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Tips on how to stay safe online during the COVID-19 pandemic

Helping Australians have safer, more positive experiences online.

Helping Australians have safer, more positive experiences online.

Find out who we are and how we empower Australians to have safer, more positive experiences online.

Tech trends and challenges

Keep up-to-date with these overviews of emerging online safety issues.

Community education and training

Access a range of online safety presentations provided free of charge!

Help in languages other than English

Explore online safety advice and resources in other languages.

Professional learning program for teachers

Webinar-based professional development for teachers provided by eSafety’s expert education and training team.

Webinars for parents and carers

Join one of our free webinars for parents and carers to learn the latest strategies for helping children stay safer online.

Online safety picture book and song

Sugar gliders Swoosh and Glide encourage young children to ask for help so they are safer when using digital devices and playing online.

Digital lives of Aussie teens

New research looks at the digital lives of teens, including how they deal with negative experiences and what online safety information they need.

Learn how to report

online abuse

How to report image-based abuse

We can help to get the intimate images or video removed.

How to make a cyberbullying complaint

If you are under 18 (or are reporting on behalf of someone under 18) you can make a complaint about cyberbullying.

How to report adult cyber abuse

If you are 18 and over and live in Australia, you can make an adult cyber abuse report.

How to report illegal and harmful content

We investigate offensive and illegal online content and work towards rapid removal.

The eSafety Guide

Want to know about the latest apps, games and social media?

The eSafety Guide includes important advice about their safety features, including how to use the settings to report online abuse and protect your personal information.

Domestic violence

Calling out technological tethers in coercive control

The eSafety Commissioner calls for technology-facilitated abuse to be addressed by the NSW Joint Select Committee on Coercive Control.

UNCRC General Comment: Children’s rights in the digital world

Governments, regulators, digital companies and advocates need to ensure innovation and investment genuinely have the best interests of children at heart.

Want to confront your child's cyberbully? Think before you act!

If your child is being cyberbullied you may want to rush in to help them. But beware! Follow these tips so you don't make the situation worse.

How to support your child to play confidently online

It's important to get your child into the habit of asking for help when they are using digital devices, so they come to you when they face safety risks.

Channelling creative energies online: Older Australians and social media

eSafety is launching a course on Instagram, Pinterest and Twitter to help older Australians who are not yet using these popular social media platforms. This free and very engaging course will provide even more reasons to explore creative outlets on social

Image-based abuse

Fake Instagram profiles linking to intimate subscription service websites

This is where someone’s images from their Instagram account are stolen and then used on an impersonation account to redirect traffic to supposed explicit content on subscription services.

How to Zoom: a new way to learn video calling meets strong interest from older Australians

eSafety is offering a new online presentation for older Australians to learn how to use Zoom, as part of the Be Connected program.

Digital skills program creates major value for the community and connects more older Australians

eSafety and Good Things Foundation Australia welcome a recent social impact report by Swinburne University of Technology, showing the impact of the Australian Government's Be Connected program.

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