Another cyber safety talk has just been held at my sons high school. This was held by the A.C.M.A an Australian Government organisation that gives cyber safety talks every year for students and parents all over Australia. Last year at my son’s school parents of 12 families turned up for the free talk held… Continue Reading
Leonie’s interview with Ilija Dugandzic from Brisbane’s 96FiveFM about some of the most important tips that parents need to know to keep their children safe on computers and mobile devices. 96.5FM Brisbane Cyber Safety Interview Continue Reading
There are so many new apps for mobile devices coming out every day that seem incredibly attractive to our children, but how do we know which are safe and which are not? Firstly, if your child is under 13yrs of age, you need to limit your child’s ability to download free and paid apps without… Continue Reading
Predictably there will be a huge amount of Apple mobile devices given as gifts to kids of all ages in a few weeks time for Christmas. It’s quite likely that kids as young as 4 years old will be given iPad Minis or iPods. It is so important that when setting up these mobile devices… Continue Reading
Lets not confuse the term Cyber Bullying with a public protest done through social media. Certainly during the most recent Alan Jones kerfuffle there have been abusive messages posted both at him, his station 2GB, and his advertisers. But was it the abusive messages, or the rational, but angry posts, and the number of them… Continue Reading
Oh dear poor trolls… Re: Daily Telegraph’s Stop the Trolls… I do think it should be easier to block Twitter bullies and their abusive Tweets, and it should be much harder to create new accounts on Twitter quickly or to create too many multiple accounts. Trolls/Cyber Bullies Not to belittle the hurt and pain… Continue Reading
I’m honoured to be presenting a talk at the October Pittwater Business Limited Breakfast at Bayview Golf Club on the 17th October 2012. This is a unique talk by Leonie Smith who was featured on 60 Minutes last Sunday for the Charlotte Dawson Interview on Bullying and Trolls on Twitter. Leonie expertise as a social… Continue Reading
This last week Sept 2nd 2012 I was interviewed in my capacity as a social media consultant and cyber safety advisor on 60 Minutes in Australia to comment on the Charlotte Dawson Twitter Troll Attack. Since that interview, Trolls have been in the news and more celebrities are coming forward with their own stories of… Continue Reading
The more you write about specific Trolling incidents the more the “Trolls” win and we all lose I agreed to an interview with 60 Minutes this week regarding the Charlotte Dawson “Troll” incident because I have been helping their producer with a story on Internet Trolls for a few months previous to this incident. My… Continue Reading
Trolling is not necessarily abusive. But if you are attacked online threatened and harassed this is for you. Without going into all the what, why and who did what to whom on Twitter over the last few days. If you want to block and report a Twitter abuse,someone who is being abusive to you on… Continue Reading