by Cyberbully Advocate | Apr 7, 2023 | Blog, Featured, sexting, sextortion
It has long been stressed that once you send an image to someone else, or post it online, you lose complete control over how that image is used and where it might end up. While this is still mostly true, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC),...
by Cyberbully Advocate | Dec 7, 2022 | Blog, Educators, Featured, sexting, sexting laws
Last spring, Brush High School (Brush, Colorado) assistant principal Bradley Bass was alerted to a student sexting issue at his school. He and secondary schools director Scott Hodgson looked into it. They talked to some students who were reportedly involved, and...
by Cyberbully Advocate | Nov 7, 2022 | Blog, Educator Favorites, Featured
Youth are accessing a remarkable number of mediums (often at the same time!), and are constantly exposed to a wide and deep array of content. This spans the gamut from texts and notifications, to TikTok videos and Snap(chat) stories, to Twitter Spaces and Discord...
by Cyberbully Advocate | Nov 7, 2022 | Asian American, Blog, COVID-19, cyberbullying, Featured, research
Last year I posted preliminary results of our inquiry into whether cyberbullying had increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. We found that it had in fact increased, though not to the extent that some had predicted. Today I can share that additional findings from this...
by Cyberbully Advocate | Sep 21, 2022 | Featured, legislation, sexting, sexting law, sexting legislation, Uncategorized
In my last post, I discussed what I learned in reviewing all of the state sexting laws across the U.S. Some states have comprehensive sexting laws while many others—23 to be exact—have no sexting specific law whatsoever. As noted in my post, this is problematic for a...
by Cyberbully Advocate | Sep 21, 2022 | Blog, Featured, sexting, sexting laws, sexting legislation, teen sexting
As of July 1, 2022, 23 states in the U.S. do not have laws specific to teen sexting. Our research shows that approximately 14% of middle and high school students have sent explicit images to others, while about 23% have received similar images from others. Likewise, a...