A Current Affair – Channel 9 Parents would like to think they know what their children and teenagers are up to on their smartphones. But the truth is, they rarely do. In a world hooked on social media apps, online predators easily connect with millions of minors, literally at their Read more…
The Daily Telegraph Cyber safety expert Ross Bark runs courses in schools across NSW and had encountered cases of Year 5 and 6 students who were being sent links to violent material on Snapchat by people believed to be extremists. More than 2400 young people aged 12-17 years old were Read more…
news.com.au About two weeks ago, Sarah (not her real name) was carrying out a random check of her 12-year-old daughter’s iPad — as she does regularly with all the devices her kids use — when she stopped in horror. In about five separate conversations, men, claiming to be 23 and Read more…
CHILDREN and young people who have been the victims of schoolyard, workplace and cyber bullying could be asked to talk about their experiences to a NSW Parliamentary inquiry via the internet. The final public hearing of the inquiry into bullying will be held tomorrow, but the chairwoman, Robyn Parker, MLC, Read more…
Victims of workplace bullying will be able to go to Fair Work Australia to seek an order preventing the offender from continuing to harass or intimidate. At the launch of Bully Free Australia Foundation at Essendon Fields on Saturday, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations Bill Shorten announced the new Read more…