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[Words Wound @wordswound]

It's not just educators - "As of 2024, about 4 percent of U.S. adults surveyed reported they had been the victim of a doxxing attack, and 1 in 5 victims said information about their families had been shared."

[Sameer Hinduja @hinduja]

Educators are being doxxed by students: 4% of teachers have reported that a student has threatened to release personal information about them online, while 1% of students have carried out that threat. My thoughts in a new @EducationWeek piece here: https://t.co/iIrONwEBQW

[Cyberbullying Research Center @onlinebullying]

Voice cloning, rogue chatbots, hateful image generation, AI-generated swatting - these represent incidents which can illuminate certain vulnerabilities that stakeholders must address to make sure that the positive use cases of #GenerativeAI vastly outnumber the cases of misuse.

[Words Wound @wordswound]

"If I am able to construct a girlfriend within an app to abide by my ideals of physical beauty, and also control how they dress, talk, and act towards me, it is reasonable to assume that this will color and condition my view and treatment of girls and women over time..."

[Sameer Hinduja @hinduja]

Just dropped! My brand new piece "Teens and AI: Virtual Girlfriend and Virtual Boyfriend Bots" - geared for educators, parents, and other youth-serving professionals. Provides background, pros and cons, and conversational points to bring up with teens: https://t.co/Fcn9LS4ehn

[Sameer Hinduja @hinduja]

Brand new piece! If you missed the 2023 World Anti-Bullying Forum, we missed you! I share my involvement with organizer and friend @DrDotEspelage as we co-labored with many amazing scholars and practitioners to support youth and adults offline and online! https://t.co/VVRlG9VVuM

[Sameer Hinduja @hinduja]

National Bullying Prevention Month, Day 10! Updated Today: Our popular "Report" page which provides detailed contact information for social media apps, gaming platforms, etc. – so you know how and where to get help for abuse, harassment, and threats: https://t.co/Lnn7kOlVwa

[Sameer Hinduja @hinduja]

National Bullying Prevention Month, Day 5! Brand new findings for you! About 27% of 13-17 year-olds in the US have been cyberbullied in the last month, 19% have stayed home from school due to cyberbullying, and 54% say it's a big problem in their school. https://t.co/74cjGtEFI0

[Sameer Hinduja @hinduja]

National Bullying Prevention Month, Day 6! We've spent a lot of time collecting model bullying policies that each state provides for schools to model after. Is yours on point, and comprehensive enough? Check yours, compare it to others, and make sure! https://t.co/EVJ78SDe3f

[Words Wound @wordswound]

Don't miss this resource!

[Sameer Hinduja @hinduja]

National Bullying Prevention Month, Day 3! Check out this updated nine-page summary – filled with as much useful information as possible – to equip educators, parents, and other youth-serving adults to spot, respond to, and prevent cyberbullying. https://t.co/oGl0PuhK2p

[Sameer Hinduja @hinduja]

New Washington Post piece by @moody on sextortion victimization among teen boys. Extremely compelling writeup and storytelling and very well-researched. I offer my thoughts and many aspects are discussed throughout. https://t.co/Fzitzzd0rB

[Sameer Hinduja @hinduja]

Check out this new World Economic Forum piece detailing three approaches to digital safety: content policies and effective enforcement; signals and enablers beyond content (e.g., monetary flow, user behaviors); and stakeholder collabs. https://t.co/m0lXXXZ6oT @Teleperformance

[Sameer Hinduja @hinduja]

ICYMI: We want youth to have safe, healthy experiences on social media platforms. Legislation may help, but laws *must* be practical, focused, and research-informed. In my new piece, I discuss six key legislative elements that can make a true difference: https://t.co/qwyoFlETw9

[Sameer Hinduja @hinduja]

I last explained how many proposed laws attempt to keep youth safe and healthy online, but are sweeping, vague, or unenforceable. Now, in my new piece "Social Media, Youth, and New Legislation," I detail what key components they actually should focus on: https://t.co/qwyoFlElGB

[Words Wound @wordswound]

Hopefully other game developers will continue to advance the ball in this way....

[Sameer Hinduja @hinduja]

Look forward to learning a lot from this use case in CoD:MW3! ToxMod doesn't listen for specific keywords but tries to understand "emotion, speech acts, listener responses, and much more" and seeks to identify hate speech, harassment, sexism, and bullying. https://t.co/vBptwtRYRT

[Sameer Hinduja @hinduja]

ICMYI: In the second installation of our new Generative AI Harms series, we discuss how online platforms and users can reduce victimization by restricting input and output, automatic detection and labeling, user verification, education/outreach, and more! https://t.co/YsxOBmaANT

[Words Wound @wordswound]

Teens, have you experienced (or engaged in) generative AI misuse or abuse of *any* kind? Keep your eyes open for these new trends....

[Sameer Hinduja @hinduja]

ICYMI: My brand new piece on Generative AI as a tool to harass, stalk, expose, extort, deceive, and otherwise victimize (while acknowledging its promise for social good!). (Next week, stay tuned for what users and platforms can do to mitigate AI abuse!) https://t.co/gvYwpFr5UG

[Words Wound @wordswound]

Worth a read to get you caught up to speed on the possible negatives of generative AI which most aren't really thinking about.... #ChatGPT #GenerativeAI

[Sameer Hinduja @hinduja]

ChatGPT? Bing AI? Bard? Midjourney? Dall-E 2? Murf? Lovo? Generative AI tools are imbued with so much promise, but can also be used to harass, stalk, expose, extort, deceive, and otherwise victimize. I detail exactly how in this brand new piece! https://t.co/gvYwpFr5UG

[Sameer Hinduja @hinduja]

Cyberbullying researchers and scholars!! We've updated our collection of empirical studies from a whopping 77 of the world's countries at https://t.co/THuYmmmE1a. It is truly *amazing* how many are advancing knowledge in this area across the globe. If yours isn't listed, DM me!

[Sameer Hinduja @hinduja]

Just updated!! Our compendium of the 50+ most popular social media apps. Get updated about the history, functions, current userbase counts, age requirements, and more, and stay in the loop about the newest platforms and developments! https://t.co/nDR9dhVMPO

[Sameer Hinduja @hinduja]

Brand new piece! "A Teen's View of Social Media in 2023" - meet high school sophomore Amelia, and get caught up on what youth are using these days, and the positives and negatives they are experiencing online! https://t.co/tVSnPIOAxG

[Sameer Hinduja @hinduja]

Curious about whether the new monthly subscription services by Meta ($11.99 (web) or $14.99 (mobile) per month), Snapchat ($3.99), Telegram ($4.99), and of course Twitter ($8.00 (web) or $11.00 (mobile)) will gain the traction the platforms hope for. Will you sign up? Have you?