December 11, 2025
Response to Ofcom consultation Ofcom has produced a set of recommendations that focus on giving people more control over their online experience. It aims to do […]
September 15, 2025
September 9, 2025
The University of Bristol will lead the way in supporting how data can make streets safer. REPHRAIN has received funding from the UKRI’s Concentrations of Crime […]
June 10, 2024
REPHRAIN Research Centre have commissioned the below video to celebrate the first ever REPHRAIN Festival of Privacy, run in partnership with the Jean Golding Institute at […]
February 17, 2024
REPHRAIN is pleased to announce two fantastic events for March 2024! 25 March – REPHRAIN Showcase The REPHRAIN Showcase will be an in-person event, taking place […]
January 18, 2024
We are very pleased to announce, following a competitive process, the four projects have been awarded grants from the fourth REPHRAIN Strategic Funding call. An overview […]
December 13, 2023
The concept of the metaverse has gained significant attention in recent years, promising digital worlds where users can interact, learn, create, and explore. As underlying technologies like generative AI, haptic suits and eye-tracking evolve, it becomes crucial to examine the impact of the metaverse on children’s experiences and address the concerns surrounding their online safety.
November 29, 2023
REPHRAIN are pleased to announce the first Impact Booster Award project, awarded to Ignacio Castro to facilitate work on building a fedi-observatory! This fedi-observatory will be a pump priming project […]
November 24, 2023
As a continuation of REPHRAIN’s research into privacy and end-to-end encryption (E2EE), Claudia Peersman participated in the EDPS Seminar on the CSAM Proposal: “The Point of No […]
September 5, 2023
As part of REPHRAIN’s commitment to inform responsible policy and legislation, Professor Awais Rashid, the Director of REPHRAIN, spoke to BBC’s Newsnight on Tuesday’s programme to discuss the privacy harms of the provision to scan end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) messages in the Online Safety Bill.
August 21, 2023
The Commons CMS Committee has published a report on Connected Tech, which heavily cites the expert input of REPHRAIN researchers, covering the harms and benefits of connected tech, with particular attention to the debate around physical labelling of devices.
July 5, 2023
REPHRAIN have issued a press statement, amplifying an open letter from the broader community, calling on the UK Parliament to consider independent scientific evaluation before voting through the Online Safety Bill, specifically regarding concerns around privacy and End-to-End Encryption (E2EE).