The eSafety Guide

Skype is an audio and video calling app that allows you to video chat, instant message and make voice calls with other people, anywhere in the world, in real time.

Sora is a text-to-video artificial intelligence generator being developed and tested by OpenAI. It has not yet been released to the public.

Spotafriend is an app for teenagers to connect and become friends with other teenagers in their local area.

Squirt is a dating platform, predominantly for gay and bisexual men, that is accessed through a website optimised for both mobile and desktop use.

Steam is a gaming platform that allows you to download, purchase, and play game titles, and to set up a profile to communicate via messaging, chat and voice.

Subway Surfers is a single player mobile gaming app and website. The aim of the game is to outrun a train inspector while dodging oncoming trains, barriers and other objects.

Sugarbook is an online platform for people to form relationships based on mutually agreed benefits.

Taimi is a dating platform, predominantly for gay and bisexual men, that is accessed through a website optimised for both mobile and desktop use.

Talkie AI is an artificial intelligence chatbot that lets you create, share and interact with characters

Tango is an interactive video broadcasting, messaging and social networking platform which allows you to watch and follow streamers, broadcast videos and connect to people nearby using geo location technology.

Tastebuds is a dating and social networking website for music lovers to connect with people who have similar musical tastes.

Telegram is a secure messaging and audio calling cloud-based app that allows you to send messages, photos, videos and files of any type to your contacts for free.

Tellonym is an anonymous mobile messaging and social networking app. It allows you to send messages or ‘tells’, to strangers without revealing your identity.

Ten Ten is a social media service that turns your phone into a walkie-talkie so you can communicate by holding down a button.

The League is a private dating and social networking app targeted at professionals looking for serious relationships.

Tinder is a location-based dating app. You can 'like' another user by swiping right or 'pass' by swiping left on them. If you and another user match, you can start chatting.

Truth Social is a social media service owned by Trump Media & Technology Group.

Tumblr is a microblogging platform for users to share their artwork, writing, photos, audio and videos with a worldwide audience.

Twitch is an online streaming platform and social network where you can watch or broadcast live streams and pre-recorded videos, and chat with other users

Valorant is an online multiplayer computer game. It is a first-person shooter game, consisting of two teams of five, where one team attacks and the other defends.

Vimeo is an online video hosting and sharing site where you can view and post videos, leave comments and follow other users.

Wattpad is a social media service where writers and readers can share stories, comment on stories, add profile comments and send and receive private messages to one another.

Cisco WebEx is an audio and video web conferencing platform.

WeChat is a Chinese platform that is used world-wide. It combines social media posting, chat, messaging, video/voice and payment services in the one platform.

WhatsApp is a free messaging, voice and video calling app, owned by Meta, that uses end-to-end encryption.

Whisper is an anonymous messaging app owned by MediaLab.AI.

Wickr Inc. produces three secure messaging and collaboration apps called Wickr Me, Wickr Pro and Wickr Enterprise.

Wingman is a free dating app that lets you play matchmaker for your single friends or family members.

Wizz is a social media service targeted at teenagers and young adults that allows you to chat in real time with anyone around the world.

Words With Friends 2 is a single or multiplayer mobile word game, developed by Zynga.

World of Warcraft (WoW) is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) by Blizzard Entertainment.

X, formerly Twitter, is a social media service that lets you publicly share short posts or tweets that are limited to 280 characters of text.

Xbox Live is an online service that allows you to connect and play with other gamers, primarily through the Xbox One and Xbox 360 consoles.

YouNow is a live streaming platform that lets you broadcast video from your desktop or mobile device and view the broadcasts of other members.

YouTube is a user-generated video sharing platform that allows people to discover, watch and share videos.

YouTube Kids is a filtered version of YouTube, a user-generated video sharing platform, which allows kids to discover and watch videos.