Online Safety

Analysts say Temu has more than doubled its monthly Australian ad spend in response to heavy US import tariffs, prompting fears of a new deluge of unsafe products after a girl was burnt when a jumper bought on the site caught alight last year.

A South Australian school has advised parents of a "large" Snapchat group in which images that could be used to "extort or exploit a young person" have been circulating.

Dr Sommer says it didn't feel right to post about her children anymore despite having more than half a million followers on TikTok and Instagram. 

The federal government has doubled down on its decision to give YouTube a carve-out from the teen social media ban, despite privately assuring rival platforms that "no final decisions" have been made, the ABC can reveal.

Parenting experts and psychologists say we should be talking with our teenagers about the themes raised in the crime drama.

An American man filmed women in Sydney's east with recording glasses and posted the footage to social media without the women's consent. 

Meta has blamed a technical glitch after an individual who reported an alleged threat against a Sydney mosque on Instagram received a notification that it had not breached the platform's community standards on violence.

A cyber security expert says police need to be sending a stronger message to offenders who create fake AI porn, especially involving young people.

Fijian MP Lynda Tabuya, who has been dismissed as a minister over the scandal, says she's been subjected to online gender-based violence by people circulating the video.

With sweeping legislation banning children from social media, these massive multiplayer communities have taken another path to provide a wholesome online space.

The "Digital Duty of Care" has the potential to be the most meaningful change to online safety laws in Australian history — even if it doesn't exactly go viral, writes national technology reporter Ange Lavoipierre.

Parents are getting increasingly creative with how they share images of their children online. But does covering or blurring our children's faces in images posted to social media achieve what we think it does?

While keeping kids and teens off social media can work for some, the best choice will depend on your child and your family.

Emiko Davies looks back at her own childhood to help her navigate a tricky — but crucial — parenting moment.

From rug transformations to ASMR "resets", why is the internet obsessed with watching other people clean their homes?

The Optus data breach made me realise, I've used the same password for everything for over a decade. Here's what I learned while updating it.

Bad Art Friend showed the mortifying reality of a group chat going public. But could this happen to you too?

While the Do Not Call Register is great at reducing unwanted telemarketing, it doesn't stop scammers.

Criminals impersonated Stefan to steal his phone number. It nearly cost him $20,000.

Google pulled its service from China more than a decade ago after censorship and hacking controversies, and now as it threatens to also depart Australia can users here learn anything from what happened in 2010?