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Safety by Design: Protecting Women and Girls
Safety by design means building protection into digital products from the start not patching harm after it happens. It means protective defaults, age-appropriate experiences, and recommendation systems that elevate safe content rather than chase engagement. For women and girls, this matters most: they bear the brunt of algorithmic bias, online abuse, deepfakes, and non-consensual intimate imagery, yet are largely absent from the teams designing these systems. Safety by design puts the responsibility where it belongs—on developers and platforms to anticipate gender-based risks before products ship. For the UK to lead on AI safely and inclusively, women must help write the rules, not just live with them.
This roundtable will explore the following key questions:
1. What does safety by design actually look like for women and girls—and how do we hold platforms accountable for building it in, not bolting it on?
2. Recommendation systems funnel misogynistic content and the manosphere to young users. How do we redesign them to stop the spread without stifling free expression?
3. Deepfakes and AI-generated intimate imagery are the new frontline of abuse. Which design-stage fixes—provenance, labelling—actually work, and where are the gaps?
4. Women are missing from AI design teams. How does that absence shape which risks get caught and which get missed—and what changes it?
5. The G7 principles call for evidence and cooperation. How can Parliament, UKAI, and NCW GB build a shared evidence base that keeps safety standards ahead of the technology?
Please note: This is a strictly invite-only event. While expressions of interest may be submitted, all registrations are subject to review, and attendance will be confirmed at UKAI’s discretion to ensure a balanced and high-value discussion among participants.
