Safer Internet Day 2025
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Message from the eSafety Commissioner
Hear from Julie Inman Grant, eSafety Commissioner, about the importance of Safer Internet Day.
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Hello, I'm Julie Inman Grant, Australia's eSafety Commissioner. Today is Safer Internet Day, and we're calling on all Australians to help make the internet a safer, more positive place. |
As the prevalence of harms continues to grow, we need to find innovative ways of harnessing the benefits of being online while helping everyone in our community manage the risks. Everyone can take practical steps, including starting online safety conversations and sharing eSafety resources, engaging in active education and prevention, practicing respectful behaviour online ourselves, and reporting online abuse. |
In the year ahead, eSafety will implement the Australian Government's minimum age restriction laws for social media, while continuing to increase industry accountability through regulatory enforcement and promote transparency through |
Building on recent Safety by Design workshops in the US with technology and AI companies, we can all do more to bake safety in rather than just bolting it on. This is just part of our broader holistic approach. |
We're also focused on engaging Australians of all ages parents, carers, grandparents, teachers and community leaders, empowering all of us to be safer online. Not just today, but every day. And we all have a role to play. |
So I'd like to say a big thank you to the thousands of companies, government agencies, NGOs, schools and individuals who are already supporting Safer Internet Day in Australia and helping us to start and continue the global conversation about online safety. |
Our major call to action is to go to eSafety.gov.au. We’re just one click away. |
Happy Safer Internet Day and let this be the start of safer and more positive online experiences for everyone throughout 2025. Thank you. |
Message from eSafety Commissioner – Safer Internet Day 2025
Message from the Minister for Communications
Thank you to the Hon Michelle Rowland MP, Minister for Communications for this message of support.
Australia's Minister for Communications Michelle Rowland gets behind Safer Internet Day 2025
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What is Safer Internet Day?
Safer Internet Day is a global day of action bringing communities, schools, organisations and families from more than 180 countries together to raise awareness of online safety issues and work towards a safer internet.
The eSafety Commissioner leads the day in Australia and we’re calling on all Australians to help make the internet a safer, and more positive place.
Why is Safer Internet Day important?
Whether you’re working, learning, playing or scrolling – the internet is a huge part of life. It opens a world of opportunities, but also comes with risks, especially for young people and other at-risk groups.
Let's look at the numbers that remind us why online safety is so important.
Join us in making the internet a safer, more positive place – one conversation, one click and one day at a time.
1. Adults’ online experiences – infographic (2022). 2. Cool, beautiful, strange and scary: The online experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and their parents and caregivers (2023). 3. Mind the Gap: Parental awareness of children’s exposure to risks online (2022). 4. Levelling up to stay safe: Young people’s experiences navigating the joys and risks of online gaming (February 2024). 5. Tipping the balance: LGBTIQ+ teens’ experiences negotiating connection, self-expression and harm online (June 2024).
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Last updated: 27/02/2025