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.
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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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Senior Research Fellow, UNSW Allens Hub for Technology, Law & Innovation and Senior Lecturer, School of Private & Commercial Law, UNSW Law & Justice, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Education, University of Newcastle
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Fellow, Australian National University
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Executive Officer, Kimberley Institute
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Professor, Canada Research Chair in Determinants of Child Development, Owerko Centre at the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary
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Professor of Education, Australian Catholic University
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Professor of Software Systems and Cybersecurity, Monash University
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Assistant Professor of Social Work, University of Calgary
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Research Fellow, Australian National University
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Visiting Professor, Comp Sci at the ANU, and Law, UNSW Sydney
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Research and Partnerships Manager, The Equality Institute, & Postdoctoral fellow, Australian National University
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First Nations Academic Associate, Australian National University
