Online Safety and Digital Citizenship
Protect your accounts and behave responsibly online.
Online safety is a set of habits, not a single setting.
- Create and protect strong passwords.
- Recognise phishing and scam messages.
- Practise respectful digital citizenship.
Passwords and Accounts
Use long passwords with letters, numbers and symbols. Do not reuse the same password on every site. Turn on two-factor authentication where it is available.
Scams and Phishing
Phishing messages pretend to be from a bank, school or friend and ask you to click a link or share details. Check the sender, hover over links, and never enter a password after clicking an unexpected link.
Digital Citizenship
- Think before you post — the internet remembers.
- Do not share someone's photo without permission.
- Report bullying; do not forward it.
- Respect copyright and cite your sources.
"Your account will be closed in 24 hours. Click here to verify."
Red flags: urgency, a link, a request for login details.
Action: do not click. Open the official app or website yourself.
Practice
- Write three rules for a strong password.
- List three signs of a phishing message.
- Explain what you would do if a stranger asked for your home address online.
Recap
Strong passwords, scam awareness and respectful behaviour protect you and others online.
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