Safer Internet Day 8th Feb

With remote learning possibly on the horizon again (sigh!), it has never been more important to highlight Safer Internet Day. The eSafetyCommissioner has a plethora of resources available online on topics suitable for early childhood, primary and secondary students including a video library for educators.

Reporting online abuse:

Cyberbullying, Image-based abuse and Illegal and harmful content can now be reported for anyone under age of 18 years and adults.

Online Safety Act 2021

The powers of the Online Safety Act 2021 are enhanced on 23 January 2022 including:

A world-first adult cyber abuse scheme for Australians.

An enhanced cyberbullying scheme for Australian children will enable eSafety to require the removal of material from the full range of online services beyond social media sites including online gaming platforms, content sharing sites and messaging services.

An image-based abuse scheme to address the non-consensual sharing of intimate images. Reducing take-down time from 48 hours to 24 hours for service providers to comply with a notice to remove image-based abuse, cyberbullying, adult cyber abuse or seriously harmful online content. Failure to do so could attract penalties of up to $111,000 for individuals and $555,000 for companies.

Stronger information-gathering powers to obtain identity information including basic subscriber information for anonymous accounts. This will enable eSafety to conduct investigations into harmful online behaviour and issue fines and notices.

Primary Students eSafety Resources

Ebook:

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