Child Financial Harms – Our work


Explore our work around Child Financial Harms – including research, opinion and information for parents about Child Financial Harms and related platforms and trends. 

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We must regulate online games to protect children

We look at the links between online gaming and gambling. 

Image of video game coins

OnlyFans: empowerment or exploitation?

Young people have their say on the OnlyFans phenomenon in this 2021 VoiceBox report.

VoiceBox OnlyFans on laptop screen

Games to get loot box warnings following Parent Zone campaign

Video games must now have a loot box content warning.

representation of loot box

Pressure to spend

Everything you need to know about financial pressures online. 

exploring pressure around spending online

Skin gambling

Everything you need to know about the in-game gambling trend. 

explaining skin gambling

Loot boxes

How online games can encourage gambling-like behaviours.

what are loot boxes