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“Parents sue TikTok after 7 kids die from profitable Blackout Challenge videos”

TikTok has an intelligent algorithm built into it that sends videos to your For You page that are based upon what videos you watch till the end. Curious kids will watch “challenge” videos to the end. Then they will be fed more of the same.

“Meta Failed To Protect Instagram’s Child Models From Pedophiles”

I was meeting with Giovanna, my previous intern at Shape, and she shared with me a TikTok video of a woman discussing “parent ran Instagram accounts” for children as young as four. Then I stumbled upon an article from Forbes where they exposed over a dozen Instagram accounts with over half a million followers sexualizing child and teenage models.

“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.

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!!

“Michigan Teen Latest Casualty of Sextortion”

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

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.

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.

“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?