaches as the best means of driving systemic change for social problems, we do not support proposals for blanket bans - such as the barring of children under the age of 16 from social media platforms.

On the 18th December, the Government announced its long-awaited Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy (“the strategy”). In the below, we assess the VAWG Strategy against our organisational focus area, the intersection of technology and VAWG and the impacts on Black women and gender-expansive people specifically. 

Why does redress for Black women and gender-expansive people provide justice for all? 

We are joined by BRK Ujima’s Dr. Kũi Mackay at King’s Festival of Artificial Intelligence to discuss, “Harm, Prevention and Redress: Combatting Deepfake Abuse Impacting Black Women”.

We are seeking researchers to produce a systematic review of ‘algorithmic injustice’ in AI within the policy, legal and social contexts occurring in the UK, Canada or Brazil.

Here are some practical ways Ofcom can incorporate detecting the nuances of misogynoir online its approach to making recommendations to companies so they can reduce harmful content towards Black women and girls.

Ofcom’s long-awaited consultation for their guidance to help tech companies create a safer online environment for women and girls has been published. Here’s our assessment on how the Government can meet their commitment of halving VAWG in the next decade.

In January we responded to the Public Accounts Committee inquiry on Use of AI in Government. Today they've published their final report, so what does it say?