Penguin Random House South Africa

Categories: Children, Children's Non-Fiction, Local Non-Fiction, Young Adult
ISBN: 9781776392421
Published: June 2025
Imprint: Penguin Books (South Africa)
Page Extent: 200
Format: e-Book
RRP 240.00

How Not to Mess Up Online

Emma Sadleir, Rorke Wilson

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Selfies, Sexts, and Smartphones is the book every teenager (and their parents) should read. At least, that was true seven years ago. The digital world moves at breakneck speed. Since then, we’ve seen the rise of ‘we did it, Joe’, the fall of Harambe, the spread of ‘sus’—and that’s just the memes. Today’s teens have to navigate AI, deep fakes, misinformation, and so much more. Meanwhile, the law struggles to keep up, leaving plenty of hidden legal pitfalls. If fully developed adult brains struggle with it, what hope does a teenager’s freshly baked prefrontal cortex have?

Enter Rorke and Emma with How Not to Mess Up Online. Emma is a continental digital law specialist (and first responder to every social media crisis). Rorke, an elder Gen Z, has the...

About the Author

Emma Sadleir

Emma Sadleir

Emma Sadleir Berkowitz is Africa’s leading expert on social media law and founder of the Digital Law Company. She specialises in media law, defamation, privacy and online risk management, advising corporates, schools and universities. With a BA LLB from Wits and an LLM from LSE, she previously worked in media litigation at Webber Wentzel. Emma lectures on social media law, reputation management and digital policies. A frequent media commentator, she covered the Oscar Pistorius trial for Carte Blanche and the BBC. She is the co-author of Don’t Film Yourself Having Sex and Selfies, Sexts & Smartphones.

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Rorke Wilson

Rorke Wilson

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