Officers from the Queensland Police Service, along with representatives from Microsoft Australia, led a special cyber-safety presentation to parents and community members from the Islamic College of Brisbane in Karawatha late last month.
The initiative, ThinkUKnow, is a joint Australian Federal Police and Microsoft program that seeks to educate young people and parents about the dangers of online activities and provide resources to minimise the impact of such dangers through education based cyber-safety awareness.
Acting Senior Sergeant Darnielle Fioriti and industry expert Grant Clayton addressed some of the issues that young people are facing when using modern Information Communication Technology, including phishing scams, online relationships and cyber-bullying.
Dr Ray Barrett, the Principal of Islamic College of Brisbane (ICB) said that he was impressed with the effort the parents have made especially to attend the event.
“This is a new school record in attendance for this type of presentation.’ he said.
Farah Scott from the Parents Advisory Committee