by Cyberbully Advocate | Jun 7, 2026 | Blog, Featured
Think about the last time you were online. Did you use the platform to be social, or just to consume videos from people you have never met? In a recent essay in Social Media + Society, danah boyd discusses this trend, and asserts that twenty years in, the platforms we...
by Cyberbully Advocate | Jun 7, 2026 | ai, Blog, chatbot, Featured, research
Over the past two years, the public has learned the names of teens like 14-year-old Sewell Setzer III, who developed a romantic attachment to a Character.AI chatbot, and 16-year-old Adam Raine, whose extended conversations with ChatGPT culminated in the bot providing...
by Cyberbully Advocate | May 7, 2026 | Blog, Featured
Seventeen-year-old Jordan DeMay met a pretty girl on Instagram who convinced him to share an explicit photo. After he did, “she” demanded $1,000. Fifteen-year-old Bradyn Bohn connected with someone on Facebook who made him laugh. He too was persuaded to share a...
by Cyberbully Advocate | Apr 7, 2026 | Blog, cyberbullying, Featured, Parent Favorites, parenting, research
I’ve long been interested in the role of parents in preventing children from participating in problematic behaviors online. Parents should talk with their children about the responsible use of technology and allow access to apps and games at developmentally...
by Cyberbully Advocate | Mar 7, 2026 | Blog, Featured, law, off campus speech
On the morning of October 9, 2024, “N.M.,” a sophomore at Marana High School in Marana, Arizona, was sitting next to his mother, Karalee Merrill, complaining about a poor grade he had received on an English assignment. His mom suggested he email the teacher to inquire...
by Cyberbully Advocate | Mar 7, 2026 | ai, Blog, Featured
Something happened recently in the field of AI that everyone should know about. An AI bot, with no human giving it a direct order in the moment, chose to retaliate against a real person. It researched him, dug up personal details about his life, and published a hit...
