At Beat The Cyberbully we believe that any measures taken to try and reduce the amount of cyberbullying is a good thing. Singapore has taken the extreme measure of actually criminalising cyerbullying and stalking, punishable by an initial fine of just under...
With the release of yet another anonymous chatting app, Yik Yak has entered the market targeting college students. So Yik Yak is providing a platform for anyone over 17 years old to post anything they want and remain entirely anonymous. Can anyone see...
First of all forgive the sensationalist post title. There was some speculation that a 7 year old called Eli Moreno went missing after interacting with the Talking Angela app on his mums iPhone. This is 100% NOT TRUE. The story stemmed from a satirical...
For those thinking that 8 is far to young to have THAT talk, I’m not talking about THAT one. I am talking about something that Eric Shmidt and Jared Cohen, of Google talk about in their latest blog post on Wired – Data Permanence And what data...
Having launched the Beat the Cyberbully (BTCB) initiative in the UAE in the 3rd week of February it was a pleasure and an honour to be asked to be a part of the What Works Wellbeing The event is one of a series that the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA)...
Don’t worry, like many parents and people over the age of about 17, you are not alone in not having heard of these. They are as you may have guessed smartphone applications that are freely available to download in the various platform specific application...
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