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Find out how to protect your personal information and report harmful content on common social media, games, apps and sites. Entries are for information only and are not reviews or endorsements by eSafety.
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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.
YouTube Premium is a paid membership to YouTube, available in certain countries including Australia, that gives you additional options for watching and listening to video and music.
Yubo (formerly Yellow) is a location-based social media app for teenagers to connect with other young people in their local area. Live streaming is a core feature.
Zoho is a cloud-based office software platform that is commonly used for audio and video web conferencing.
Zoom is a remote conferencing service that allows you to communicate with other people through video and audio calling, chat, online learning and webinars.
Zoosk is a dating website and app that provides recommendations based on your preferences and how you’ve rated previous matches.