| Mar 8, 2017 | Teenagers Articles, Young Teens Articles
Have you recently had a conversation with anyone about cyber safety? If not, there might be a few questions you haven’t thought about yet.
| Mar 1, 2017 | Teenagers Articles, Young Teens Articles
How easy is it for hackers to guess the passwords on your social media accounts? Chances are it’s easier than you think. Read this article and watch the video about the steps you need to take to keep your accounts secure.
| Feb 28, 2017 | Young Teens Articles
There have been many bullying videos that have gone viral in recent memory. However, there is one in particular from 2011 that went got we could not ignore. Watch it and let us know how you think it relates to cyberbullying incidents today.
| Jan 22, 2017 | Parents Articles, Teachers Articles, Teenagers Articles, Young Teens Articles
YouTube is a great social media platform with a lot of great videos. However, you may come across something hateful or abusive. Learn how to report videos and abusive comments to let YouTube know that something should be taken down.
| Jan 18, 2017 | Parents Articles, Teachers Articles, Teenagers Articles, Young Teens Articles
Do you know someone who is being bullied and could use a source of inspiration? Check out this in-depth list of 87 anti-bullying quotes and provide a source of inspiration and uplift society as a whole.
| Jan 16, 2017 | Parents Articles, Teachers Articles, Teenagers Articles, Young Teens Articles
Do you know how to report abuse on Instagram? It’s important to know how to do it before you get an account. Find out what you should do when you come across something inappropriate on Instagram.
| Jan 15, 2017 | Parents Articles, Teachers Articles, Teenagers Articles, Young Teens Articles
Indian actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan got news coverage at the India Today Safaigiri Awards in New Delhi after her remarks about social media. She implied that social media has made people lazy. “We are very quick with excuses. Work, routine, lifestyle, social media...
| Jan 11, 2017 | Parents Articles, Teachers Articles, Teenagers Articles, Young Teens Articles
If you own a smartphone, it’s pretty fair to say you use (or at least know someone who uses) Snapchat. If you snap videos to your friends all day – like most people do – Snapchat just released something really cool, and it gives people a new way to film and post...
| Jan 9, 2017 | Parents Articles, Teachers Articles, Teenagers Articles, Young Teens Articles
Do you use Gmail every day? If you do, you’re one of the 1 billion people (as of February 2016) who actively use it. That said, do you know how to keep your Gmail secure? Out of all the well-known email services available right now, Gmail is arguably perceived as...
| Jan 8, 2017 | Teachers Articles, Teenagers Articles, Young Teens Articles
Have you heard the story about the middle school teacher and her fake Facebook page? It led to a campaign called #ICANHELP (Delete Negativity on Social Media). Learn more about it in this article.
| Jan 2, 2017 | Parents Articles, Teachers Articles, Teenagers Articles, Young Teens Articles
Did you know that you can format comments on YouTube in the same way you can for Microsoft Office documents? Read on to find out how to make your YouTube comments stand out with just a few extra symbols. The 3 YouTube Comment Effects YouTube now allows users to post...
| Dec 27, 2016 | Parents Articles, Teachers Articles, Teenagers Articles, Young Teens Articles
Cyber bullying is a phenomenon that has existed for a while now. However, there are some people out there who don’t think it’s as serious as real bullying. 13-year-old Luke Culhane made this powerful video to debunk this myth, and to spread awareness about how to...
| Nov 16, 2016 | Parents Articles, Teachers Articles, Teenagers Articles, Young Teens Articles
Do you need help going managing your privacy on Facebook? Do you know how to review your Facebook posts, for example? Do you know whether your online friends can view the things you post on your profile? If you don’t, no worries at all. Facebook has made it a little...
| Nov 9, 2016 | Parents Articles, Teachers Articles, Teenagers Articles, Young Teens Articles
Do you want to know how to adjust your WhatsApp privacy settings? It’s simple. Just follow these instructions. (They are the same for iPhone and Android users.) Adjust WhatsApp Privacy Settings with These Steps: Once you have WhatsApp open on your phone: Step 1 Go to...
| Nov 8, 2016 | Parents Articles, Teachers Articles, Teenagers Articles, Young Teens Articles
Are you worried about your Facebook privacy settings? Do you already know the basics and want to know how to better protect your information on Facebook? Not to worry. We’re going to go through some of the advanced options Facebook provides in the ‘See More Settings’...
| Oct 31, 2016 | Parents Articles, Teachers Articles, Teenagers Articles, Young Teens Articles
Online predators are hard to recognize at first; they seem just like anyone else when they sit behind a computer screen and you don’t know what their intentions are. They use fake accounts with fake profile pictures and fake information, so it’s really difficult to...
| Oct 11, 2016 | Parents Articles, Teachers Articles, Teenagers Articles, Young Teens Articles
Is someone you don’t know annoying you on WhatsApp? Do you want to know how to block them so they can’t contact you again? We will show you how to block people on WhatsApp step by step. Block People on WhatsApp (for Both iPhone and Android Users) In order to block...
| Oct 9, 2016 | Young Teens Articles
As a pre-teen (someone below 13 years old), do you ever feel left out because you aren’t on social media yet? It seems like all your older siblings and friends have Snapchat and Instagram accounts. You probably wish you were a bit older so that you weren’t too young...
| Sep 26, 2016 | Parents Articles, Teachers Articles, Teenagers Articles, Young Teens Articles
Do you use Twitter? If not, is it because you worry about strangers writing hateful messages to you? If so, Twitter’s Quality Filter might be relevant to you. Twitter’s New Feature: Tweet Filtering In a blog post (2016), Twitter’s product manager Emil Leong...
| Sep 26, 2016 | Parents Articles, Teachers Articles, Teenagers Articles, Young Teens Articles
Here’s an interesting question for you: “Do you view your Internet friends as real friends, even if you’ve never met?” Before you answer, I’ll bet I could figure out whether you answered yes to that question. Generally speaking, someone who was born before the...
| Jun 14, 2016 | Parents Articles, Teachers Articles, Teenagers Articles, Young Teens Articles
Did you know that you can share a YouTube video at a specific time? Why Should I Learn How to Create Links to Start and End a YouTube Video? Linking to a particular time in a video can be really helpful and be very effective in presentations when you want to refer to...
| May 17, 2016 | Young Teens Articles
Looking for a quick, easy-to-remember list of things to keep in mind while using the Internet? These 5 Internet safety rules serve as a reminder for you to stay S.M.A.R.T. online.
| May 17, 2016 | Young Teens Articles
Talking to your friend about a cyber issue can be really tricky, especially when you don’t know where to start. Find out how to have a conversation with them the right way.
| Jan 20, 2016 | Parents Articles, Young Teens Articles
Did someone post something that goes against Facebook’s community guidelines? Find out how to report abuse on Facebook, whether it be a profile, post, inbox message, page, or group.