UK Government announces Safety Tech Challenge Fund
The UK Government has launched a Safety Tech Challenge Fund, which will award five organisations from across the world up to £85,000 each to develop innovative technology for keeping children safe online especially in online messaging platforms with end-to-end encryption. The application can be submitted by 6 October and the fund will be provided for five months from 2021. The technology solutions that will be submitted will be evaluated by independent academic experts.
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