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The Silent Crisis of 2025 This Is What Bullying Looks Like Now

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Woman holding smartphone overlaid with binary code, symbolizing the hidden dangers of digital sexual extortion and online coercion.
June 15, 2025
3 min read

Why “Sexual Extortion” Must Replace “Sextortion”

We need to discuss the language we use when referring to digital harm, abuse and crimes. Because right now, in schools, in courtrooms, in...

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Side-by-side logos of McDonald’s and Snapchat, representing a controversial brand partnership targeting youth with fast food rewards for Snapchat+ subscriptions.
June 12, 2025
3 min read

A Collision of Convenience and Cluelessness

It’s being hailed across AdTech and media circles as clever. Fresh. “A youth-facing play.” McDonald’s and Snapchat two companies that...

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Photos of teenagers Carson Bride, Nate Bronstein, and Ryan Last—three young lives lost to digital harassment and online exploitation, highlighting the devastating consequences of unregulated digital platforms.
June 10, 2025
3 min read

***Trigger warning*** Three Dead Teenagers. One Common Thread. Apple’s iMessage Failed Them.

This is not a story about technology. This is a story about neglect. Over the weekend I read an article in The Wall Street Journal that...

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Smiling mother and young son sitting on a couch, looking at a laptop together while wearing headphones—illustrating a positive parent-child conversation about online safety and responsible digital use.
June 3, 2025
3 min read

Why do we even need to look for Roblox alternatives?

The answer is not just because of safety, or chat filters, or the latest horror story. The answer is structural. Psychological. Economic....

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Hooded figure pointing forward with a pixelated face replaced by a glowing question mark, symbolizing anonymous online predators and the hidden dangers of digital spaces.
May 29, 2025
5 min read

The Children of 764

****Trigger warning**** This post mentions multiple crimes and abuse towards children.

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Young woman with curly hair wearing a bright pink knitted sweater, looking at her pink smartphone, set against a matching pink background.
May 23, 2025
1 min read

When AI Gets It Deadly Wrong

In the past 24 hours, something significant happened in the world of artificial intelligence and for once, the news wasn’t about shiny new features or faster processors.

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3D-rendered Discord logo in blue on a black and purple cube, displayed against a dark gradient background.
May 22, 2025
4 min read

Has This Discord Dataset Crossed a Line?

It’s hard to believe anyone would feel comfortable knowing nearly a decade of their Discord messages are now bundled into a public JSON file...

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A printed self-care checklist titled “Where am I full? Where am I running low?” is taped to a wall next to a laptop screen.
May 18, 2025
3 min

A practical guide for those who witness too much, too often, in a world overwhelmed by digital chaos.

For well over a decade, I’ve sat in the classrooms, the Principals’ offices, the staff rooms where whispered disclosures land like bricks in your chest.

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Smiling mother and young son sitting on a couch, looking at a laptop together while wearing headphones—illustrating a positive parent-child conversation about online safety and responsible digital use.
June 3, 2025
3 min read

Why do we even need to look for Roblox alternatives?

The answer is not just because of safety, or chat filters, or the latest horror story. The answer is structural. Psychological. Economic....

Read Article
Smiling mother and young son sitting on a couch, looking at a laptop together while wearing headphones—illustrating a positive parent-child conversation about online safety and responsible digital use.
June 3, 2025
3 min read

Why do we even need to look for Roblox alternatives?

The answer is not just because of safety, or chat filters, or the latest horror story. The answer is structural. Psychological. Economic....

Read Article
3D-rendered Discord logo in blue on a black and purple cube, displayed against a dark gradient background.
May 22, 2025
4 min read

Has This Discord Dataset Crossed a Line?

It’s hard to believe anyone would feel comfortable knowing nearly a decade of their Discord messages are now bundled into a public JSON file...

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Smiling mother and young son sitting on a couch, looking at a laptop together while wearing headphones—illustrating a positive parent-child conversation about online safety and responsible digital use.
June 3, 2025
3 min read

Why do we even need to look for Roblox alternatives?

