Twitter Just Made It Even Harder To Abuse People On Its Platform

The company released new guidelines surrounding doxxing and impersonation today.

posted on Feb. 26, 2015, at 4:12 p.m.

Ellen Cushing

BuzzFeed News Staff

 

 

 

 

 

Screenshot via Twitter

Less than three weeks after Twitter CEO Dick Costolo admitted in an internal memo that the company “sucks” at dealing with abuse—and two months after the company made a first round of sweeping changes to address that deficiency— Twitter has taken even more aggressive steps toward dealing with abuse on its platform.

Read more here. 

Bullying Prevention: 2015 Resource Guide

This resource guide provides links to organizations, programs, publications, and resources focused on bullying prevention. It is divided into seven sections: (1) Organizations and Websites; (2) Data, Definitions, and Research; (3) Programs, Campaigns, and Toolkits; (4) Policies, Laws, and Legislation; (5) Publications and Resources; (6) At-Risk Populations; and (7) Bullying and Co-Occurring Issues. Each item in this resource guide includes a short description and a link to the resource itself.  Descriptions of reports, guides, toolkits, campaigns, websites, and initiatives are, in most cases, excerpted from the resources themselves while descriptions of research studies are excerpted from the study abstracts. 

Get it here: http://www.childrenssafetynetwork.org/resource/bullying-prevention-2014-resource-guide

Truce: Cyber Kindness - 2013 1st Place PSA of the Year

THE CYBER BULLYING VIRUS

Source; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5PZ_Bh-M6o

Acceptance 2015 Vancouver Giants Hockey Flash Mob [Official]

Introducing the YouTube Kids app

Download YouTube Kids for free on your Android or iOS device.
Android: http://goo.gl/SsDTHh
iOS: http://goo.gl/P0cikI

The YouTube Kids app is designed for curious little minds to dive into a world of discovery, learning, and entertainment. This free app is easy to use and packed full of age-appropriate videos, channels and playlists. YouTube Kids features popular children’s programming, plus kid-friendly content from filmmakers, teachers, and creators all around the world.

YouTube Kids is currently available in the U.S. only.

For additional questions, please visit http://support.google.com/youtubekids

Programs Developed to Stop Bullying in Schools

Source: http://www.kxnet.com/story/28122483/programs-developed-to-stop-bullying-in-schools

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Early Relationship Skills Prevent Teen Dating Violence

February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month-a time to promote healthy relationship skills to preteen and teens. Healthy and respectful behaviors can prevent teen dating violence.

• About 10% of high school students report being hit, slammed into something, or injured on purpose by a boyfriend or girlfriend in year before.
• Dating violence can be prevented when teens, families, organizations, and communities implement effective prevention strategies together.
• Dating Matters gives tips for preventing dating violence early and creating a safer future for young people

A man is facing 20 years in jail after running a revenge porn website.

A MAN faces 20 years in prison after being convicted of running a “revenge porn” website where people posted nude pictures of their ex-lovers, who then have to pay him to take them down.
Kevin Bollaert, 28, was found guilty of 27 counts, including identity theft and extortion, and faces up to 20 years in prison in San Diego. The jury was unable to reach verdicts on two charges of identity theft and conspiracy, and a judge declared a mistrial on the counts.

Read more: http://www.news.com.au/technology/online/san-diego-man-faces-20-years-in-jail-for-running-revenge-porn-website/story-fnjwmwrh-1227207643791

Bullying Isn’t Cool (from Yik Yak)

When Yik Yak was created it was intended to give everyone an equal voice.  No one user would have an advantage over another based on followers or popularity and posts would be judged exclusively by their content.  Yik Yak is a tool, but like many other tools and social media platforms, it has been used correctly by some and improperly by others.  Bullying is something social media struggles with and we at Yik Yak have taken steps against bullying on the app.

Read more: http://blog.yikyakapp.com/bullying-isnt-cool/

Safety & civility advice for anonymous apps

A growing number of apps allow people to post anonymously. Some of the better known ones include Ask.fm, Whisper, Secret and Yik Yak but there are new ones all the time, including After School, that’s been downloaded more than 100,000 times including by students from more than 14,000 U.S. high schools, according to Recode.net.

As Recode pointed out, After School’s seven-person staff can’t possibly police all of the posts on this growing service, though the company says it does employ software to look for particularly alarming words like “kill,” “cut” and “bomb.” As TechCrunch reported, the app has been associated with numerous bullying incidents.

Read more: http://www.connectsafely.org/safety-advice-for-after-school-other-anonymous-apps/

Video Game Rules

Get the full document (PDF) here.

Top 10 scams targeting seniors

Common Fraud Schemes
http://www.fbi.gov/scams-safety/fraud

Phone Scams | Consumer Information
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0076-phone-scams

Guide to Preventing Home Improvement Fraud
http://www.homeadvisor.com/article.show.Preventing-Home-Improvement-Fraud.17322.html

General Online Safety Resources
http://www.staysafeonline.org/stay-safe-online/

How to Avoid Being a Victim of Credit Card Fraud
https://www.kanetix.ca/prevent-credit-card-fraud

Guide to Shopping Online Safely
http://www.onguardonline.gov/articles/0020-shopping-online

International Lottery Scams
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0086-international-lottery-scams

Avoid and Report Medicare Fraud
http://www.planprescriber.com/medicare-insurance-news/medicare-fraud/