eSafety has launched Safer Together! and Leaving Deadly Digital Footprints! - two online safety guides for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and their carers.
Co-designed with First Nations kids, parents, and carers, the guides use storytelling, case studies and interactive activities to help kids learn safe and positive online behaviours.
eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant said the guides recognise the creativity and innovation of First Nations young people online, while addressing unique risks like racism and digital exclusion.
"First Nations children and teenagers are embracing the internet and technology in wonderful and creative ways; however, they are more likely to be exposed to a range of online harms*, including hate speech, discrimination, and bullying.
"These guides were built by and for First Nations people. They're about learning together, building trust, and giving children the tools to enjoy the digital world safely and confidently," Ms Inman Grant said.
eSafety's new resources will help parents and carers to have conversations with First Nations children and young people about how to be safe, have fun and learn about online safety together.
These new resources complement the range of tailored online safety resources eSafety has developed with First Nations organisations, including advice to empower mob of all ages with tools and knowledge to protect themselves on the internet.
The Safer Together! and Leaving Deadly Digital Footprints! guides can be found at esafety.gov.au/FirstNations.
*eSafety's Cool, beautiful, strange and scary report found that First Nations children and teenagers face a higher rate of exposure to harmful content.
