THE ISSUE
Governments have introduced many measures to improve online safety but exposure to harmful content continues. Glaringly, such measures do not target all types of online content and services. The root cause is that Providers are currently expected to make access decisions in the absence of accurate information about the user or the applicable regulatory context.

THE GAP
Providers require two inputs at the time of each access decision:
1. What the User is not permitted - by law - to be exposed to; and
2. What the User (or their parents) does not wish to be exposed to.
Without both of these inputs all access decisions must be unreliable.

THE SOLUTION
HarmGuard provides shared infrastructure that makes both these inputs available to Providers in real time. This enables them to make automated access decisions accurately, consistently and reliably - and do so before any exposure to harmful occurs.

WHO WE ARE
HarmGuard.org is a non-profit organisation based in Sydney, Australia.