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“FBI Pittsburgh warns about recent surge in sexual extortion cases targeting teen boys”

Teen boys are high on the target list and money is the goal of the criminal.

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10 Years of “Creating Responsible Kids on Smartphones”

10 Years of “Creating Responsible Kids on Smartphones”. What a great decade of educating others about social media and technology!!

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“Michigan Teen Latest Casualty of Sextortion”

Do you know what sextortion is? How could it impact your child?

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Unplugging Your Kids This Summer

My wife and I were recently talking about how everything in life is a balance. You take time to balance your finances, diet, work duties, family time and time with friends. Technology must have balance too.

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Montour’s “Big Sisters Club” Mentors Middle School Students

I was able to help lead the Big Sisters Club again this year. It was wonderful to see the youth leadership take place. One of the groups took on the challenge to teach middle school girls about using technology responsibly.

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“The Metaverse: Opportunities, Risks, and Harms”

By now you may have heard of the metaverse. But what about cyberbullying, sexual harassment, catfishing and online hate?

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Is ‘New Profile Pic’ App a Russian Malware Scam?

I’ve seen this creative new profile picture making it’s rounds on my social media. I must admit that that’s a fun way to update your profile picture. Then I started seeing posts about the app used to create it potentially being a Russian malware scam.

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Can Youth “Accidentally” Share Nudes on TikTok?

Have you seen the Rotoscope filter on TikTok? It’s a fun filter that makes your video a colorful cartoon silhouette of yourself. It’s a neat filter that is definitely fun for the youth. But some users on TikTok use this filter while taking their clothes off. 

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