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Online safety alert for parents

eSafety commissioner Julie Inman Grant has warned of skyrocketing instances of AI being used to generate explicit images of children. Picture: Supplied.
Edmund Coleman

PARENTS in the region are being urged to have conversations with their children about online safety, particularly when it comes to sharing or receiving explicit images. East Loddon College principal Steve Leed published a notice in the school’s August newsletter urging parents to help keep their children safe. “It has come to our attention throughout […]

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