online safety Archives – The College View

Making the internet safe for young people

February 15, 2023

A survey conducted by Microsoft online for international safer internet day showcased that 69% of people experienced an “online risk” last year. The main risks highlighted in the survey were: cyberbullying, hate speech, and threats

Instagram is testing end-to-end encryption for its direct messaging service. Is this proposal good for privacy or bad for online safety?

September 28, 2022

As social media companies continue to expand, governments are looking to challenge encryption features with tighter online regulations. Meta the parent company to Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram continues to operate with enormous market and

The Tinder Swindler and Sweet Bobby discuss the dark side of catfishing

March 9, 2022

As observed in the Tinder Swindler, the reason behind catfishing can be for monetary gain, although Catfish: The TV Show often presents viewers with perpetrators who “feel that they do not live up to white heteropatriarchal normative ideals of thinness and beauty,”

DCU Tea Instagram account run by teen thousands of miles away.

January 22, 2021

“I thought, why not make one?” the once hidden figure behind a DCU confessions page reveals, from a place many miles from Glasnevin.