A new form of bullying involves using bluetooth (Airdrop) to send explicit images anonymously to anyone near you on the bus, shopping centre or public place.
A new form of bullying involves using bluetooth (Airdrop) to send explicit images anonymously to anyone near you on the bus, shopping centre or public place.
A new-wave form of blackmail involves threatening to share, or publish a victim’s INTIMATE images online, unless they give in to demands. This latest blackmail syndicate targets teen boys. Alarmingly, image-based abuse is said to affect one in 10 Australians.
With shocking footage sadly coming into our social media feeds the idea of ‘ethical sharing’ is needed. This means adults and young people taking action at our grass roots level, not sharing the footage, and not playing into the hands […]
Sydney Morning Herald: Instagram have introduced a ‘Rethink’ feature to stop the posting of nasty messages. If you could rethink other aspect of your online activity, what would it be?
Channel 7: Big businesses are having massive security problems and our accounts are being hacked almost daily! Why is this happening and 4 steps to take if it happens to you.
Cancel culture…ever heard of it? It’s a large-scale fan exodus taking the social media world by storm. What’s more is that it’s a movement led by our kids. Here’s why you should know about it.
If we blame technology for everything, provide the solution of banning it, will all the ills of the world will be solved? We hear this angle again and again but of course life is not that simple!
Sydney Morning Herald/The Age: I explain how to give kids the digital literacy skills they need so that they don’t fall victim to fake content online.
Honey Mums: Many kids will get a new device for Christmas, here’s what you need to do and decide on before you give it to them.
There are two underlying issues to our story today which relates to contemporary parenting practices compared with those of the previous generation. Attitudes have changed dramatically between the time when Lynette Honeysett was growing up in the 1960s and the […]