The eSafety Guide

Zoom is a remote conferencing service that allows you to communicate with other people through video and audio calling, chat, online learning and webinars. 

Threads is a microblogging platform developed by Meta and available through Instagram that lets you share posts of 500 characters, including links, images and videos.

Snapchat is a messaging app that lets you send images, video or texts to friends. These images, video and text are only available for a short time before they disappear.

Instagram is a social media service designed for people to share photos and video.

W App (also known as Slay) is a social media app for young people that lets you create a profile and interact with friends from your school by semi-anonymously posting and answering positive polls.

Facebook is a social media service, which lets you create a page about yourself, an organisation or group.

Roblox is a game-creation platform that allows users to design their own games and play a wide variety of games created by other users.

Adobe Connect is audio and video web conferencing platform by Adobe.

Adobe Firefly is an artificial intelligence (AI) text-to-image generator available online or within software such as Adobe Express, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator.

airG is a social chat and dating service where you can meet new people in your area, share updates and play games.

Alibi Security offer a range of video surveillance technologies. Brands include Alibi Witness, Alibi Vigilant, Alibi Cloud VS and HDVision.

Alexa is Amazon’s cloud-based voice assistant, which can be used with voice enabled devices from Amazon and other companies.

An Apple ID is a personal account used to access all Apple services and products.

ASKfm is a social media service based on asking and answering questions, in which posts can be anonymous.

Be There App is an app that helps you support someone experiencing domestic violence or an unhealthy, toxic or abusive relationship.

BeReal is a photo sharing app that prompts you to share an unfiltered photo of yourself and your immediate surroundings once a day.

Blackboard Collaborate is a web video conferencing and webinar platform used for online teaching and learning.

Blogger is an online publishing platform.

Bluesky is a community-orientated social media service that lets you post 300 characters of text, as well as images and video.

Bumble is a social media service used for friendship, dating and online networking that encourages women to make the first move.

Character.AI is an artificial intelligence chatbot that allows you to interact with digital characters

ChatGPT and GPT-4 are artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots or language models built by OpenAI, which allow people to interact in a conversational way.

Chatruletka is an anonymous online video chat platform.

Christian Mingle is a dating website and app for people looking for a relationship centred on the Christian faith.

Cloudflare is a suite of secure online or cloud-based services designed for websites, APIs, corporate networks and distributed workforces.

CurseForge is a gaming website where you can download video game modifications and add-ons for titles like World of Warcraft and StarCraft II.

DALL·E 3 is a text-to-image generator that uses an artificial intelligence (AI) model to produce images based on textual descriptions and prompts.

Discord is a social chat platform commonly used by online gamers that is available on computers and mobile devices, and accessible via a web browser.

eHarmony is a free dating website and app that uses an 80-question quiz to match you with potential dates based on your compatibility.

Element is an end-to-end encrypted communication and collaboration service that offers unlimited.

EliteSingles is a dating app designed for people over 30, with a university education, who are seeking long-term relationships.

Empower you is an app developed by NSW Police to support people experiencing domestic and family violence.

Episode is an interactive mobile storytelling game where you can create your own ‘show’ using animated content.

FaceTime is Apple’s voice and video calling app. It’s included with all their mobile devices and computers.

Facetune is a suite of photo and video editing apps that allow you to easily perform advanced image retouching on your mobile device.

Flickr is an online content hosting platform and social network, owned by SmugMug Inc