⚖️ KNOW THE LAW
Under Australia's social media age restrictions, how old must you be to have an account on an age-restricted social media platform?
16 years old.
🥊 A message starts circulating: “Fight at lunch. Behind the courts. Everyone come watch.”
Your friends want to go watch. What do you do?
🛑 BE AN UPSTANDER. Take it to the right place — tell a staff member before it happens.
WHY?
👥 Don't be a bystander: A crowd can encourage a fight and make the situation worse. Standing around filming or cheering isn't staying out of it.
🏫 School: Organising, encouraging or participating in violence can result in serious school consequences.
⚖️ Legal: If someone is assaulted or seriously threatened, the situation may also become a police matter.
TRUE OR FALSE: If you need help, you have to know exactly which staff member deals with the problem before you report it.
❌ FALSE. Start with an adult you trust.
A teacher, Year Adviser, SSO, counsellor, HT Wellbeing or DP can help connect you with the right support. You tell us → we help find the right place.
👣 Name THREE examples of things that can become part of your digital footprint.
Posts, comments, photos, videos, messages, likes/reactions, usernames, accounts and other online activity can all contribute.
Your digital footprint is bigger than just what you post.
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⚖️ True or False?
An Australian under 16 can be fined simply for having an account on an age-restricted social media platform.
❌ FALSE.
The legal obligation is on the platform, not the young person.
😡 After an argument, another student messages: “Meet me at the gates after school. Just me and you.”
Your friends say: “Go. We'll come with you.” What's your move?
🚪 KEEP IT AT THE GATE.
Don't meet them for a confrontation.
Don't bring friends as backup.
Don't continue the argument online.
🆘 TAKE IT TO THE RIGHT PLACE. Show an appropriate staff member and get support before leaving school.
WHY?
⚠️ Life: You can't control who turns up, whether others become involved or how far the confrontation goes.
🏫 School: Moving a conflict outside the school gates doesn't necessarily remove school consequences where the behaviour has a clear connection to school.
⚖️ Legal: If the confrontation becomes assault or involves serious threats, there may also be legal consequences.
You show a teacher concerning messages from another student. What will usually happen FIRST?
A. You automatically get called to the DP
B. The teacher listens and checks what has happened
C. Everyone's parents are immediately called
D. Nothing unless there's been a fight
✅ B. Staff first need to understand what happened and check whether anyone is unsafe.
Reporting something doesn't automatically mean punishment — the response depends on the problem.
You post something inappropriate on Google Classroom and delete it 10 seconds later. Is the evidence definitely gone?
❌ NO. Teachers may already have received a notification, and activity using your school account can be traced. Delete ≠ disappear.
STEAL 200 POINTS
Choose another team. Take 200 points from their score and add them to yours.
📱 Name THREE platforms currently covered by Australia's social media age restrictions.
Any three currently listed by eSafety, such as:
Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, Facebook, YouTube, Reddit, X, Threads, Twitch, Kick
📹 A video is circulating of students doing the wrong thing at school.
Someone sends it to you: “HAHAHAHA SEND THIS TO EVERYONE 💀”
You weren't involved in the original incident. What do you do?
📵 DON'T BECOME PART OF IT.
Don't repost it.
Don't AirDrop it.
Don't send it to another group chat.
Don't encourage other people to watch it.
If it shows something serious:
🆘 Take it to the right place.
WHY?
👀 Bystander → participant: You may not have been involved when the incident happened, but choosing to spread the video makes you part of what happens next.
👤 Life: The person in the video may experience embarrassment, bullying or reputational harm every time the footage is shared.
🏫 School: Sharing footage of inappropriate student behaviour may create further school behaviour consequences.
👣 Digital footprint: Once copies start spreading, they can become extremely difficult to control.
TRUE OR FALSE: If online drama happened after school, the school CANNOT become involved.
❌ FALSE. Online or out-of-school behaviour may still require a school response when it has a clear connection to students, safety or school. Keep it at the gate — don't bring online conflict into tomorrow's school day.
