Cyber bullying,sexual content against teachers on the rise,eSafety commissioner warns
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Cyber bullying,sexual content against teachers on the rise,eSafety commissioner warns

Sexualised content and online attacks against teachers are escalating,the eSafety Commissioner warns,as state and federal ministers meet to address the issue.

  • byAmber Schultz

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Australia takes on Elon Musk over spike in online hate on Twitter
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Australia takes on Elon Musk over spike in online hate on Twitter

Academics say the Twitter case will test Australia’s online safety powers,and warn the rogue social media company might ignore legal orders and fines.

  • byJordan Baker
Students were kept back at lunch. Parents said it was akin to a prison camp

Students were kept back at lunch. Parents said it was akin to a prison camp

School leaders are grappling with a new landscape in which parents vent their frustration on social media and staff feel personally attacked.

  • byChristopher Harris
‘Coming for you’:Man faces court for allegedly abusing ABC broadcaster Stan Grant

‘Coming for you’:Man faces court for allegedly abusing ABC broadcaster Stan Grant

Michael Steven Davis,who says he identifies “as a man from 1990 where your pronouns don’t exist”,has faced a Sydney court.

  • byPerry Duffin
Ita Buttrose breaks silence on Stan Grant as broadcaster discusses ‘bruising’ week
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Ita Buttrose breaks silence on Stan Grant as broadcaster discusses ‘bruising’ week

The ABC chair blamed an “abusive and toxic culture” for driving Grant out of his role.

  • byHannah Story andNick Bonyhady
My reverse seachange column brought out the haters. Why are people so unkind?
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Opinion

My reverse seachange column brought out the haters. Why are people so unkind?

My last column had nearly 1000 comments. Seeing people so enraged made me temporarily lose my appetite for the last smidge of truffle brie on the charcuterie platter.

  • byKate Halfpenny
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Everyone can have their opinion,but I don’t need to hear from FredFkstone
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Everyone can have their opinion,but I don’t need to hear from FredFkstone

We could decimate the incidence of trolling overnight by one simple measure. The solution is so simple that it defies belief it hasn’t yet happened.

  • byKerri Sackville
Perth mum calls for help after teenage daughters’ online bullying

Perth mum calls for help after teenage daughters’ online bullying

Naomi* said the bullying had been going on for about four years. Even moving schools hadn’t helped.

  • byHolly Thompson
Voice debate spurs rise in cyber abuse,threats and harassment

Voice debate spurs rise in cyber abuse,threats and harassment

Cyber abuse complaints to the eSafety Commissioner by Indigenous Australians have increased by more than 10 per cent as online debate turns toxic.

  • byAmber Schultz
Stan Grant quits the ABC’s Q+A,saying racist abuse ‘poisons the air I breathe’

Stan Grant quits the ABC’s Q+A,saying racist abuse ‘poisons the air I breathe’

The Indigenous journalist has announced he will step away from the ABC’s current affairs panel show over the “racial filth” to which he has been subjected.

  • byKarl Quinn andNick Bonyhady
Community Facebook groups:let’s bring joy and stop griping about dog poo
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Neighbours

Community Facebook groups:let’s bring joy and stop griping about dog poo

Lack of social connection has the same health risk as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. Can we shut down trolls and make social media a place to love thy neighbour?

  • byFelicity Caldwell