Creating Digitally Responsible Citizens
Mater Dei Catholic College
Interesting Parent Webinars on AI, Connection and Deepfakes
How AI is Influencing New Online Risks for Children and Young People
When: 19 November 2026, 12.30pm
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What is it about?
AI (generative artificial intelligence) is built into many of the apps, games and services we use. While these tools can offer positive experiences, they also bring new risks, especially for children and young people.
Understanding what these risks look like, how to reduce them, and what to do if something goes wrong is important.
This 45-minute webinar for parents and carers will cover these areas:
The types of AI-related risks your child may come across in their everyday online activities, including AI companion chatbots, deepfakes, AI influencers, and AI-facilitated cyberbullying and other online-harassment related risks.
How these technologies can affect your child's safety, privacy, development, and mental and social wellbeing.
Practical, easy-to-use strategies and resources to help you guide and support your child, including what to do if something goes wrong and where to seek help.
Suitable for parents and carers of children, including teens, in primary and secondary school.
How Connection and Belonging Shapes Children and
Young People’s Vulnerability Online
When: 2 December 2026, 12.30pm
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What is it about?
Connection, identity and belonging are powerful drivers for young people online, but they can also increase vulnerability.
This webinar explores:
- the role of offline experiences in shaping vulnerability online
- why some young people are more at risk online
- strategies to support safer online engagement.
Suitable for parents and carers of children, including teens, in primary and secondary school.
The Deepfake Threat Impacting Girls and Women: From Awareness to Action
When: 9 December 2026, 1:30pm
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What is it about?
This webinar is part of a special series for 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence.
This presentation covers:
How girls and women are experiencing deepfake images and videos.
The technological, social and cultural factors that are influencing the creation and distribution of deepfakes.
Strategies to prevent and respond to online abuse that uses deepfake images and videos.
For further information and access to additional webinars, please visit the ESafety Commissioner website or click here.