by Cyberbully Advocate | Aug 7, 2022 | Blog, digital self-harm, Featured, research, suicide
Sameer and I have been interested in digital self-harm for almost a decade now. We first became aware of it when we learned of the suicide of Hannah Smith, a 14-year-old girl from England who ended her own life after being mistreated online. It was ultimately...
by Cyberbully Advocate | Aug 7, 2022 | bias, Blog, bullying, cyberbullying, empathy, Featured, hate, research, teens
I have been increasing concerned about rising levels of hate speech, hate crimes, racist bullying, and xenophobia – especially when considering how these behaviors online are linked to violence offline against marginalized groups. It isn’t just alarming, it’s...
by Cyberbully Advocate | May 7, 2022 | Blog, Featured, research, sexting, sextortion
Seventeen-year-old Jordan DeMay seemed to have it all going for him: he was handsome, athletic, and was finishing his senior year at Marquette Senior High School in Marquette, Michigan. He was Homecoming King. When a pretty girl he didn’t know messaged him on...
by Cyberbully Advocate | Mar 7, 2022 | Blog, cyberbullying, Featured, Parent Favorites, parenting, research
Lately we’ve been more directly exploring the role of parenting in preventing cyberbullying and other online problem behaviors. To be sure, parents* have a responsibility to be directly involved in monitoring and influencing the early online activities of their...
by cyberraven | Oct 21, 2021 | Blog, cyberbullying, Featured, research, statistics
In May-June 2021, we collected new data from a nationally representative sample of 2,546 US youth between the ages of 13 and 17 to better understand their positive and negative experiences online. This is the type of research we do on a regular basis, and it helps us...