You film a school fight and share it with friends. How could this decision come back to you?
The video can connect you to the incident and draw attention to your phone and online activity. Your phone use can lead to school consequences, and footage may become relevant if police are involved. NSW schools specifically recognise that devices may contain evidence such as footage of student fights.
STEAL A PLAYER!
Choose one player from another team. They join your team for the next question only.
Which is NOT currently age-restricted under these particular social-media rules?
A. TikTok
B. Snapchat
C. Roblox
D. Instagram
C. Roblox
👤 A random account adds you. They say:
“I know people from your school.”
“What do you look like?”
“Send me a pic.”
You don't actually know who they are. What do you do?
🚩 STOP. DON'T SEND IT. Don't assume they're trustworthy because they know names from school. Block/report the account and tell a trusted adult if you're concerned.
WHY?
🔐 Safety: You don't actually know who is behind the account.
📸 Life: Once you send an image, you lose control over where it goes next.
⚖️ Legal: Sexual or intimate images involving minors can create particularly serious legal and safety issues.
You tell a staff member you're being threatened but say: “Promise you won't tell anyone.” Can they always promise that?
❌ NO. Staff should respect your privacy, but serious safety concerns may need to be shared with people who can help. Private doesn't always mean secret — safety comes first.
You post something targeting another student after school. Could it still affect you at school? Why?
✅ YES. If online behaviour involving students has a clear connection to school, the school may respond. Online drama can become real-life conflict, damaged relationships and school consequences the next day.
DOUBLE YOUR NEXT SCORE!
Whatever you win on your next question is doubled. Get it wrong? You get 0.
A 14-year-old says: “I'm under 16, so it's illegal for me to watch YouTube.”
Is this information TRUE or FALSE?
❌ FALSE. Under-16s can still access publicly available content that doesn't require an account. The restriction concerns accounts on covered platforms.
📱 A huge group chat involving students from school blows up overnight.
People are:
💬 spreading rumours
📸 sharing embarrassing photos
😂 humiliating a student
➕ adding more people
😡 making threats about tomorrow
Someone adds you. What FOUR things can you do?
1. 🚫 DON'T JOIN IN
Don't comment, react, threaten, forward content or add more people.
2. 🧍 BE AN UPSTANDER
Don't sit there watching while someone is being targeted. Where it is safe to do so, discourage others from contributing and support the person being targeted.
3. 📸 KEEP RELEVANT EVIDENCE — DON'T SPREAD IT
Evidence can be shown privately to someone who can help. It doesn't need another audience.
4. 🆘 TAKE IT TO THE RIGHT PLACE
Threats, targeted bullying and serious safety concerns need adult support.
WHY?
👥 Bystander: Watching, laughing or silently remaining part of an audience can allow harmful behaviour to continue. An upstander makes a safe choice to help rather than adding to the harm.
🏫 School: Online behaviour between students can still result in school consequences when it has a clear and close connection to school.
⚖️ Legal: Serious threats, harassment or some forms of image sharing can cross from school behaviour into legal matters.
👣 Life: One night's group-chat drama can affect friendships, safety, wellbeing and reputations long after everyone has stopped messaging.
📱 You show your Year Adviser threatening messages and say you're scared to come to school tomorrow. Name THREE things the school may do next.
Possible answers include: listen and gather information, check immediate safety, look at relevant evidence, involve appropriate Wellbeing/senior staff, contact parents/carers where needed, plan safety/support strategies and follow up.
Full points = any 3 appropriate steps.
Name THREE ways a negative digital footprint could affect your life — not just your phone.
School discipline or suspension, parent contact, police involvement, loss of device access, damaged friendships/trust, or old content affecting future job and life opportunities.
🔢 PICK A NUMBER: 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5.
1 = +500
2 = –300
3 = Steal 300
4 = Swap scores with another team
5 = +1,000 JACKPOT