Posts in category Bullying & abuse

The Harmful Digital Communications Act (HDCA) was passed in 2015 to help people dealing with serious or repeated harmful digital communications. It lays out 10 …

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 …

Online bullying, abuse or harassment based on your gender can make you feel isolated and alone, and in some situations it can make it feel …

Doxxing (sometimes spelt ‘doxing’) is a type of online harassment where people share personal or identifying information about someone online without their consent. This could …

Understanding New Zealand’s Privacy Act, the privacy principles and how to make a complaint about a breach of privacy

Trolling is an online behaviour where a person will share, comment or post deliberately inflammatory content in order to evoke an emotional reaction and/or create …

Image based abuse (sometimes called image based sexual abuse, revenge porn or sextortion) is the name for the non-consensual sharing of intimate images. It is …

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 …

Sometimes it’s hard to know what to do to when you see someone being bullied online. We’ve written our tips on how to be an …

If you’re experiencing online bullying, abuse or harassment based on your colour, race, ethnicity or nationality, we have a free and confidential service to help.  …