by Cyberbully Advocate | Jun 7, 2024 | Journal Articles, law, Publications, research, sexting, sextortion
Sextortion, the threatened dissemination of explicit, intimate, or embarrassing images of a sexual nature without consent, is an understudied problem. Despite a recent increase in reported incidents among adolescents in the United States, little is known about the...
by Cyberbully Advocate | Jun 7, 2024 | digital self-harm, Journal Articles, mental health, Publications, research, self-cyberbullying
Digital self-harm, the anonymous online posting, sending, or otherwise sharing of hurtful content about oneself, has not received the same amount of scholarly scrutiny as other forms of self-directed abuse. In the current paper, we analyze three independent national...
by Cyberbully Advocate | Jun 7, 2024 | Blog, cyberbullying, digital self-harm, Featured, mental health
Sameer and I first became aware of digital self-harm over a decade ago when we learned of the suicide of Hannah Smith. She was 14 years old when she ended her life after being mistreated online. The resulting investigation determined that the threats and hurtful...
by Cyberbully Advocate | May 7, 2024 | ai, Blog, Featured, harm, legislation, platforms
Generative AI can contribute to a wide range of possible risks and harms that can affect the emotional and psychological well-being of others, their financial state of affairs, and even their physiological health and physical safety. Both users and platforms (as well...
by Cyberbully Advocate | Apr 7, 2024 | ai, Blog, Featured, relationships, teens
A school counselor who works in a private school in California recently emailed me to ask for help as it relates to students and the misuse of specific AI bots. Her concerns, though, did not surround general purpose AI bots like Snapchat’s My AI or Microsoft’s...
