Without a filter,I saw my face and cried. This is the reality for teens on social media

Without a filter,I saw my face and cried. This is the reality for teens on social media

In high school,I covered my mirror with paper to avoid seeing my own reflection. The only time I looked at myself was with a beauty filter applied.

  • byLucia Frazzetto

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A social media ban for under-16s won’t work. Here’s what will

A social media ban for under-16s won’t work. Here’s what will

Calls have been growing louder for age limits to be raised from 13 to 16. To add to the momentum,some say a ban is the only way to protect our kids. But is it?

  • byNicole Jameson
As it happened:WA news on Wednesday,May 22

As it happened:WA news on Wednesday,May 22

Only got a little time between commitments? We’ve collected the day’s headlines here for you to catch up in a flash.

  • byHolly Thompson
I don’t let my Perth students have phones at school. It’s time others followed

I don’t let my Perth students have phones at school. It’s time others followed

While our premier has joined other states’ calls for an enforced age limit on social media – a welcomed announcement – there is no doubt society has left it quite late.

  • byBelinda Provis
Spring-clean your spend:How to go dark on digital and save big dollars
Opinion
Hip pocket

Spring-clean your spend:How to go dark on digital and save big dollars

Our digital devices try to seduce us to spend every time we pick them up. Here’s how to go incognito online and give yourself some mindful money and mental space.

  • byNicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Musk to relaunch Twitter premium service,again

Musk to relaunch Twitter premium service,again

In the latest version,companies will get a gold check,governments will get a gray check,and individuals who pay for the service,whether they’re celebrities or not,will get a blue check.

  • byKelvin Chan
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2022:The year digital creep got too creepy
Opinion
Elon Musk

2022:The year digital creep got too creepy

The less you engage,the more interested they are in your every moment,but the digital revolution has become so monetised,now it’s just losing digits.

  • byMalcolm Knox
You,me and Alexa:Smart home devices and sex in the digital age

You,me and Alexa:Smart home devices and sex in the digital age

Disclosing that your home contains devices that may be watching,listening,or recording should become normal – especially when sex is involved. I didn’t sign up for this kind of threesome.

  • bySamantha Floreani
Court order to expose @PRguy17 threatens the right to be anonymous online

Court order to expose @PRguy17 threatens the right to be anonymous online

Regardless of your opinion of the rivals in this defamation case - @PRGuy17 and the right-wing blogger Avi Yemini - you should care what the ruling does to your liberty.

  • bySamantha Floreani
The government is trolling us with its ‘anti-troll’ bill
Opinion
Harassment

The government is trolling us with its ‘anti-troll’ bill

Proposed federal legislation will not make the internet safer,but it will make it harder for regular people to sue if they are defamed on social media.

  • byMichael Douglas
Always-on employees at risk of poor mental health,stroke:research
Opinion
Jobs

Always-on employees at risk of poor mental health,stroke:research

Do you answer emails outside work hours? Do you send them? New research shows how dangerous this can be.

  • byAmy Zadow