Online gaming is no longer just children sitting in front of a console playing a game. For millions of young people, these platforms are social spaces where they chat, interact with strangers and build online communities. But a new investigation by Australia’s online safety regulator has found significant gaps in the way some of the world’s biggest gaming platforms protect children, with concerns around
grooming, sexual exploitation, violent extremist content and age verification. And here in South Africa, millions of people are also being encouraged to move away from the old green ID book and onto the Smart ID card. So, as more of our lives move online and more of our identity becomes digital, how safe are we really? Tech Expert Olivier Tshimbidi joins us to unpack it.