This week, you may have heard about a so-called “National Day of School Violence” threat being spread on social media. Reportedly, the threats originated on the social media platform TikTok, though that has not definitively been established. Regardless, posts about the threats spread quickly over social media causing worry across the country and even forcing some schools to shut…
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Big Social Media has had a particularly rough two months of press. Almost daily, articles have graced the front pages of newspapers highlighting grave social media-related dangers affecting our families. We hope that parents and educators do not become overwhelmed by the sheer breadth of these reports, but rather that all this evidence serves as…
Read MoreOrganization for Social Media Safety & D.A.R.E. International Announce New Collaboration
Students Across the Country Will Receive Lessons On Growing Social Media-Related Dangers Like Cyberbullying, Sexting and Human Trafficking Los Angeles — With social media use surging among tweens and teens as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Organization for Social Media Safety and D.A.R.E. International have announced a groundbreaking collaboration to teach essential social…
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