How to teach 5-year-olds that people online aren’t always who they say they are, that older kids don’t have to suffer bullying in silence, and much more. 
Tag Archives: cyberbullying
Reddit bans r/fatpeoplehate, four other subreddits under new harassment rules
Reddit’s newly minted anti-harrassment policy has led to the axing of some subreddits but has left other blatantly racist subreddits untouched.
20 students charged in school sexting scandal
Twenty US middle and high-school students in the US are facing charges of privacy invasion after numerous explicit photos of female students were swapped by text and social media. 
Anonymous sharing app Secret shuts down
Secret was supposed to be different from its anonymous sharing kin, Yik Yak and Whisper. What went so wrong, so fast?
Twitter’s new anti-abuse filter hides harassing tweets from your mentions
Twitter has introduced a new feature that could block abusive and threatening tweets before they are even seen by victims.
After School app grows up after child safety criticisms
Like many apps, ‘After School’ has decided to grow up and start taking toxic chat and threats of violence seriously. It’s a welcome sign of maturation. 
Twitter’s new “threats, abusive language” filter has its restrictions
The quality filter will only be available on iOS verified user accounts for now, leaving unverified users left to confront the same old garbage and abuse in their notifications. 
Are smartphones bad for our kids?
The rate of suicide and self-harm among children is exploding, and one therapist is pointing a finger at constant internet access.
Twitter troll fired, another suspended after Curt Schilling names and shames them
Within 1 hour of the online onslaught against his daughter, the former Red Sox pitcher had published tormentors’ names and backgrounds. One was suspended, another lost his job, and others were kicked off school athletic teams. 
School rule-breakers to hand over Facebook and Twitter passwords
US school students in the state of Illinois may be forced to give up their social media passwords if they’re suspected of cyberbullying or of otherwise breaking school rules.