Blog Online Safety Data Initiative

Establishing our priorities

Posted by: Tom Drew OBE, Programme Manager, Online Safety Data Initiative, Posted on: 2 June 2021 - Categories: Project development

Earlier this month, DCMS launched the Online Safety Data Initiative (OSDI) - a 15-month project designed to test methodologies to facilitate better access to higher quality data to support the development of technology to identify and remove harmful and illegal content from the internet.

New industry consortium launches to transform access to online harms data

Posted by: Dr Christian Butterworth, Head of Online Harms Data Transformation, Posted on: 2 June 2021 - Categories: Project development

DCMS has awarded a consortium of suppliers to deliver the Online Safety Data Initiative. This initiative will work to improve the accuracy of online safety technologies by removing existing barriers around the sharing of online harms data and improving the quality of data accessed.

A longlist of data access solutions for safety tech developers

Posted by: Ram Puvinathan, Lead Researcher, Online Safety Data Initiative, Posted on: 2 June 2021 - Categories: Project development

As we continue the work of the Online Safety Data Initiative (OSDI), where we support the development of technology to identify and remove harmful and illegal content from the internet, we would like to share our latest progress update.