How Teens and Tweens can "Disappear" Apps and.......How Parents Can Find Them
With iOS 18 , Apple introduced the ability to hide apps like Instagram and Snapchat in a secret folder, making them invisible on the...
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Kirra Pendergast
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A Band-Aid on a Bigger Wound - Meta’s New Teen Restrictions
Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has announced new measures to protect teenagers from harmful content. These changes...
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Kirra Pendergast
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The surge in popularity of Character.AI
AI-powered apps and chatbots are everywhere since OpenAI launched ChatGPT in late 2022. Tools like these can answer questions, write...
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Kirra Pendergast
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***trigger warning*** discusses sextortion and how it actually happens******
***trigger warning*** discusses sextortion and how it actually happens****** and sexual themes*** Last week completely out of the blue I...
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Kirra Pendergast
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The Evolution of Online Exploitation and Teen to Teen Image-Based Abuse using "Nudify Apps" and what we can do.
What we are currently witnessing in schools is not new. In the last hour, I have had multiple conversations with mothers of girls...
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Kirra Pendergast
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Because it seems no one else has......we did.
Here is what our Youth Advisor Madison Jones found out when she asked a stack of her friends whether or not they agree with social media...
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Kirra Pendergast
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How to talk to kids about 'Get paid to play' games
Get Paid to Play' games can be a minefield for both adults and children. These platforms, with their promises of easy money for playing...
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Kirra Pendergast
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Deepfake Bullying Protection for Educators
Artificial intelligence is getting smarter, creating some big problems in schools. Schools have faced a troubling rise in deepfake...
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Kirra Pendergast
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Meta's new safety measures against explicit content
Meta is introducing new safety measures to protect users, especially teenagers, from the risks associated with explicit content on its...
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Kirra Pendergast
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Smart Tech and Online Safety - A Balancing Act for Families
The landscape of home technology is evolving at a breakneck pace. From AI-driven applications to online games and the conveniences of...
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Kirra Pendergast
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Taylor Swift, TFGBV, and when US freedom of speech protections become viral abusive images
Taylor Swift has been subjected to a particularly disturbing form of online abuse involving the creation and viral spread of deepfake...
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Kirra Pendergast
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The Rise of Synthetic Relationships
The increasing prevalence of AI-generated 'people' on platforms such as Instagram has led to the rise of “synthetic relationships”. A...
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