Tools to combat online harms: protecting children in private messaging spaces | NSPCC Learning

This research examines technological tools and solutions designed to protect children from grooming and online abuse in private messaging platforms. The work focuses on how technology can be used to prevent, detect, and disrupt harmful behaviour. The document appears to analyse existing or potential technological approaches to child safety in digital spaces.

Key points

• Research focuses on technological solutions for protecting children in private messaging spaces
• Covers prevention, detection, and disruption of grooming and online abuse
• Addresses tools that can intervene in private rather than public online spaces

Limitations

The abstract provides only a high-level overview without specifying which technologies are examined, what evidence base the research draws from, or what conclusions are reached. It cannot indicate the effectiveness of specific tools or whether recommendations are evidence-based.