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 …

It can be hard to know whether things in your relationship related to technology are normal or abusive. As part of a pattern of abusive …

Netsafe’s latest research, Global Kids Online: Digital Parenting Strategies and Behaviours of New Zealand Parents, presents findings from a study looking at the strategies parents, caregivers …

Netsafe is urging people to be vigilant to opportunistic scammers looking to profit from COVID-19. We’ve seen first-hand how scammers are using COVID-19 as the …

TikTok is one of the fastest growing social media apps. It’s a platform for creating, sharing and discovering short videos. As young people enjoy being …

Certain groups are subject to more abuse, and suffer more harm but there is no clear and agreed definition for hate crimes and speech online. …

One billion people in the world have some form of disability, so when posting online it’s important you consider them. Here are some ways that …

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

As Aotearoa’s independent, non-profit online safety organisation we provide support and education to the community. We’ve helped thousands of people in the 20 years we’ve been around. …

Spotting misinformation is not easy and these days it’s spreading more than ever – a third of people have accidentally shared it online and 50% are …