Emma Sadleir Parent Talk 2024

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Parents, join us for an insightful session (The legal, disciplinary and reputational risks of social media) with South Africa’s leading expert on social media law, Emma Sadleir. We are excited to have caught Emma while she is in Cape Town, so please embrace this amazing opportunity! If parents want to bring their teenagers, this is at their own discretion as Emma will be discussing mature content.

Topics that will be covered are:

• the social media landscape in South Africa including current trends and key issues

• the apps – the good, the bad and the ugly

• the age of legal capacity – both criminal and civil

• the legal considerations of using social media including legislation, case law and real world examples - covering defamation, privacy, hate speech, fake news, crimen injuria, harassment, intellectual property, data protection, fraud, incitement and image-based violence

• cyberbullying and how to deal with it

• cancel culture – what does the law say?

• sexting and pornography offences

• the disciplinary consequences of using social media

• personal reputation management on social media (the extent to which your online content could compromise potential scholarships, admission to university and future employment)

• privacy in a public world

• practising good digital citizenship and good digital hygiene including password management

• Stranger danger, catfishing, predators and online safety

• Simple and practical tips to protect yourself in the online world

• The permanence of the internet and the tattoo effect of digital content

• How not to be responsible for other people’s content

• Fake News

• Emotional health, depression, anxiety, addiction and sleep

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