The eSafety Guide

Foursquare City Guide is a free, location-based social media app that helps you find restaurants and bars in your area

Foursquare Swarm is a free, location-based social media app that helps you keep a record of the restaurants and bars you have visited.

Gab is a social media service, that lets you post text, images, videos and polls as well as generate images and interact with artificial intelligence (AI) bots.

Gas is a social media service for young people that lets you interact with your friends by semi-anonymously answering poll questions.

Gettr is a social media and microblogging service available globally through a website and dedicated apps.

Google is an internet search engine that uses a proprietary algorithm to rank and order search results in terms of their relevance to the user and their dependability as data sources.

A Google Account is an online account required to personalise results and sometimes access Google’s services and apps.

Google Assistant is the AI-powered and entirely cloud-based voice assistant used by many smart technologies, including Google Nest smart speakers and Android smartphones.

Google Chat is a direct messaging, group chat and voice and video calling app owned by Google

happn is a location-based social media app which is mostly used as a dating service

Hello Tiger is a free dating app, similar to speed dating, which lets you interact with someone via one-minute video dates.

Hoop is a social networking app used for making new friends and is a free add-on to Snapchat.

HTC Vive is an app that lets you control virtual reality (VR) headsets through a smartphone.

ICQ-Chat was one of the first online instant messaging platforms in the world.

Imgur is an online content hosting site where you can view and share content such as images, GIFs, memes, videos and reviews.

Jdate is a dating website and app for single Jewish people.

Kick is an online streaming platform and social media service where you can watch or broadcast live streams and chat with other users.

Kik is a social messaging app that allows you to send and receive content to people and groups you know, as well as people and groups you don’t know.

Kippo a real-time virtual world that allows you to connect with existing friends and meet new people.

LEGO Life is a social media app designed for children to share photos and stories of their LEGO creations.

LinkedIn is a social network and job site aimed at professional communities.

LiveMe is a live streaming platform which lets you broadcast live video from your mobile device and view and comment on the broadcasts of other members.

Lunime develops a range of apps inspired by Japanese ‘Gacha’ toy-vending machines.

Mastodon is a free, open-source social media service that lets you publicly share short posts that are limited to 500 characters of text.

Melon is a live video chat service that instantly and randomly pairs users with strangers from around the world.

Messenger is a messaging app that lets you instant message, share photos, videos, audio messages and create group chats with your Facebook friends or phone contacts.

Messenger Kids is a free video calling and messaging app owned by Facebook.

A Meta account is an online service that lets you log into your virtual reality (VR) devices and view and manage your purchased content in one place, as well at set up a Meta Horizon profile.

Meta AI is a generative artificial intelligence service that can be used with Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger, or as a standalone web-based app.

Meta Quest (previously Oculus) is an online service that lets you connect virtual reality (VR) headsets to gaming and entertainment devices through an online account.

Microsoft Teams is a communication and collaboration platform that allows you to group chat, run or join audio or video meetings or live events, make calls, store files and integrate with other apps.

Midjourney is an artificial intelligence (AI) text-to-image image generator that runs on the chat platform Discord.

Myspace is an online social network and digital music library where you can upload and share music, videos, GIFs, photos and watch live streamed shows.

Nintendo Switch is a gaming console that can be used in three modes — TV, tabletop and handheld, allowing single player, multiplayer and online play.

No Cap is an app that lets high school students create or join a school page and make semi-anonymous posts about other students, teachers and their school.

OK Live is a social media service that lets you watch, create and share live streams from around the world.