The answer is not just because of safety, or chat filters, or the latest horror story. The answer is structural. Psychological. Economic....

Read Article
Young woman with curly hair wearing a bright pink knitted sweater, looking at her pink smartphone, set against a matching pink background.
May 23, 2025
1 min read

When AI Gets It Deadly Wrong

In the past 24 hours, something significant happened in the world of artificial intelligence and for once, the news wasn’t about shiny new features or faster processors.

Read Article
3D-rendered Discord logo in blue on a black and purple cube, displayed against a dark gradient background.
May 22, 2025
4 min read

Has This Discord Dataset Crossed a Line?

It’s hard to believe anyone would feel comfortable knowing nearly a decade of their Discord messages are now bundled into a public JSON file...

Read Article
A printed self-care checklist titled “Where am I full? Where am I running low?” is taped to a wall next to a laptop screen.
May 18, 2025
3 min

A practical guide for those who witness too much, too often, in a world overwhelmed by digital chaos.

For well over a decade, I’ve sat in the classrooms, the Principals’ offices, the staff rooms where whispered disclosures land like bricks in your chest.

Read Article
Photos of teenagers Carson Bride, Nate Bronstein, and Ryan Last—three young lives lost to digital harassment and online exploitation, highlighting the devastating consequences of unregulated digital platforms.
June 10, 2025
3 min read

***Trigger warning*** Three Dead Teenagers. One Common Thread. Apple’s iMessage Failed Them.

This is not a story about technology. This is a story about neglect. Over the weekend I read an article in The Wall Street Journal that...

Read Article
Hooded figure pointing forward with a pixelated face replaced by a glowing question mark, symbolizing anonymous online predators and the hidden dangers of digital spaces.
May 29, 2025
5 min read

The Children of 764

****Trigger warning**** This post mentions multiple crimes and abuse towards children.

Read Article
No articles yet for this tag. Please check again in the future.
Photos of teenagers Carson Bride, Nate Bronstein, and Ryan Last—three young lives lost to digital harassment and online exploitation, highlighting the devastating consequences of unregulated digital platforms.
June 10, 2025
3 min read

***Trigger warning*** Three Dead Teenagers. One Common Thread. Apple’s iMessage Failed Them.

This is not a story about technology. This is a story about neglect. Over the weekend I read an article in The Wall Street Journal that...

Read Article
Young woman with curly hair wearing a bright pink knitted sweater, looking at her pink smartphone, set against a matching pink background.
May 23, 2025
1 min read

When AI Gets It Deadly Wrong

In the past 24 hours, something significant happened in the world of artificial intelligence and for once, the news wasn’t about shiny new features or faster processors.

Read Article
A printed self-care checklist titled “Where am I full? Where am I running low?” is taped to a wall next to a laptop screen.
May 18, 2025
3 min

A practical guide for those who witness too much, too often, in a world overwhelmed by digital chaos.

For well over a decade, I’ve sat in the classrooms, the Principals’ offices, the staff rooms where whispered disclosures land like bricks in your chest.

Read Article
Woman holding smartphone overlaid with binary code, symbolizing the hidden dangers of digital sexual extortion and online coercion.
June 15, 2025
3 min read

Why “Sexual Extortion” Must Replace “Sextortion”

We need to discuss the language we use when referring to digital harm, abuse and crimes. Because right now, in schools, in courtrooms, in...

Read Article
Side-by-side logos of McDonald’s and Snapchat, representing a controversial brand partnership targeting youth with fast food rewards for Snapchat+ subscriptions.
June 12, 2025
3 min read

A Collision of Convenience and Cluelessness

It’s being hailed across AdTech and media circles as clever. Fresh. “A youth-facing play.” McDonald’s and Snapchat two companies that...

Read Article
A printed self-care checklist titled “Where am I full? Where am I running low?” is taped to a wall next to a laptop screen.
May 18, 2025
3 min

A practical guide for those who witness too much, too often, in a world overwhelmed by digital chaos.

For well over a decade, I’ve sat in the classrooms, the Principals’ offices, the staff rooms where whispered disclosures land like bricks in your chest.

Read Article

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