Supporters of the ban argue that kids need a break from constant phone notifications so they can focus on learning and social skills instead.
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Digital immersion has many benefits – and plenty of pitfalls, too.
Instead of just banning young people from social media, the government should develop and fund better social media literacy programs for them.
It’s neither practical nor helpful to keep children and teens off the internet in a hyper-connected, digital world.
Widely available AI tools are supercharging cyber crime, which means we need to stay on top of our online security like never before.
Algorithms that amplify or suppress particular kinds of messages should be seen as a source of harm.
Is it reasonable to occasionally inspect a 13- or 14-year-old’s device, or does this undermine a new sense of privacy at this stage?
The padlock symbol simply means that the data being sent between the web server and the user’s computer is encrypted and cannot be read by others. But many people don’t know that.
First Nations women are disproportionately more likely to be targets of online abuse. More needs to be done to respond to and support women experiencing technology-facilitated abuse.
Australia’s new voluntary code of practice to make IoT devices more secure may expose consumers to greater risks.
Research shows we’re pretty gullible as it is. And our increasing reliance on machines for completing everyday tasks makes us all-the-more vulnerable to being exploited.
A shocking number of kids between the ages of nine and 17 are accidentally exposed to sexual content and solicitations online when using computers and tablets.
When it comes to online spaces, children are usually taught about cyber safety and keeping information private, but curating a positive digital footprint could actually benefit them later in life.
Touchscreen technologies have made it easy for children as young as four to go online. Here are some things to teach them about how to be safe on the internet.
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Researcher in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, University of Oxford
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Senior Researcher at the Children's Institute, University of Cape Town
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Senior Lecturer in Bioethics, The EthicsLab, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town
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Researcher, Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Education, Australian Catholic University
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Associate Professor of Data Science, Monash University
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Associate Professor in Digital Strategy and Data Science, Monash University
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Research Fellow, Australian National University
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Assistant Professor, Cyber Security, Monash University
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Contract Faculty, Communication & Media Studies, York University, Canada
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Law & Justice, UNSW
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Executive Officer, Kimberley Institute
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Fellow, Australian National University
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Visiting Professor, Comp Sci at the ANU, and Law, UNSW
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Managing Director, Her Story Consulting & Postdoctoral fellow, Australian National University
