At Case Western Reserve University, no platform has reshaped the digital campus landscape faster—or more destructively—than Fizz, a social media platform for students. What was initially introduced to students as a harmless, hyper-local social network for CWRU-specific college life has quickly taken a dark turn. Beneath its polished interface, the app has devolved into a...Read More
ndonesia has again urged Meta to comply with the country’s Child Protection in Digital Space Regulation, known as PP TUNAS, singling out its Threads platform for failing to report any action against underage users more than six months after the regulation took effect. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Communications and Digital Affairs Minister Meutya Hafid...Read More
Gypsy Rose Blanchard’s late ex Ken Urker’s sister, Autumn, claimed he “had to sleep with a gun every night” because of the relentless online bullying he faced before his tragic death. Autumn told the Daily Mail in an interview published Thursday that Ken, who passed away on his 34th birthday on Oct. 1, allegedly took...Read More
Abstract Objective: Based on the Clark and Wells cognitive model of social anxiety, this study constructed a chain mediation model to explore the potential mechanisms underlying the association between cyberbullying victimization and social anxiety among college students. Methods: A total of 3,710 college students were surveyed with the Cyberbullying Victimization Scale, the Brief Fear of...Read More
Mike Flanagan is known as a prolific TV horror auteur, but there’s always been a YA novelist lurking within his scary instincts. It came out most clearly in “The Midnight Club,” his 2022 series about a hospice facility for young adults (not to be confused with “Midnight Mass,” his first-rate 2021 series that brought supernatural...Read More
5,681 bullying cases show need for stronger school safeguards WE, the members of G25, are deeply disturbed by the series of serious violence and fatal incidents involving school students. The incidents within a short period, including three deaths, should compel the government to question why our existing child protection systems are not keeping our children...Read More
By Madison Eve Children as young as 10 are using fake photos and fabricating their date of birth in a bid to bypass social media age restrictions and defy Australia’s under-16s social media ban. Ten months on from the Federal Government’s introduction of age restrictions for accessing popular social media platforms, a cross-section of young...Read More
FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. – A Central Florida man caught with over 16,000 files of child porn has finally been convicted and sentenced, according to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office. In a release, deputies said the man — identified as Scott Beverst, 64 — was taken into custody earlier this year after detectives intercepted an online...Read More
The Brief Nine law enforcement agencies joined forces to arrest 20 men in a child predator sting, dubbed “Operation Cooked.” The four-day operation involved undercover detectives posing as minors online to set up meetings with men allegedly looking to meet children for sex. Those arrested were between the ages of 22 and 64, including some...Read More
Just a few days after Congress approved its proposed Social Media Ban for Teens bill (House Bill No. 11566) on second reading, the Senate has approved their own version (Senate Bill No. 2424, aka Child Online Safety and Protection Act) on its third and final reading. While both have the same intent on making the internet...Read More
