Mobile phone harassment and abuse
A look at the problems of harassment and bullying on phones and mobiles with advice on what you can do to protect yourself and those around you
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Snapchat Guide
A guide to Snapchat. Find out the features of Snapchat, what you can do in it and the safety tools available.
Netsafety Week 2023
We are hosting Netsafety Week again this year to help provide practical tools and harm prevention support to enable New Zealanders to get the most benefit – and the least harm – while living their digital lives. This year’s Netsafety Week theme is: Arming Aotearoa with the tools for positive online experiences This year’s theme…
#MyFriendToo
To mark Best Friends’ Day 2023 (8 June) Netsafe has partnered with our friends at Protect Children in Europe, to raise awareness among young people of the rise of sextortion / image-based abuse and how rangatahi can help their friends in a crisis. [Protect Children is the only organisation in Finland dedicated to preventing sexual…
Sextortion Scams
Webcam blackmail has evolved into modern sextortion scams – a type of blackmail when someone threatens to share a nude image or sexually explicit video of you online – unless you pay them or provide more sexual content.
How to record digital evidence
If you are the target of online bullying, abuse, harassment or criminal behaviour, you may want to capture digital evidence of what’s been going on. While it may seem like deleting the content is the quickest solution, it may be useful to ask Netsafe or a law enforcement agency for advice first. Get our advice on…
Online Gaming Whānau Toolkit: accessible
Netsafe is often asked about gaming and the best ways whānau can support tamariki to navigate the challenges they may encounter. The Online Gaming Whānau Toolkit has been produced in response. It follows the seven step framework of Netsafe’s Online Safety Parent Toolkit – but with a specific focus on gaming. Eighty percent of children…
Responding to a digital incident
Knowing how to respond to a digital incident and what first steps to take is essential to reducing further harm and minimising distress. Examples of incidents range from school fights, cyber bullying, inappropriate image sharing, privacy breaches and incitement to self-harm or harassment online. As well as reviewing Netsafe’s advice on responding to digital incidents…
Think before you nude
The Bare Facts is a campaign developed by rangatahi, Netsafe and Classification Office Te Mana Whakaatu about the risks of taking and sharing nude images. Find out more about these new campaign now. What is The Bare Facts about? Sharing nude images is part of everyday life for many young people in Aotearoa, but not…
Support for LGBTQIA+ people
Bullying and harassment based on your sexuality, sex characteristics and gender identity can make you feel isolated or alone, and make it difficult to explore and express your identity. Find out more about the options available to help. What are examples of abuse based on your sexuality, gender identity or sex characteristics? Some examples of…