by Cyberbully Advocate | Sep 7, 2026 | Blog, Featured
California’s Senate Bill 867 seeks to keep every toy that includes a companion AI chatbot off the shelves until 2031. Those of us who study how youth use technology have very little to offer on AI toys yet in terms of data-driven insights, and that is the difficulty...
by Cyberbully Advocate | Aug 7, 2026 | ai, Blog, chatbots, Featured, legislation
“Who is talking to your child?” For thirty years, that question has driven online child safety. The answer could be predatory adults, peers from school or the community intent on harassment or exclusion, or others whose character and intent were never vetted on any...
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...
