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Wednesday, November 23, 2022

New Facebook updates: Those under 16 will have enhanced privacy by default...

New Facebook updates: Those under 16 will have enhanced privacy by default, & prompted to review/amend current settings related to followers, visibility, tagging, commenting. Accounts deemed "suspicious" will also not be "Recommended" to teens to follow. https://t.co/Ol3xrcVLt8 pic.twitter.com/s4bOYBLAKa
— Sameer Hinduja (@hinduja) November 22, 2022

Sunday, October 23, 2022

Family Link from Google - Family Safety & Parental Control Tools

Family Link from Google - Family Safety & Parental Control Tools
https://families.google/familylink/

Every family uses tech differently. Maybe your kid watches TV on Saturday mornings, but you also don’t allow phones at the table. Or screen time stops at 7 p.m., unless they’re reading on a tablet. This week, we announced changes to make family tech better, including easier to find screen time limits and app blocking in Family Link, and approvals and parent-managed watchlists for kids in Google TV.

Saturday, October 15, 2022

Cyberbullying Fact Sheet: Identification, Prevention, and Response

UPDATED for 2022! This detailed guide is a nine-page summary – filled with as much useful information as possible – to equip educators, parents, and other youth-serving adults to spot cyberbullying, respond to it appropriately and meaningfully, and to prevent its future occurrence among those they care for. If you only have time to read one fact sheet from the Cyberbullying Research Center to get up-to-speed about the problem and what you can do, read this one.