New national council to boost online safety after shocking rise in cyber abuse

EducationHQ News Team

By EducationHQ News Team
Published December 13, 2022

A new national council dedicated to online safety will meet for the first time today.

Today’s meeting will include a discussion of the latest online threat trends and challenges, plus an update on eSafety’s progress toward developing an age verification roadmap for online pornography.

The National Online Safety Education Council is led by eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant and made up of education authorities ...

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