Recommendation 29

Alongside the legal, technological and regulatory responses to online abuse we have considered in this report, there is also a need to achieve long-term cultural and behavioural change that tackles online abuse by discouraging people from posting such content to begin with. The Government’s Online Media Literacy programme rightly seeks to give users of online platforms the skills and knowledge they need to be safe online, but there is also an equal need for the Government to invest in programmes which educate both adults and young people about acceptable and supportive online behaviour, and which challenge the prejudiced attitudes which are manifested in online abuse. (Paragraph 113) 52 Tackling Online Abuse