Internet safety

EDITORIAL

The sinister side of YouTube Kids

YouTube has become the world's babysitter, an electronic pacifier during flights and in restaurants. But the ramifications of…

By Amanda Cassidy

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The YouTube effect: The hidden messages your child is absorbing online

Platforms like YouTube have been designed to entertain, amuse and inform, but they’ve also raised some troubling questions…

By Amanda Cassidy

EDITORIAL

Goodbye unwanted dick pics: How AI may soon protect against cyber flashing

Unsolicited and non-consensual interactions online are on the rise. But now, thanks to a wiley AI researcher, sexual harassment…

By Amanda Cassidy

Instagram tackles cyberbullying

EDITORIAL

‘We can do more’: Instagram rolls out new anti-bullying features

It will come as a relief to parents that Instagram is rolling out two new anti-bullying features. Here's…

By Grace McGettigan

EDITORIAL

Momo challenge: The psychology of cyber-fear and what we should say to our children

Amanda Cassidy speaks to child psychologists and online safety experts to understand what parents need to know about…

By Amanda Cassidy