Australia's shadow communications minister Michelle Rowland questions whether Facebook's news ban is the "beginning of the end" for the platform in Australia, as eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant calls Facebook out for not doing enough in areas such as child safety.
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Subscriber only Three out of 10 teenagers have been contacted by strangers online, and a Lennox Head expert is sharing tips for parents wanting to protect their children on Saf`er Internet Day. Teenagers are spending around two hours a day online and have four different social media services, according to new research released by the eSafety Commissioner, to coincide with Safer Internet Day. Our research shows that while teens increased use of technology offers many benefits, there is a distinct downside - dealing with negative online experiences such as unwanted contact and cyber-bullying , Australia s eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant said.
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Premium Content  One in five Australian screenagers has been sent unwanted violent or pornographic material, as cyber creeps target kids online through gaming and social media. One in three teenagers experienced unwanted contact with a stranger through online games, social media or email and messaging services in 2020, alarming new data from the federal government s eSafety Commissioner reveals. Police have caught   The eSafety Commissioner has warned that paedophiles are increasingly targeting children online, as cooped-up kids and screenagers spend an average of 14 hours a week in front of screens. Sometimes very aggressive requests for nudes can be made quite suddenly, right through to very sophisticated long-term grooming efforts, the head of e-safety investigations Toby Dagg said yesterday.