A lecturer at the University of Sydney hastily suggested in his class that students could use alternative search engines to cover up their planned suicide or murder search tracks.
Dr. Fiona Martin recently made shocking comments in his class. In her media courseware, she suggested to 18-year-old students that alternative search engines could be used to overwrite search data.
"if you`re going to kill yourself or murder a lecturer, I really suggest you watch it," Martin said in the courseware.
The strange suggestion aroused a reaction from the students. Contrary to the counseling resources and self-help documents provided by the University of Sydney, these documents clearly support students with mental health problems and suicidal thoughts.
The lecturer also described the work of the late cartoonist Bill Leak as "despicable" in her media lecture and then said, "May him rest in peace."
Dr Fiona Martin made the remarks in an Internet course for journalism students.
The course focuses on the history of the Internet, discusses how the Internet change the media pattern, and has an impact on the work of journalists.
The Telegraph attended both lectures at the University of Sydney as part of a survey of modern university teaching and culture.
Fiona Martin is a co-author and editor of the public service media value. In her Monday lecture on search engines and Internet privacy, she made fun of suicide and murder in warning students about collecting data.
"I think it`s important to start asking you what kind of everyday life you want to collect," said the former Australian Broadcasting Corporation reporter.
"if you`re concerned about the politics you`re involved in, I personally start using other search engines."
"use search engines like Duck Go and Findx because they are privacy-oriented search engines that don`t store your search data."
In another speech on new publishing opportunities, Fiona Martin again attacked the late Australian cartoonist Bill Leak.
The Internet, she says, opens the way for the outbreak of diversity and radicalism. She also showed Bill Leak cartoons in class about an aboriginal father who didn`t know her son`s name. The cartoon was published in 2016, when Bill Leak was promoting juvenile delinquency in the north.
Fiona Martin said: "Bill Leak`s this despicable cartoon, maybe he doesn`t want to rest in peace." For me, this is the possibility of making anti-statements on the Internet. "
Fiona Martin did not answer questions about Leak information, but she said they could use it in the court program for suggestions about the search history they told students, and gave it in a lecture on Internet research.
"I fully support students who are experiencing mental health problems and seek help and advice in any way that suits them," she said.
Gaynor Hicks, a training manager at the National Center for training in suicide Prevention, said the doctor`s comments on suicide were shocking.
"it`s a very disturbing remark," she said. "the college students are under great pressure. I have done a lot of training for college students who are struggling with mental health problems. "
Many international students have sacrificed so much and faced language problems that many have been affected because it is a taboo in their country.
"if students are suffering from mental problems, lecturers should provide them with resources and telephone numbers."
