Cyber bullying
- Opinion
- AI
Pretend friends, real risks. Harming kids is now part of big tech’s business model
Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg’s famous motto was “move fast and break things”. But now it’s children and families who are being broken by the relentless thirst for big tech profit.
- Peter Hartcher
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‘It’s unacceptable, it’s wrong’: Prince Harry calls for change to protect children online
Harry and his wife Meghan unveiled a memorial in New York to children who have lost their lives to the harms of the internet, expressing relief that their own kids are still too young for social media.
- India McTaggart
‘Diabolically bad’: When parents’ school WhatsApp groups turn toxic
Gossip and bullying pile-ons are turning parents’ WhatsApp groups into a battleground, and schools are being urged to fight back.
- Nicole Precel
- Opinion
- Parenting
Poisonous parents on WhatsApp? You know who you are
The poison parent is a horrifying combination of mad oversharer and deranged conspiracy theorist. They must be stopped.
- Michelle Cazzulino
- Opinion
- Social media
According to these influencers, people like me are the problem with Australia
I told myself these attitudes were outdated and were bound to become less common with each new generation. These videos show that clearly, I was wrong.
- Zoya Patel
- Special series
- Behind the Headlines
I was at the centre of an Elon storm – and survived
Waking up to hundreds of notifications on X is generally not a good sign. This time, it was nuclear – and it came from the world’s richest man.
- David Swan
- Exclusive
- Social media
Australians like banning teens from social media. They just don’t think it’ll work
The findings highlight a risk for Labor and scepticism among voters as Albanese heads to the next election pursuing a broader tech crackdown.
- Natassia Chrysanthos
A social media phenomenon is a step closer to a US ban
With more than 170 million Americans using the social media app, TikTok’s Chinese owner needs to sell the business in the US or face closure.
- Sapna Maheshwari
- Exclusive
- Education
‘You’ll never get in front of it’: Hackers target schools daily
Holding families’ sensitive, personal information has become the top insurance risk for private schools in Australia, as hackers become increasingly sophisticated in their approaches.
- Bridie Smith
Premier says social media driving youth suicides as Qld backs ban
The new Queensland leader has backed the federal government’s push for a social media ban for under-16s.
- William Davis
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