‘Storage Wars’ star claims co-star Darrell Sheets was cyber bullied before death “Storage Wars” star Rene Nezhoda has claimed that his co-star, Darrell Sheets, was being cyberbullied prior to his death. Sheets died on Wednesday at his home in Arizona of what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. He was 67....Read More

A former data scientist at Meta Platforms Inc. testified that less than 1% of teenagers were early adopters of a feature designed to get them to take a break from scrolling on Instagram. George Volichenko — who worked on the platform’s mental wellbeing team from April 2022 to February 2023 — told a jury that...Read More

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s data protection regulator on Tuesday fined TikTok parent company ByteDance more than 153 million reais (nearly $30 million) because of alleged failures in the handling of personal data of children and teenagers. It’s the South American nation’s latest move against social media companies. The regulatory body said in its ruling...Read More

The Penang State Education Department (JPNPP) has activated emergency protective measures for a 17-year-old student facing a sophisticated and relentless sexual cyberbullying campaign just months ahead of her critical Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examinations. The disturbing case, which involves the malicious circulation of the minor’s personal identifiable information alongside obscene imagery, underscores the severe psychological...Read More

Parents in the thought of becoming the “perfect parents” go through a particular kind of tiredness that doesn’t show up on a sleep tracker. It’s the tiredness of scrolling through a feed at 11 p.m., right after finally getting the kids down, and landing on a picture of another mother’s color-coded pantry, or another father’s...Read More

As one of the top vloggers on Douyin, China’s version of TikTok, with nearly 6 million followers, Xiaoxue accepted faceless trolls and snide remarks as an occupational hazard. But in July, the vitriol suddenly escalated to a darker, more disturbing level: Rumors surfaced about her alleged “pornographic photos.”  A line overstepped, Xiaoxue, known online only...Read More

Gold medal-winning Olympic boxer Imane Khelif has filed a legal complaint in France for alleged cyber harassment. The Paris prosecutor’s office confirmed in an email Wednesday that it received the case that Khelif filed with its special unit for combating online hate speech. Investigators are looking into charges including gender-based cyber harassment and public insult....Read More

With social media being accessible with a push of a button how are schools resolving online harassment and cyberbullying disputes? In the last decade, middle and high school students have become connected to the internet in more ways than ever before. As more teens have social media at their fingertips, cyberbullying has become progressively worse....Read More

‘Storage Wars’ star claims co-star Darrell Sheets was cyber bullied before death “Storage Wars” star Rene Nezhoda has claimed that his co-star, Darrell Sheets, was being cyberbullied prior to his death. Sheets died on Wednesday at his home in Arizona of what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. He was 67....Read More

GEORGE TOWN, Aug 26 — The Penang State Education Department (JPNPP) has assured that necessary measures are in place to ensure the safety and wellbeing of an Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) candidate who was subjected to harassment through WhatsApp here. Its director Mohamad Dziauddin Mat Saad said appropriate steps had been taken to protect the...Read More