Four north Georgia men were arrested after deputies say they arranged to meet people they believed were underage for sex during an undercover operation. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] The Hall County Sheriff’s Office conducted the operation, dubbed “Operation Vigilant,” Aug. 21-22 with help from the Floyd County Police Department...Read More

Seeing your kid get picked on by a friend or classmate is never easy. In fact, one of the toughest parts of raising teens and tweens just may be helping them navigate disagreements, name-calling, and bullying as they grow up. Sometimes, it seems like the best thing we can do is tell our kids to...Read More

Target apologized on Monday and said it had pulled a Halloween costume from sale depicting a circus clown that critics said evoked Blackface and minstrel shows. The product, sold as the “Kids’ Glows Under Blacklight Circus Clown Halloween Costume,” prompted a backlash on social media, with some consumers saying it resembled a racist caricature. “As...Read More

A social media-fueled trend continues to encourage young adults to “disown” or permanently sever ties with their own parents. No formal process, legal action or even a crisis call is required—only that a child brands a parent as “toxic,” “narcissistic” or similarly disordered. Known as the “No-Contact” (or NC) movement, the phenomenon has proliferated across TikTok,...Read More

Eight months after implementing a ban on under-16s accessing social media services like TikTok, Australia finds its younger users are returning in droves, according to new data from Qustodio. Some 26% of children between the ages of 13 and 15 were on TikTok as of last month, just one percentage point below the rate prior...Read More

For Andre King, school safety starts before a potential threat ever reaches any Mobile County Public School door. After more than a decade working investigations and intelligence with the Mobile Police Department, King joined MCPSS as its cyber safety coordinator. His job: cut out the middleman and quickly get information about online threats to the...Read More

An S-1 Corp. employee monitors conditions inside a gymnasium equipped with the company’s school safety solution via a mobile app. Photo courtesy of S-1 Corp. As schools open gyms and other facilities to their surrounding communities, artificial intelligence and Internet of Things safety systems are drawing attention as a way to fill the gap in...Read More

H.R. 5486; S. 2876 The Problem Numerous studies have shown that bullying and harassment are widespread throughout college and university campuses in our country. Those subject to this harassment are more likely to experience depression, anxiety, and lower academic achievement. According to a 2010 study by Campus Pride, LGBTQ+ college students are nearly twice as...Read More

Digital communication is a vital part of teens’ and tweens’ lives, but it can also make them vulnerable to harassment in virtual spaces — which can carry over into physical spaces and affect school communities in ways that can be hard to predict. In the latest episode of Education Now, experts discuss the latest insights...Read More

GEORGE TOWN: The Penang State Education Department (JPNPP) has launched an internal investigation into an incident involving a female secondary school student who was allegedly subjected to sexual harassment and cyberbullying. JPNPP said it was extending its full cooperation to the police, who are investigating the case. “The department’s immediate priority is to protect the...Read More