This is an annual report.
Ofcom has had duties to promote and research media literacy since 2003. Ofcom defines media literacy as being the ability to use, understand and create media and communications across multiple formats and services.
The fourth annual report from the national Domestic Homicide Project which works across England and Wales was published in March 2025. The report examines all deaths identified by police as domestic abuse related to improve understanding of risk indicators, victim, and perpetrator demographics.
You may have recently heard of Financially Motivated Sexual Extortion (FMSE), sometimes referred to as ‘sextortion’. This is when an offender threatens to release nude or semi-nude images and/or videos of a victim, unless they pay
money or meet another financial demand, such as buying a pre-paid gift card.
Victims of any age and gender can be targets. However a large proportion of cases involve male victims aged 14-17.
Effective filtering is not a one-size-fits-all solution that can be implemented and forgotten. Instead, it requires ongoing vigilance, collaboration, and education to tailor practices to specific community needs.
'Let’s be real for a minute. When was the last time you asked a mate not just how they were doing but, you know, how they were really doing? You know what it’s like.
Your mate is struggling but you’re not quite sure what the right thing to do or say is. It can be tempting to brush it off and not ask in case things get awkward.'
Videos and resources for young adults on subject of self harm and suicide
Stark differences in the online lives of men and women in the UK are today revealed in Ofcom’s annual report into the nation’s digital habits.
Across all adult age groups, women are spending more time online – on smartphones, tablets and computers – than men - clocking up an extra 33 minutes more each day in May 2024 on average at 4 hours 36 minutes, compared to 4 hours 3 minutes.
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