Publication - Strategy/plan
Online Safety Taskforce Action Plan 2026/27
The Online Safety Taskforce Action Plan brings together our priorities for protecting children and young people from online harm.
Annex – Summary of Cross-Government Activities
The Online Harm Taskforce is designed to strengthen our approach to keeping children safe online, providing oversight and direction across Scottish Government and identifying what more can be done to protect children and young people.
It is supported by several cross-government activities:
- Quit fighting for likes campaign
- Youth Reverse Mentoring Forum
- Mind Yer Time Digital Wellbeing Resource
- CyberScotland Partnership Public Messaging
- It takes a village campaign
- National CSAE Strategic Group
- Digital Discourse Initiative
- Bairns' Hoose Programme
- Scottish Healthy Masculinity Alliance
- CSAE Workforce Development Programme
- CyberFirst Schools Programme
- Strategic Framework for a Cyber Resilient
- Scotland National Sextortion Awareness Campaign
- Strategic Policing Priorities Review
- Behaviour in Scottish Schools Research (BISSR)
- Digital Play Guidance Review
- Sextortion National Oversight Group
- Digital Forensic Technology Programme
- Online Bullying Practitioner Training
- Screen Use Guidance for Under-5s
- Misogyny Awareness Campaign Youth Violence Survey
- Essential Digital Skills Training
- Parent Club Digital Wellbeing Resources
- Bairns' Hoose Capacity Assessment
- Respect for All -Anti-Bullying Guidance
- ES - Information and Media Literacy Collaboration
- Health Information Integrity Strategy
- Play Vision Statement and Action Plan (2025-2030)
- Monitoring Implementation of the Online Safety Act
- Research on Technology-Facilitated Abuse in Scots Law
- Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy Delivery Plan
- Consultation on Deepfake Image Offence
- ES - Curriculum Improvement Cycle - Digital Health and Safety
- Participation in UK Ministerial Structures on Child Sexual Abuse
- CivTech Exploration - Online Harms / Misinformation Challenge
- Research on Technology-Facilitated Abuse in Scots
- Law Engagement on Crime and Policing Bill (Online CSA material)
- Technology-Facilitated Violence Against Women and Girls Policy Fellowship
Delivered through collaboration and partnership with organisations and individualsin cluding UK Government, Ofcom, parents, carers, Children and young people, Police Scotland, law enforcement agencies, CoSLA, LAs, children and young people's workforce, the 3rd sector, academics, IT experts and Unions