Due to social media apps like TikTok, it has become easier for teens, tweens, and even younger children to stumble upon different online communities. One community in particular, #BookTok, has become popular on TikTok over the past couple of years,...
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The annual Dirty Dozen List, published by the National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE), aims to hold twelve organizations accountable for "facilitating, enabling, and even profiting from sexual abuse and exploitation." This list...
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology is causing a new problem: deepfakes. Deepfakes, according to the Department of Homeland Security, "utilize a form of artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) to create believable, realistic videos,...
TikTok has become quite popular with teens over the past couple of years. According to a PEW Research Center report published in 2023, "58% of U.S. teens are daily users of TikTok and 1 in 5 teens say they're on TikTok 'almost...
Pornography can be an uncomfortable topic to talk about with your children, but it doesn't have to be! The presence of pornography on the internet and social media has become more prominent over the years, so while it may be an uncomfortable...
Roblox is an online gaming platform for many user-created games. According to their website, "Roblox is the ultimate virtual universe that lets you create, share experiences with friends, and be anything you can imagine." There are gaming...
The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) recently published an article highlighting two main tactics to help prevent online and offline child sexual abuse: Preventing predator's online access to children Preventing pornography...
Minors, especially young males, have recently been affected by a particular type of extortion called sextortion. According to an article from the National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE), "Sexual extortion [sextortion] is the use of sexual...
The Communications Decency Act, Section 230, also known as CDA 230, is a law that is supposed to protect online speech. While it does this in some ways, vague language in the law has been the cause of confusion and misinterpretation. Part of CDA 230...
The Familial and Adolescent Health Survey, conducted by Gallup, found that teens spend a daily average of 4.8 hours on various social media platforms. The top three most popular platforms reported by just over 1,500 participants were YouTube, TikTok...
