HOW NOT TO MESS UP ONLINE, a teenager's guide to not getting catfished, sued, arrested, cancelled or addicted

188pp., paperback, Penguin Books, Cape Town, 2025

ISBN: 9781776392414

Covers new laws, cyberbullying, sexting, sextortion, addiction, online safety, deep fakes, mental health, privacy, reputation, misinformation, scams, AI, ChatGPT, plagiarism, and more – all in a South African context.

Suitable for readers 13 -18 years old.

Digital-law specialist Emma Sadleir Berkowirz is the founder of the Digital Law Company. She is the co-author of Don't Film Yourself Having Sex and Selfies, Sexts & Smartphones.

Rorke Eloff Wilson is an associate at the Digital Law Company.