Ask Trish: U.S. Surgeon General’s Social Media Advisory
What you should know about this week's report on social media and youth from the U.S. Surgeon General and why it's a big deal ...
FBI Issues Warning About Sextortion After Arrest in Teen Death
The FBI, the Department of Homeland Security and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) issued a joint national public safety alert on financial sextortion schemes ...
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What is Catfishing and Why It’s Dangerous
Catfishing can result in disappointment and broken hearts, but -- as in the case in Riverside -- it can also end in tragedy ...
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Tech Checklist to Prepare for Disasters and Power Failures
Whether it’s earthquakes, tornadoes, impending fires or even massive hack attacks, it’s important to make sure that your tech is ready and able to operate even in the event of ...
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Ask Trish: Telling a Parent You’re Being Cyberbullied
Research finds that just 10% of young targets choose to report their harassment to an adult, including a parent. Let's change that ...
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Ask Trish: All About Filters
Trish, do u use filters? I know they’re controversial, what are your thoughts on them? ...
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Ask Trish: Follow Requests
I get follow requests from ppl I don’t know, or ppl at my school that I haven’t really talked to and I never know whether I should accept or not ...
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Ask Trish: Sextortion Facts
Me last week, reading some recently published articles about sextortion, and thinking to myself: “This issue is too important not to discuss with youth, too. They deserve the facts!” ...
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Parent’s Guide to Teen Sextortion Scams
The FBI has reported a “huge increase” in sextortion scams targeting teens ...
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Ask Trish: Spoken Cyberbullying
Someone on Google Hangouts said a bunch of mean things to me. I was so hurt. What do I do when someone actually says mean things online? ...
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