SWGfL

EU Legislative Interests

SWGfL’s work relates to EU and international initiatives addressing online safety, gender-based violence, digital services regulation, and the protection of fundamental rights online. Our areas of engagement include policy discussions and legislative frameworks linked to the Digital Services Act (DSA), the EU Strategy on Combatting Gender-Based Violence, the European Commission’s work on online child protection, and wider regulatory developments affecting content moderation, safety-by-design, and platform accountability. Our involvement is driven by operational experience from our frontline services, including the Revenge Porn Helpline and international partnerships through StopNCII.org. We support approaches that improve prevention, reporting pathways, victim support, and technical interoperability between NGOs, platforms, and national authorities. As a global leader in non-consensual intimate image abuse prevention technology, SWGfL provides input to policy debates concerning cross-border cooperation, the role of hashing technologies in protecting victims, transparency in content moderation systems, and ensuring that regulatory requirements empower victims rather than place undue burdens on them. We also contribute expertise related to digital literacy, educational safeguarding, and standards for filtering and monitoring systems used by public institutions, including schools. Our policy engagement supports evidence-based approaches that reduce technology-facilitated abuse, strengthen user safety, and promote responsible innovation across the digital ecosystem.

Communication Activities

SWGfL undertakes communication and awareness-raising activities across Europe through research publications, safety guidance, public campaigns, and multi-stakeholder events. Our communications include dissemination of findings from our helplines, resources for professionals supporting survivors of online abuse, and outreach relating to StopNCII.org and associated international NGO networks. We regularly collaborate with European partners, including NGOs, industry representatives, and academic institutions, and contribute to conferences and expert groups addressing technology-facilitated gender-based violence, digital citizenship, and online safety standards. Our activities also promote education-sector tools such as ProjectEVOLVE and 360safe, which support schools in improving digital safeguarding practice across EU Member States.

Interests Represented

Does not represent commercial interests

Member Of

SWGfL is part of the UK Safer Internet Centre (UKSIC), a partnership designated by the European Commission until Brexit. We continue to collaborate with international online safety bodies, civil society organisations, helplines, and research networks focused on digital rights, gender-based violence, and child protection. Our partnerships include collaborations with global NGOs involved in StopNCII.org, industry coalitions focused on safety-by-design, and national networks for safeguarding and digital literacy.

Organisation Members

SWGfL does not operate a membership model. The organisation is governed by a Board of Trustees and works with affiliated partners across education, industry, civil society, and international NGOs to deliver online safety support and technical solutions. Information on our structure and governance is available on our website.