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...
by Cyberbully Advocate | Mar 7, 2026 | Blog, Featured, research, sexting, sextortion
Sameer and I first collected data on teen sexting nearly a decade ago and found that 7-11% of 12-17-year-olds in the US had sent a sexually explicit image of themselves to someone else. About 15% had received such an image from someone else. Last year, we replicated...
by Cyberbully Advocate | Jan 7, 2026 | Blog, Featured, sexting, sextortion, sextortion law
Bradyn Bohn was a 15-year-old freshman in the DC Everest School District in central Wisconsin. He loved sports, music, and making people laugh. Like most teens, he spent a lot of time online. One night in early March of this year, he met someone on Facebook who was...
by Cyberbully Advocate | Dec 7, 2025 | Blog, Featured
OpenAI, which has at least 800 million weekly users, recently released its Teen Safety Blueprint. It is intended to serve as a framework designed to protect young users from the potential harms of AI chatbots. In the months leading up to the announcement, the company...
by Cyberbully Advocate | Oct 7, 2025 | ai, Blog, conference, Featured
I am just back from a thought-provoking conference experience centered on AI and youth in South Africa. It was hosted at Stellenbosch University, in the Western Cape province about 30 miles east of Cape Town. The specific theme was “Artificial Intelligence, Online...
