Dr Maria Neophytou

Dr Maria Neophytou is the Director of Strategy at the NSPCC (National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children), a prominent children's charity in the UK. She is an advocate for child protection and has been actively involved in discussions regarding online safety and the prevention of child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Recently, she expressed disappointment that the UK government's new measures to ban nudification apps did not include more robust initiatives for mandatory device-level protections, highlighting the need for stronger safeguards against potential online harms to children.