Protecting the vulnerable online

The government is bringing together social media companies with suicide prevention experts from the Samaritans to better protect vulnerable people from harmful content online.

Key facts

  • During this week's summit with tech giants such as Google, Facebook and Snapchat, the Health Secretary asked that these companies: 
  • Commit to working with suicide and self-harm prevention experts from the Samaritans so together, they can develop new ways of identifying and tackling harmful online content. 
  • Take a stronger approach to preventing the spread anti-vaccination messages online, following recent statistics which show measles cases have quadrupled in the UK in just one year. 
  • Use the most cutting-edge technology available to protect vulnerable users. 

Why this matters

We are building on our efforts to tackle Online Harms, making the UK the safest place in the world to be online – which is why we have sent a loud and clear message to social media companies that this is no longer a matter of choice: they need to clean up their act.

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