Australian student Casey Heynes has become an unwitting ‘poster boy’ for school bullying – what impact does the incident have on students, parents and teachers around the world?

Safer Internet Day 2011 gives us the opportunity to discuss effective videos on the topics of safe internet use, parental responsibility and how to tackle cyber bullying

Vodafone recently announced a new blacklist service. Any Vodafone customer can block any other cellphone number from sending them texts or pics. All they have to do is text “BLACKLIST ADD 021 xxxxxxx” (where 021 xxxxxxx represents the number of a phone you want to stop getting texts and pics from) and you’ll stop getting [...]

In our second weekly video wrap-up, Martin discusses the first Worldwide Cybersecurity Summit and Nancy Groh reviews her visit to the Early Childhood Council’s Annual Conference

Watch our first weekly video wrap-up of cybesafety themed news and events

NetSafe’s Lee Chisholm is interviewed about cyberbullying: taking away the technology is the worst thing we can do if we want to keep our kids safe.

 I recently read this report from “The Youth Voice Project”. The cover says its a “…large scale research project that solicits students’ perceptions about strategy effectiveness to reduce peer mistreatment in schools.” I’m always sceptical of research that perports to be representing youth voices. They are often better described as “what adults think young people are trying to say” or ”what [...]