Online Safety

What Online Safety does

Online Safety Lebanon (OSL) is a non-profit organization founded in 2011 and headquartered in Beirut, Lebanon. The organization operates with a team of approximately seven employees and is structured around three programmatic pillars: Digital Civility, Public Policy, and Empowerment Through Technology. Its stated mission is to empower children, parents, and educators in the Arab world with the skills, knowledge, and strategies needed to navigate the online world safely, and to advocate for children's rights to safe online access.

OSL does not develop or sell technology products. Its core "deliverables" are awareness campaigns, educational events, and partnerships aimed at informing governments, policy makers, social workers, educators, and media about online safety issues affecting children in Lebanon and the broader MENA region. The go-to-market approach is community-led and stakeholder-driven, with no commercial sales motion, no disclosed pricing model, and no proprietary technology stack. There are no documented APIs, integrations, patents, trademarks, or certifications.

The business model is that of a grant- and partnership-funded non-profit organization rather than a revenue-generating enterprise. No funding rounds, donors, institutional backers, or operating budget figures are disclosed in the available data. There is no parent company, no subsidiaries, no management team listed by name, and no publicly disclosed leadership beyond the organization's founders. The organization's digital footprint is minimal — a single website (oslb.org) with a copyright notice dated 2022 and a placeholder privacy policy — and no social media profiles, partners, awards, or regulatory actions are documented.

Name

Online Safety

Legal name

Online Safety Lebanon

Website

https://oslb.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Online Safety Lebanon is a non-profit organization founded in 2011 in Beirut, Lebanon, that runs awareness, policy, and partnership programs to help children, parents, educators, and governments in the Arab world navigate online safety.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Safety Education and Advocacy

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Individual and Family Services (6241)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Student Online Safety Monitoring & Self-Harm/Risk Detection (EDAFALAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Safeguarding, Child Protection & Reporting Services (EDAJAIAD), Content Moderation, Safe Messaging & Classroom Communication Safety (EDAFALAE), Student Safety, Wellbeing & SEL Technology (Monitoring, Reporting) (EDAJAMAJ), Student Support Hotlines & Digital Wellbeing Tools (EDAJAIAL)

Keywords

• Online safety education
• Child digital protection
• Digital civility programs
• Internet safety awareness
• Child online safety advocacy

Headquarters

HQ city

Beirut

HQ country

Lebanon

HQ region

Middle East

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Non-profit funding model: As a non-profit organization founded in 2011, OSL operates through partnerships and collaborative relationships rather than commercial revenue streams. The organization works with stakeholders to promote online safety in Lebanon and the MENA region.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Online Safety Lebanon (OSL) is a non-profit organization that educates and raises awareness on online safety for children in the Arab world through three programmatic pillars — Digital Civility, Public Policy, and Empowerment Through Technology. Its work is delivered through awareness campaigns, events, and partnerships that engage governments, policy makers, social workers, educators, parents, and media on protecting children online.

Product overview

Online Safety Lebanon (OSL) is a non-profit organization, not a technology product company. It does not offer a product portfolio in the traditional sense. Instead, OSL operates through three programmatic pillars: Digital Civility, Public Policy, and Empowerment Through Technology, delivering services via programs focused on awareness, partnerships, and events aimed at educating governments, policymakers, social workers, educators, and media on online safety.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Online Safety Awareness Program A program that promotes digital civility and builds public awareness on online safety issues, targeted at children, parents, educators, and the broader community in the Arab world.
• Online Safety Events and Stakeholder Education Events and convenings that educate and inform governments, policy makers, social workers, educators, and media on online safety topics and child digital protection.
• Online Safety Partnerships Program A partnership-building program that collaborates with stakeholders across Lebanon and the MENA region to promote online safety for children and advance child digital protection initiatives.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC): US non-profit working to prevent child exploitation and support missing and exploited children, including through online safety programs. Comparable in safeguarding mission but operates at a much larger, US-centric scale.
• ECPAT International: Global network of organizations working to end the sexual exploitation of children, with member organizations across regions. Comparable to OSL in child protection mission and network/policy-driven approach; offers a potential regional partner model.
• Common Sense Media: Large US non-profit providing media ratings, reviews, and digital literacy education for children and families. Comparable in child online safety education mission but significantly larger scale and broader media scope than OSL.
• Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI): International non-profit that brings together policymakers, industry, and educators to promote online safety for children. Directly comparable to OSL in mission (child online safety, policy advocacy, awareness) but operates at global rather than MENA scale.

Direct peers

• Internet Matters: UK-based non-profit helping families and educators keep children safe online through resources, advice, and policy engagement. Closely comparable to OSL's awareness-and-advocacy model for children's online safety, though focused on the UK market.
• ConnectSafely: US-based non-profit focused on educating users of all ages about safety, privacy, and digital wellness, with strong policy advocacy engagement. Comparable to OSL's tri-pillar structure combining awareness, policy, and education for safer online experiences.
• Childnet International: UK non-profit working with children, families, schools, and policymakers on online safety education and advocacy. Highly comparable in mission, audience (children, parents, educators, policymakers), and non-profit awareness-based delivery model.

Emerging players

• Internet Watch Foundation (IWF): UK-based non-profit focused on identifying and removing child sexual abuse content online and promoting online safety. Comparable mission domain (child online safety) with stronger technical/removal focus than OSL's awareness-led approach.

Regional players

• CyberSafe Foundation: Africa-focused non-profit promoting cyber safety and digital literacy for children, women, and underserved groups. Highly comparable to OSL as a regional non-profit focused on child online safety in an emerging digital market.
• SaferNet Brasil: Brazilian non-profit focused on promoting human rights on the internet, including child online safety and digital citizenship. Comparable as a non-Anglophone regional non-profit combining awareness, policy, and rights-based child online safety programming.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/online-safety

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Valuation estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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