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Sexual predators have found a new way to exploit children: taking control of their webcams to record them without their consent. Here’s how the attack works and how you can protect your kids.
Many children and adolescents fall victim to online exploitation, but there are some steps parents can take to protect their children online.
School officials are becoming increasingly wary of TikTok amid concerns that the app poses a risk to student safety and privacy and makes the nation vulnerable to spies.
The risk of experiencing harm online is real, especially for children – but decades of research don’t support the alarmist tropes used in these conversations.
A widely reported study didn’t ring any alarm bells for children’s increasing screen time, but neither did it give heavy use of devices the all-clear.
New data suggests that lots of time on screens may even improve peer relationships. But the study comes with caveats.
Children are at the heart of the battle between usefulness and security. Can we trust Big Tech to find solutions to making computers, and life online, safer for them?
YouTube channels are increasingly targeting children, but research shows these young viewers may not understand when they are being sold to.
As Amazon introduces a new smart-home device aimed at children, it’s important to know many internet-connected toys are not secure, putting kids’ security and privacy at risk.
Parents should inform themselves, and review their and their children’s privacy settings.
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.
More than 300 hours of content are uploaded to YouTube every minute - and many children’s clips are unauthorised, sneaky or even disturbing. Being aware is the first step.
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Co-Director, Young and Resilient Research Centre/Professorial Research Fellow, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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Researcher: Digital Literacy and Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University
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Senior Manager, Brisbane Catholic Education & Associate Professor of Education (Adjunct), Charles Sturt University
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Senior Lecturer in Education, University of Newcastle
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Professor of Management, University of North Carolina – Greensboro
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Senior Lecturer in Management Systems, University of Hull
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Reader in Marketing, Cardiff University
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Associate Professor, Department of Security, Fire and Emergency Management, and Director of Center for Cybercrime Studies, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York
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Professor, Gustavson School of Business, University of Victoria
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Reader in Human Computer Interaction, Cardiff Metropolitan University
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Senior Lecutrer in Computer Science, Cardiff Metropolitan University
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PhD Student in Psychology, Neuroscience and Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado Boulder
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Research Fellow in Digital Childhoods, Deakin University
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Assistant Professor in Cybercrime, University of South Florida
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RMIT University
