CYBER SAFETY NEWS FEED
We have searched the headlines for the news that matters to Savvy Cyber Kids. Seen with a cyber ethics lens, these clipping keep us abreast of when technology is used for bad—to inspire us to be aware and make necessary changes in our homes and at our schools. Conversely, when technology is used for good, let’s read all about it, celebrate the successes and bring these lessons home.
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Headlines from across the globe:
- How to spot a deepfake video
- Asus unwittingly pushed malware to 500k laptops after hack
- Alleged Tinder rapist to backflip on guilty plea
- EDITORIAL: Urgent action needed to halt suicides due to school bullying
- Dating app leads to suspected rape
- I’m 14, and I quit social media after discovering what was posted about me
- Instagram Is the Internet’s New Home for Hate
- My Son’s Story of Electronics Addiction and Recovery
- Tech Experts: What You Post Online Could Be Directly Impacting Your Insurance Coverage
- Hack Brief: FEMA Leaked the Data of 2.3 Million Disaster Survivors
- Franklin man sentenced to 35 years for recording child pornography on cell phone
- Man who asked 9-year-old girl for sex placed on probation
- Under the Influence of a ‘Super Bloom’
- Bill to Require California School Districts to Limit or Ban Smartphone Use Makes Its Way Through State Assembly
- 'Victims all over the world': Man accused of extorting minors on Snapchat arrested in Conroe
- Website caught secretly live-streaming hotel guests
- How parents feel about – and manage – their teens’ online behavior and screen time
- Woman claims ex-boyfriend committed ‘revenge porn’
- Hoylake man posted revenge porn sex video of his ex-girlfriend on the internet
- Extremists online: How a troll becomes a terrorist
- Scholar examines role of social media in mass violence
- Disturbing anime videos of suicide, murder and sex trafficking found on ‘child friendly’ YouTube Kids app
- Kenyan Woman, 28, Kills Self Soon After Posting Suicide Notes to Daughter, Dad on Facebook
- Panic after hackers take control of emergency tornado alarms in Texas
- A Few Simple Steps to Vastly Increase Your Privacy Online