Digital hygiene
Opinion
Social media
Perth family’s trauma shows how social media has polluted our society
Financial crime, sexual exploitation, mental abuse, narcissism, intimidation and misinformation is flooding these platforms, and we need to make it stop now.
- by Gary Adshead
Latest
Opinion
Social media
Without a filter, I saw my face and cried. This is the reality for teens on social media
In high school, I covered my mirror with paper to avoid seeing my own reflection. The only time I looked at myself was with a beauty filter applied.
- by Lucia Frazzetto
Opinion
Social media
A social media ban for under-16s won’t work. Here’s what will
Calls have been growing louder for age limits to be raised from 13 to 16. To add to the momentum, some say a ban is the only way to protect our kids. But is it?
- by Nicole Jameson
As it happened: WA news on Wednesday, May 22
Only got a little time between commitments? We’ve collected the day’s headlines here for you to catch up in a flash.
- by Holly Thompson
Opinion
Social media
I don’t let my Perth students have phones at school. It’s time others followed
While our premier has joined other states’ calls for an enforced age limit on social media – a welcomed announcement – there is no doubt society has left it quite late.
- by Belinda Provis
Opinion
Hip pocket
Spring-clean your spend: How to go dark on digital and save big dollars
Our digital devices try to seduce us to spend every time we pick them up. Here’s how to go incognito online and give yourself some mindful money and mental space.
- by Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Musk to relaunch Twitter premium service, again
In the latest version, companies will get a gold check, governments will get a gray check, and individuals who pay for the service, whether they’re celebrities or not, will get a blue check.
- by Kelvin Chan
Opinion
Elon Musk
2022: The year digital creep got too creepy
The less you engage, the more interested they are in your every moment, but the digital revolution has become so monetised, now it’s just losing digits.
- by Malcolm Knox
Opinion
Sex & relationships
You, me and Alexa: Smart home devices and sex in the digital age
Disclosing that your home contains devices that may be watching, listening, or recording should become normal – especially when sex is involved. I didn’t sign up for this kind of threesome.
- by Samantha Floreani
Opinion
Freedom of speech
Court order to expose @PRguy17 threatens the right to be anonymous online
Regardless of your opinion of the rivals in this defamation case - @PRGuy17 and the right-wing blogger Avi Yemini - you should care what the ruling does to your liberty.
- by Samantha Floreani
Opinion
Harassment
The government is trolling us with its ‘anti-troll’ bill
Proposed federal legislation will not make the internet safer, but it will make it harder for regular people to sue if they are defamed on social media.
- by Michael Douglas
Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/topic/digital-hygiene-1mta