Safety by Design foundations

If you’re a developer, leader or oversee governance, these foundations can help you identify, mitigate and respond to online harms while meeting your regulatory requirements.

Safety by Design puts user safety at the centre of your platform or service from the beginning. It helps you:

• build safer, more trustworthy digital environments
• prepare for regulatory compliance
• support users to safely engage with your platform or service.

These six foundations guide you through the practical steps to embed safety in your organisation’s culture, policies, product features and design. They are informed by the three core Safety by Design principles that help you incorporate, assess and enhance user safety:

1. Service provider responsibility: the burden of safety should never fall solely upon the user.
2. User empowerment and autonomy: the dignity of users is of central importance.
3. Transparency and accountability: transparency and accountability are hallmarks of a robust approach to safety.
    

eSafety has developed a specific Safety by Design guide that examines how technology can be weaponised against women and girls and includes actionable steps companies can take to mitigate these risks. 

It provides practical steps that industry can take to prevent and reduce harms inflicted on women through technology, such as hate speech and harassment, deepfake pornography and stalking.

eSafety is currently developing a specific guide to combat child sexual exploitation and abuse that will be coming soon. It will include practical resources to help organisations of all sizes place child safety and rights at the centre of their design and development processes.

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