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September 2017

Dealing with Cyberbullies

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This article offers information about cyberbullying, describing what it is, why it has become such a problem, and ways that individuals can protect themselves from cyberbullies.
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September 2017

Online Grooming of Children for Sexual Purposes: Model Legislation & Global Review

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While child grooming takes place both face-to-face as well as online, the Internet poses a particular challenge, as those seeking to victimize children take advantage of the relative anonymity online interaction provides. This publication examines global legal responses to this problem and offers model legislation.
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May 2017

Technology-Facilitated Stalking: What You Need to Know

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Typical activities such as tweeting, updating a Facebook status, or using a phone’s GPS to find local restaurants can all be misused by abusers to stalk, harass, surveil, and control victims. This page from TechSafety.org provides information on technology-facilitated stalking and offers some safety tips for survivors.
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April 2017

Online Privacy: Using the Internet Safely

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This page reviews internet activities that reveal your personal information, how others can get information about your online privacy, and what to know about cloud computing.
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January 2017

Online Privacy & Safety Tips

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This 1-page handout provides tips for preventing sensitive and personal information from making its rounds on the Web. It highlights email, passwords, social networks, online accounts, and safe web browsing.
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January 2017

Tips for Safe Social Networking for Teens

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This page from ConnectSafely outlines several internet safety tips for teens that address identity, passwords, sexuality, and more.
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January 2017

The Internet & Intimate Partner Violence: Technology Changes, Abuse Doesn’t

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Online harassment itself is often a form of domestic or sexual violence, and the abuse is often a combination of online intimidation with offline abuse. This article explores ways in which abusers often use the internet and discusses implications for prosecutors.
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July 2016

Safety & Privacy on Twitter: A Guide for Survivors of Harassment and Abuse

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Abusers often misuse online platforms, such as Twitter, as a tool to harass, abuse, and stalk. This guide provides specific tips and guidance for Twitter users on increasing their privacy and responding to other users who misuse the platform.
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June 2016

Hang Up on Harassment: Dealing with Cellular Phone Abuse

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With cell phones now the primary way of communicating, harassing phone calls can be especially distressing and disruptive. This fact sheet offers steps that victims of harassing calls, text messages, or spam can take to increase safety.
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May 2016

Social Media Participation in an Activist Movement for Racial Equality

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In recent years, social media has been instrumental in driving and supporting socio-political movements throughout the world. This paper explores the role of social media in racial justice organizing efforts and its potential to enable collective action.
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March 2016

Minors and Sexting: Legal Implications

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Because transferring and viewing sexually explicit material when the subject is a minor can be considered child pornography, sexting among minors can have serious legal consequences. This article explores some of the legal implications of teen sexting.
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February 2016

Social Networking Privacy: How to be Safe, Secure and Social

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This page reviews advantages and disadvantages of using social networks, what kind of information may be safe to post and how to protect it, as well as who is able to access different types of information posted to these networks.