Bullying is defined as an aggressive, intentional act or behavior carried out by a group or an individual repeatedly and over time against a victim who cannot easily defend him or herself. Despite the growth of social media and the internet, face-to-face bullying remains considerably more common than cyberbullying. According to the study, less than 1% of...Read More

Meta Platforms (Nasdaq: META) lost approximately $130 billion in market capitalization on Thursday after back-to-back jury verdicts found the company legally responsible for harming young users — rulings that investors fear could expose the social media giant to hundreds of billions of dollars in future liability. Meta’s stock closed down nearly 8% Thursday, its steepest...Read More

By Annie WillsLake Okeechobee News OKEECHOBEE — On Thursday, March 12, convicted sexual predator Kevin Douglas Blackmon, 49, was sentenced to 42.2 years in prison for 21 counts of failure to register as a sex offender. Blackmon was adjudicated guilty for the charge of sexual battery on a person 12 years of age or older...Read More

Photo-Illustration: Source Photograph: Isabella County Sheriff Office This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. One afternoon in January 2022, the parents of two freshmen at Beal City High School in central Michigan gathered in the principal’s office. They were there to discuss...Read More

Overview Early childhood education and care (ECEC) staff in Australia must complete child safety training and child protection training. The free training assists staff to understand the child safety framework and requirements for keeping children safe. Both child safety training and child protection training are mandated for specific roles under the National Law and National...Read More

Let’s say you’re a 17-year-old boy asking two 16-year-old girls to sext you on Snapchat—well, that’s pretty normal these days, right? Let’s agree that it is. Now, let’s say that you possibly paid the girls for their sexts, and then allegedly threatened to expose them unless they sent more of them. That’s not normal. It’s...Read More

Gov. Ivey addressing the State Board of Education. By Executive Order 713, Governor Ivey convened the Securing Alabama’s Facilities of Education (SAFE) Council to provide recommendations to implement measures which will help make our schools more secure and safe. Governor Ivey recognizes that each school’s security needs are unique, and local districts must be given...Read More

The debate on banning cell phones in classrooms and their effectiveness against digital violence Banning cell phones in classrooms is another possible solution to reduce the problem of digital violence against minors and AI-generated content. Some countries have already taken this step: Portugal will ban them from the 2025/26 school year in the early stages of education,...Read More

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) – Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced Thursday that his office has launched a civil investigation into Discord, a social media and gaming platform he said is increasingly used by child predators. Uthmeier made the announcement alongside Sarasota County Sheriff Kurt Hoffman at a news conference. He said the state has issued...Read More

For many families, music is woven into the fabric of our relationships and memories. In my family (Jane), nothing stops an argument in its tracks like someone turning on my siblings’ childhood favorite, the 60’s folk group The Kingston Trio, and it isn’t Christmas until we have blasted Alan Jackson’s “Let it be Christmas” and sung...Read More