Blog | Clean Up The Internet

Jul 31
7 min

Parliamentary discussion of online harms, misinformation and abuse – a summer recess 2020 round-up

The UK parliament has now broken for summer recess, so it’s a good time for another round-up of latest developments in parliament. From t...

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David Babbs

Jun 12
2 min

New research: anonymous Twitter accounts fuelled the spread of Coronavirus 5G conspiracy theories

Clean up the Internet publishes a new report today detailing research which indicates that anonymous Twitter accounts played a disproport...

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David Babbs

May 18
6 min

Parliamentary discussion of Online Harms, anonymity and disinformation continues during lockdown

The pandemic has reinforced the importance and urgency of tackling Online Harms.

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David Babbs

Apr 5
2 min

New opinion poll: 83% of Brits think anonymity makes people ruder online

Today Clean up the Internet publishes a new report, “Time to take off their masks? How tackling the misuse of anonymity on social media w...

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Stephen Kinsella

Mar 20
5 min

The government’s “initial response” to the Online Harms consultation

The British government published its "initial response" to the consultation on the Online Harms White Paper,on 12th February. More than six

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David Babbs

Mar 1
3 min

Other groups doing inspiring work on Online Harms, Abuse and Disinformation

Here's a non-exhaustive, un-ordered list of other organisations and individuals whose work in this area we are aware of, respect, and app...

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