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This kit aims to make cybersecurity education for children more accessible

National independent regulator for online safety eSafety revealed that complaints of serious cyberbullying involving minors aged under 14 more than tripled last year compared to pre-pandemic 2019.

The NSW Labor has committed to tackle problematic screen and phone use among children and young people and will allocate a $2.5 million research fund to uncover its excessive use if elected—a welcome announcement lauded by the Centre for Digital Wellbeing.

The Cricut is a fantastic ecosystem of machines to bring your creativity to life, no matter your level of skill. Here’s a Cricut project demonstrating creating not one, but 34, T-shirts with iron-on vinyl. And you can do it yourself, for just a little over $100.

Epic Games, creators of the popular battle royale game Fortnite, has been ordered to pay $US 520m in fines and refunds after complaints over children's privacy along with using dark patterns to invoke purchases.

The FiiTii Kido wireless headphones are a nifty set of headphones for young ones that sit nicely, look good, have simple and clear buttons, and importantly, limit sound to 85dB.

HOW AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN WITH ADHD, ASD, DYSLEXIA AND DYSCALCULIA CAN BE BEST SUPPORTED WITH ONLINE LEARNING

October is the national awareness month for various special learning needs including ADHD, dyslexia and dyscalculia. Whilst the approach to supporting school students with these needs draws increased attention from parents and the education system, often these students need additional learning support to ensure they are making learning progress in the classroom. 

With Samsung set to supply 51,000 AX90T air purifying units into Victorian public school classrooms, not even Melbourne's earthquake can stop Victoria's safe return-to-school plan from becoming a COVID-safe reality.

Independent non-partisan organisation Reset Australia says Facebook has profiled young users and teenagers with sensitive advertising content such as smoking, gambling, and extreme weight loss. The organisation calls for measures to regulate these ads.

Reset Australia is demanding greater data protections for teenagers after it uncovered a Facebook loophole that allows teenagers to be profiled and targeted with advertising based on a range of age inappropriate interests, such as alcohol, smoking, gambling, and extreme weight loss.

With the school holidays now over, and back to school now the new reality, at least in Australia where the COVID-19 threat is almost non-existent, a whole stack of kids will be getting their first smartphone - but what should you know before you give them one?

With the ACMA's December 2020 study showing 46% of Australian children age 6 to 13 already using mobile phones, its clear that parents are buying them for their children, with sister companies Alcatel and TCL promoting a model each for this age group.

Optus has teamed with immersive technology app provider Bookful to let children experience reading books using augmented reality (AR).

In light of ACMA's report showing that 46% of Australian children aged between 6 and 13 now use a phone, up from 41% in 2015, AMTA's five key suggestions for parents to consider when buying kids their first phones is definitely a good call.

New research has found that almost half (46%) of Australian children aged between 6 to 13 years use a mobile phone—up from 41% in 2015 - with the trend continuing to grow.

It’s not just fun and games for kids this Christmas, as more 56% of Aussie parentsare expected to buy their children toys they secretly want to play with, according to new research from eBay, with 62% of Dads the main culprit.

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is set to launch new 2020 guidelines on Child Online Protection (COP), re-designed from the ground up to reflect what the ITU says are the significant shifts in the digital landscape in which children find themselves, such as the Internet of Things, connected toys, online gaming, robotics, machine learning and artificial intelligence.

Global IT security vendor ESET has launched Safer Kids Online as a resource site dedicated to building a safer online environment for children.

Almost half of Australian parents (45%) do not have existing measures in place to protect their children online, according to a new research report.

The Australian Labor Party has called for an NBN rebate — and free NBN broadband access for a period of at least 12 months — to help connect families and children with no Internet at home, ensuring access to broadband for children it says are potentially missing out on the benefits of connectivity.