Youth Wellbeing and Online Safety: Reflections from a NoFiltr Youth Innovation Council Alumni
Meet Jaylin: NoFiltr Youth Innovation Council alumni and first-year college student. In this interview, he speaks on the importance of digital wellbeing for youth, exploring your identity safely, and how to improve online spaces for more authentic connection.
Sextortion: What it is, How it Happens and Who’s at Risk
Sextortion is when someone's sexual imagery is used to extort them. Put simply, it's when someone blackmails or threatens to expose another person's sexual imagery to make that person do something they don’t want to do, like send more compromising…
Online grooming: What it is, how it happens, and how to defend children
Finding something in common. Telling personal stories. Sharing something just a little bit vulnerable and creating a bond. We all do this to build trust. But what if someone takes that trust to a place where we never want it…
It’s possible you’ve taken a bad or embarrassing selfie, a photo you thought you’d share, but decided against, or even a photo that could put you in danger. How can you be sure that those photos are really, truly deleted?
Thorn is grateful when we get the opportunity to partner with popular platforms to connect with young users where they are, helping them to interact in positive ways to reduce risk.