The eSafety Guide

Second Life is a 3D virtual world created by its users who make their own avatars and are able to interact with other avatars, places and objects.

Seesaw is an online remote learning and communication platform designed for teachers, students and parents.

Signal is an encrypted private messaging app owned by the Signal Foundation. You can send messages, make audio and video calls, send voice notes, images and videos to your contacts which are secure, untracked and free.

Skout is a location-based social network and dating app that connects people by location or personal preferences

Skype is an audio and video calling app that allows you to video chat, instant message and make voice calls with other people, anywhere in the world, in real time.

Spotafriend is an app for teenagers to connect and become friends with other teenagers in their local area.

Squirt is a dating platform, predominantly for gay and bisexual men, that is accessed through a website optimised for both mobile and desktop use.

Steam is a gaming platform that allows you to download, purchase, and play game titles, and to set up a profile to communicate via messaging, chat and voice.

Subway Surfers is a single player mobile gaming app and website. The aim of the game is to outrun a train inspector while dodging oncoming trains, barriers and other objects.

Taimi is a dating platform, predominantly for gay and bisexual men, that is accessed through a website optimised for both mobile and desktop use.

Tango is an interactive video broadcasting, messaging and social networking platform which allows you to watch and follow streamers, broadcast videos and connect to people nearby using geo location technology.

Telegram is a secure messaging and audio calling cloud-based app that allows you to send messages, photos, videos and files of any type to your contacts for free.

Tellonym is an anonymous mobile messaging and social networking app. It allows you to send messages or ‘tells’, to strangers without revealing your identity.

Tinder is a location-based dating app. You can 'like' another user by swiping right or 'pass' by swiping left on them. If you and another user match, you can start chatting.

Tumblr is a microblogging platform for users to share their artwork, writing, photos, audio and videos with a worldwide audience.

Twitch is an online streaming platform and social network where you can watch or broadcast live streams and pre-recorded videos, and chat with other users

Twitter is a social media service that lets you publicly share short posts or tweets that are limited to 280 characters of text.

Valorant is an online multiplayer computer game. It is a first-person shooter game, consisting of two teams of five, where one team attacks and the other defends.

Vimeo is an online video hosting and sharing site where you can view and post videos, leave comments and follow other users.

Wattpad is a social media service where writers and readers can share stories, comment on stories, add profile comments and send and receive private messages to one another.

Cisco WebEx is an audio and video web conferencing platform.

WeChat is a Chinese platform that is used world-wide. It combines social media posting, chat, messaging, video/voice and payment services in the one platform.

WhatsApp is a free messaging, voice and video calling app that uses end-to-end encryption.

Whisper is an anonymous messaging app owned by MediaLab.AI.

Wickr Inc. produces three secure messaging and collaboration apps called Wickr Me, Wickr Pro and Wickr Enterprise.

Words With Friends 2 is a single or multiplayer mobile word game, developed by Zynga.

World of Warcraft (WoW) is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) by Blizzard Entertainment.

Xbox Live is an online service that allows you to connect and play with other gamers, primarily through the Xbox One and Xbox 360 consoles.

YouNow is a live streaming platform that lets you broadcast video from your desktop or mobile device and view the broadcasts of other members.

YouTube is a user-generated video sharing platform that allows people to discover, watch and share videos.

YouTube Kids is a filtered version of YouTube, a user-generated video sharing platform, which allows kids to discover and watch videos.

YouTube Premium is a paid membership to YouTube, available in certain countries including Australia, that gives you additional options for watching and listening to video and music.

Yubo (formerly Yellow) is a location-based social media app for teenagers to connect with other young people in their local area. Live streaming is a core feature.

Zoho is a cloud-based office software platform that is commonly used for audio and video web conferencing.