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Category Archives: Online Safety

Screening the teens for the under 16 social media ban

Screening teens for the under 16 social media ban

Posted on October 10, 2025January 18, 2026 by Chris Griffith

On the face of it, Australia’s under-16 social media ban has proved popular with voters.

A group of teenagers in a modern urban park each of them focused on their smartphones.

From isolation to innovation: Rethinking social media for under 16s

Posted on March 25, 2025October 11, 2025 by Chris Griffith

We’ve got off on the wrong foot with the government’s social media ban for Under 16s. Let’s add some positivity to the negativity of a ban.

How to protect your online accounts from hackers with two simple tools

Posted on April 14, 2021October 4, 2025 by Chris Griffith

Securing your online accounts against the hackers is now an urgent matter. Here’s how.

News fact checker coming to Oz

Posted on March 12, 2020October 8, 2025 by Chris Griffith

A company that rates news websites and exposes misinformation will begin analysing Australian sites from around July.

Sex, lies, video and elections

Posted on November 28, 2019October 4, 2025 by Chris Griffith

Malevolent countries soon will be able to saturate ­social media with machine-written false stories.

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The Optus outage

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