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The screenshot below isn’t clickbait. It’s not even rare. It’s a mother’s real post to a support group on Facebook that was sent to me...

These images of “Big sis Billie” were generated using Meta AI on Meta’s Facebook Messenger service, in response to a Reuters...

Trigger Warning: This piece discusses suicide, self-harm, eating disorders, and substance abuse involving minors. If you or someone you...

A scatter of sideways glances, twitching grins, half-swallowed laughs. Not cruel, not even overtly dismissive just buoyed by the comfort...

When Big Tech CEOs speak, they don’t shout, they soothe. They turn risk into “connection,” danger into “innovation,” and reframe your...

If you would like to book a 45-minute "Preparing for the 16+ Age Delay Webinar and Q&A" with Kirra Pendergast for your school community,...

The line between what schools know and what they do just got a legal reckoning - by Andrea Turner Ctrl+Shft Legal Advisor In July 2025,...

We’re living through a moment where digital instincts haven't caught up with digital reality. A moment where a feature can feel like a...

When things go wrong online, it is 24/7, it cuts deeper, lasts longer, and follows them home. Whether your child is being bullied, or...

When a child makes a catastrophic mistake online, the first question people ask is always the same.   Where were the parents?   It’s a...

Last week, like so many others, I sat with the weight of the news. The devastating revelations of abuse in early childhood education...

At CTRL+SHFT, we stand with every parent, educator, and policymaker working to protect young people. We welcome the preliminary findings...

We need to discuss the language we use when referring to digital harm, abuse and crimes. Because right now, in schools, in courtrooms, in...

This is not a story about technology. This is a story about neglect. Over the weekend I read an article in The Wall Street Journal that...

This isn’t an argument against AI in education. It’s a warning about whose  AI we’re using and what we’re risking every time we hand it...

Systems full of pressure, distraction, and exhaustion. Systems threaded with constant connectivity—where the line between the digital and...

The answer is not just because of safety, or chat filters, or the latest horror story. The answer is structural. Psychological. Economic....

A disappearing name in a group chat.   A message was screen-captured and sent to twenty people before the original sender knew they’d...

****Trigger warning**** This post mentions multiple crimes and abuse towards children. It started, with a boy in a bedroom. Alone,...

In early May, Luis von Ahn, the founder and CEO of Duolingo, said something on the " No Priors " podcast I have been stewing on for the...

Predators Don’t Wait Until Term 3. So Why Are We? There are moments in parenting and teaching when we realise what we do next will shape...

In the past 24 hours, something significant happened in the world of artificial intelligence and for once, the news wasn’t about shiny...

It’s hard to believe anyone would feel comfortable knowing nearly a decade of their Discord messages are now bundled into a public JSON...

Please use when you need it. Print out the guide attached or share it if you choose. For well over a decade, I’ve sat in the classrooms,...