Sameer Hinduja

Professor @FloridaAtlantic, Faculty Associate @BKCHarvard, Specialist Scholar @FulbrightAssoc, Co-Director @onlinebullying, Editor-in-Chief @bullyingjournal

[Sameer Hinduja @hinduja]

Nearly half of US teen AI chatbot users (47.1%) report at least one harmful interaction with a conversational AI chatbot. Our newest national study, just out in Journal of Adolescence, studied 3,466 US teens aged 13-17. Reach out for a copy! https://t.co/G7FY340ynm

[Sameer Hinduja @hinduja]

Today’s @nytimes features our new Journal of Adolescence study on sexting and sextortion, dives into sexual image coercion among 18- to 28-year-olds, and highlights some of my perspective on these trends. https://t.co/s4bfLuVd2g

[Sameer Hinduja @hinduja]

The "retaliation case" of an autonomous AI agent on OpenClaw is a landmark moment for online risks and harms. I discuss the implications in this @techreview piece by @GraceHuckins. We must evolve our safety frameworks with all deliberate speed.

[Sameer Hinduja @hinduja]

Parents are already drowning in hundreds of app-by-app safety settings. The SCREEN Act would recreate that mess, and also scatter kids’ sensitive data across honeypots. We need device-level age verification instead. My letter explains why. @HouseCommerce @EnergyCommerce

[Sameer Hinduja @hinduja]

NEW PIECE! An AI bot just did something we've never seen before: It autonomously retaliated against a human, researching and publishing a personal attack without any human instruction. I explain impact, accountability issues, tech solutions, and more here: https://t.co/Ayu2W48iHR

[Sameer Hinduja @hinduja]

Excited to be a part of the launch of KORA! See AI child safety scores for frontier models broken down by risk categories at https://t.co/tzKilRZlTV. I'm attaching those for GPT-5.2 as an example so you see the themes and categories involved. @collinmathilde

[KORA @korabench]

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[ExpertFile @ExpertFile]

Subway surfing ... what could possibly make teens want to try this?

If you're covering this latest and very dangerous trend - let an #expert like Sameer Hinduja @hinduja from @FloridaAtlantic help with your stories.

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[Sameer Hinduja @hinduja]

Brand new resource just launched! I worked with @UNICEF to help parents and guardians know how to talk to their child about cyberbullying. Reach out if you need further input and advice for your platform, school, community, or family situation. https://t.co/inXRlF5sxZ

[Sameer Hinduja @hinduja]

Brand new piece! "Child Rights Impact Assessments (CRIAs) to Support Youth Online" - I discuss how platforms should view safety through the digital rights of young people, and formally assess how well they are managing those rights as they build products. https://t.co/fAz9CaYbqY

[Darren Laur - White Hatter Team 🇨🇦 @DarrenLaur]

Our website just got a major upgrade! Thanks to Brandon, it's now easier than ever to search topics, find free resources, and explore all our programs. Type in what you're looking for—we’ve probably written about it. Take a look! 👇 https://t.co/PbTt6aCGYG #DigitalLiteracy

[Sameer Hinduja @hinduja]

Brand new report just released! A product of our international working group's focus on optimal online safety approaches that support children's rights, agency, and well-being! I share my key takeaways in a new piece here: https://t.co/wHRBx41WJT #FrontiersinDigitalChildSafety

[BMC Series @BMC_series]

Research from the United States finds that adolescents subject to cyberbullying exhibit higher rates of PTSD symptoms, with all forms of cyberbullying significantly related to trauma: https://t.co/hv4n5OHRwT #BMCPublicHealth @hinduja @justinpatchin

[Sameer Hinduja @hinduja]

Just shared our new research on youth and AI at WABF2025 in beautiful Stavanger, Norway, and discussed what platforms, educators, & parents can do to prevent harms! Also connected with colleagues, and did some bucket-list hiking - my reflections are here: https://t.co/aOOEj1Os8X

[Sameer Hinduja @hinduja]

New research alert! We identify a strong link between 18 forms of online aggression and PTSD among US teens. Minor forms of online harm (e.g., exclusion) were as traumatic as major online attacks (e.g., threats). Here's what platforms & schools should do: https://t.co/lKOYaMAd9g

[Sameer Hinduja @hinduja]

Some of my thoughts are featured in this incredibly well-written and well-researched new piece in Elle by Katie C Reilly, focused on the aggression, hostility, and threats that female athletes face. Please read it to fully appreciate their experience. https://t.co/k46sNkfRSv

[Sameer Hinduja @hinduja]

Doing work on AI, child rights, and online safety? Here's a CFP for the 2nd International Conference on Children's Rights at Stellenbosch University in South Africa in September 2025. Hope you can participate - should be an incredible event like last year's! Msg for more details.

[Sameer Hinduja @hinduja]

My brand new piece just dropped! "Year One of a Phone-Free School" - read on for lessons learned from the impacts of a phone ban on students, faculty, and staff in a school in Maryland. Are you considering the same? Let's discuss! https://t.co/YcNLHs8UqR

[Justin Patchin @justinpatchin]

Should schools ban student cell phones? It’s a more complicated question than a lot of people take the time to consider. I’ve always argued that we should focus more on behaviors than devices. What are your thoughts?

[Sameer Hinduja @hinduja]

I am heavily quoted in this new Forbes India piece, and discuss how the parent-child relationship in the Asian Indian culture (historically) may keep youth from seeking help from those best positioned to support them. https://t.co/LL0iBDPHKY

[Sameer Hinduja @hinduja]

My brand new piece is out today! I weigh in on the heated discussion involving student phone bans at school, and cover the research on mental health and academic achievement, the implementation, perceptions, my takeaways, a reason to ban and not to ban. https://t.co/iNbz5G6fSo