Last month our Advocacy Director, Emmanuelle, travelled to Berlin to join the Cables of Resistance‍ movement conference against ‘Big Tech’. We presented our work on anti-Blackness, the alt-right, and racist acts of violence and joined discussions on a range of urgent issues - from AI and raw materials, to labour and militarisation. 

Together with 8 other civil society organisations, we've published a draft code of practice on how safety-by-design could be put into practice by Ofcom, and what expectations it should set for tech platforms under the Online Safety Act.

In November 2025, Ofcom published the long-awaited violence against women and girls Guidance. In this analysis we aim to highlight where the guidance falls short, and what we consider necessary to develop a solid baseline of support and mitigation of tech-facilitated gender-based violence on and by social media platforms.

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.