21-year-old shares his perspective on online safety

“as you get older, it does start to lose its relevance.”

27 January 2023

21-year-old shares his perspective on online safety

A 21-year-old shares his perspective around online safety and questions whether the approaches used in schools, and by parents, are sufficient enough in today’s digital society. Explaining that as you get older and more explorative, the potential exposure to harmful content online increases, yet he feels there is no further education to safeguard you from these new dangers.

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