Recently, the government enacted the “Online Safety of Children’s Act”. However, a recent article in the Women’s Weekly exposes how vulnerable even adults are to cyberbullying. Women, in particular, are vulnerable to harassment that is sexual in nature (revenge porn, malicious impersonation, sexual threats and more). The article shares some excellent tips on online safety…

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A recent article in The Age discusses how an Australian working in Bangkok was wrongly identified as the Bangkok Bomber on social media after the CCTV footage of the terrorist was publicly released. The online vigilantes posted the immigration papers and the local address of Sunny Burns on social media identifying him as the man…

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Here’s an emotional account by the father of a Melbourne teenager who committed suicide last year after being relentlessly cyberbullied. A few things that he said resonated with us: Why asking teenagers to not use electronic devices does not address the problem. “It’s like a woman saying, ‘I want to dress in a certain way’ and people…

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