The eSafety Guide

Grand Theft Auto V (GTAV) is an online action-adventure game made by Rockstar Games. It is one of sixteen titles in the Grand Theft Auto (GTA) franchise.

Grindr is a dating and meeting online app predominantly used by gay and bisexual men, and the trans community. It uses your device’s GPS to locate other users nearby.

Halo is a science-fiction first shooter video game series that has expanded to include comic books, novels, animated features, soundtrack albums and more.

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.

HER is an online dating service primarily used by female, non-binary and transgender people in the LGBTIQ+ community, who identify as lesbian, bi+ or queer.

Hinge is a dating app designed for people interested in longer term relationships.

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

Hornet is a social media network aimed at the LGBTIQ+ community.

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.

Jack’d is a dating and meeting online app used by gay, bi, trans and queer people, which has a diverse community of users.

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.

Kids Chat is a free online chatroom that you can join as an anonymous guest or sign up to.

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.

League of Legends (LoL) is a multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) by Riot Games, inspired by the Warcraft III modification, Defense of the Ancients (Dota).

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

Life360 is a GPS phone locator and tracking app you can use with your family and friends to track each other’s movements.

Likee is a video-sharing and social media app that lets you create and edit video content and collaborate on other people’s video content using a range of effects and music.

LINE is an individual and group messaging platform that uses animated emojis called ‘stickers’.

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.

Miniclip is a gaming site that hosts single player and multiplayer games, entertainment, educational art and animation creation software.