By Shannon Fitzgibbon Sexism: Sexism is ultimately the discrimination or prejudice held against someone due to their sex or gender. More often than not, this deals with women over men, as women have often been deemed “lesser” due to their gender. There are many reasons that sexism would exist in [...]
If you are looking to make sure that your business social media accounts are secure, you are going to need to start with a detailed social media policy catering to the company and its employees. Because of the increased reliance on social media tools for business marketing and communications, security [...]
By Shannon Fitzgibbon What is it? What does it do? According to the Federal Trade Commission, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) works to regulate how online data and information regarding one’s child is gathered and handled. COPPA has therefore given some authority to parents and guardians in regards [...]
By Shannon Fitzgibbon What is cyberbullying? With technology and social media becoming more accessible than ever in modern society, anyone can be a victim of cyberbullying. Cyberbullying, as defined by PACER National Bullying Prevention Center, is “the use of technology to repeatedly and intentionally harass, hurt, embarrass, humiliate, or intimidate [...]
By Anonymous High School Student The Social Dilemma, a 2020 Netflix Documentary, features several technology experts from a variety of social media platforms who warn the public of the dangers of social media. These experts express their discomfort with the way their social tools are now being used. Justin Rosenstein, [...]
Dear Savvy Cyber Kids, I have a young toddler, and of course family and friends around the world. I post pictures of them on my private Instagram account, sometimes putting one on Facebook but not as often (and the audience is always my friend list but I know that means [...]
By Ben Halpert People spend time catching up with others and finding out what is happening throughout the world on social media more than any other method of communication. The younger you are, the more time per day you spend doing it! And when we say young, we are not [...]
Dear Savvy Cyber Kids, Help! We decided to give our 10-year-old a phone and things have quickly gotten out of hand. Our child has created multiple social media accounts and has used their real name on the accounts (even after discussing this type of activity with them). We would like [...]
We received a question from a parent of an elementary school aged child: “I was wondering if you would write a post for us to post to our Facebook page about ZOOM safety. It doesn't have to be lengthy, in fact it shouldn't be or if you write something and [...]
By Anonymous High School Student TikTok is a creative video sharing app that has become a very popular social media platform for all ages, including young children. Like most social media apps, users must be 13+ to create a TikTok account. However, young kids know how to get around apps [...]
