Bad online experiences for children âinvisibleâ to parents during lockdown
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When Australiaâs online safety investigators are investigating coercive child sex abuse material, which involves children being urged to perform sexual acts for the camera, there is often a concerning common factor: parents are having a conversation just metres away.
âOur investigators can hear the parentsâ voices in the next room,â said Julie Inman Grant, the countryâs eSafety commissioner. âThis is happening under parentsâ noses, in the home.â
The commissioner is ramping up calls for parents to improve awareness of their childrenâs digital lives, as young peopleâs reports of negative online experiences â including unwanted contact, cyberbullying and harassment â have spiked during the coronavirus pandemic.
Aussies take out up to $1m in cyberbully insurance for kids More Australian parents are taking up cyber-bullying insurance to protect their children against attacks. See how it works.
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Subscriber only Australian parents are being offered cyber-bullying insurance for the first time as a new way to deal with relentless and traumatic online attacks against their children. The unusual insurance, first offered in the United States, promises to cover the costs of burying harmful posts on search engines and social media, counselling and coaching for families, and unpaid leave to negotiate solutions with school authorities and police.
2021-01-28 09:06:33 GMT2021-01-28 17:06:33(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
CANBERRA, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) Australia s eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant has called for social media giants to take responsibility for the content on their platforms.
Under changes to the Online Safety Act proposed by the Australian government, Inman Grant would have the power to prevent cyber abuse, identify anonymous account owners and enforce online safety expectations.
The changes, announced in December, would give Inman Grant the power to force companies including Facebook, Twitter and Google to remove harmful content within 24 hours. There s more that they (social media companies) can do in terms of their intellectual capability, their access to advanced technology, their vast financial resources, to come up with better systems to identify who s on their platforms and violating their terms of service, Inman Grant told Nine Entertainment newspapers on Wednesday.