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    Cybertraps Podcast

    We explore the risks arising from the use and misuse of digital devices and electronic communication tools. We interview experts in the fields of cybersafety, cybersecurity, privacy, parenting, and technology and share the wisdom of these experts with you!

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    Copyright: © 2021 Frederick Lane and Jethro Jones

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    The Center for Cyberethics Phase One Cybertraps 76 Sep 14, 2021
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    Show Notes

    • The Cybertraps Podcast is a production of The Center for Cyberethics, an independent, non-partisan educational institute dedicated to the study and promotion of cyberethics as a positive social force through research, curricula development, publishing and media, professional training, and public advocacy.
    • Build the Non-Profit One Pillar at a Time
      • First Pillar: Cyberethics in the School Community
        • Draws on experience of Jethro as principal and educational consultant, and Fred as lecturer/author of Cybertraps for Educators 2.0, etc.
      • Future Pillars of Cyberethics
        • Employers and Employees
        • Caretakers for the Vulnerable
        • Lawyers
        • Health Care Providers
        • First Responders
        • Public Figures (Politicians, Athletes, Celebrities
    • Ongoing Activities
      • The Cybertraps Podcast
      • Cybertraps for Educators 2.0 –> Cybertraps for Educators 3.0
        • Reorganization of Cybertraps into 3 Categories
          • Personal Cybertraps (Mistakes or Self-Harm)
          • Anti-Social Cybertraps (Acting Badly Towards Others – Non-criminal)
          • Criminal Cybertraps
      • Conferences and Webinars
        • October – Professional Practices Institute
    • Recent Cyberethical Issues in School Communities
      • Malvern (AR) teacher reaches students via social media app TikTok https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2021/jan/25/teacher-reaches-students-social-media-app-tiktok/
      • Dr. Trevor Boffone – Viral TikTok teacher writes book on building bridges through social media (“Renegades: Digital Dance Cultures from Dubsmash to TikTok”) https://abc13.com/dr-trevor-boffone-tiktok-social-media-justice/10843562/
        • 300,000 followers on Instagram, 25,000 on TikTok – as of last June
      • High school teacher fired after praising antifa: ‘I have 180 days to turn them into revolutionaries’ https://news.yahoo.com/high-school-teacher-fired-praising–193600139.html
      • ‘It’s a new Cultural Revolution’: Mom who survived Maoist China’s purges rages against woke Loudoun County School Board for pushing ‘neo-racism’ and teacher warns against ‘indoctrination camps’ in classrooms https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article–9672569/Virginia-mom-survived-Maoist-Chinas-purge-slams-Critical-Race-Theory.html
      • Portland teacher says colleagues who don’t want to teach critical race theory are like PEDOPHILES and warns they’ll be fired if they keep up ‘old views of colonialism’ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article–9640189/Oregon-elementary-school-teacher-warns-colleagues-theyll-FIRED-refused-teach-CRT.html
      • Alaska high school teacher is suspended for telling Zoom class that George Floyd ‘would still be alive’ if he had complied with police and ‘sidled into their car’ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article–9551277/Alaska-teacher-leave-telling-students-George-Floyd-alive-complied.html
      • Teachers work to deprogram kids of QAnon and anti-vaxxer parents after pandemic https://www.rawstory.com/qanon-anti-vaxx/
      • Teachers Turned to Social Media as a Remote Learning Tool During the Pandemic, but Privacy Experts Warn the Trend Could Open ‘Pandora’s Box’ of Problems https://www.the74million.org/teachers-turned-to-social-media-as-a-remote-learning-tool-during-the-pandemic-but-privacy-experts-warn-the-trend-could-open-pandoras-box-of-problems/
      • How to Talk About Social Media and the Capitol Insurrection: A Guide for Teachers https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/how-to-talk-about-social-media-and-the-capitol-insurrection-a-guide-for-teachers/2021/01
      • Hundreds defend Michigan high school teacher after post on social media (nose ring, blue lipstick) https://www.abc12.com/2021/06/11/hundreds-defend-grand-blanc-high-school-teacher-after-post-social-media/
      • Maryland Teacher Posted Photos and Videos on Instagram from January 6 Events Prior to Storming of the Capitol, and Criticism of George Floyd https://www.fox5dc.com/news/mcps-quince-orchard-teachers-social-media-posts-from-capitol-march-under-review
      • Miami teacher’s social media posts under review after an email to officials (citizen complaint, not a parent) #Parler https://www.local10.com/news/local/2021/01/28/miami-schoolteachers-social-media-posts-under-review-by-district-after-an-email-to-officials/
      • Judge dismisses fired OH teacher’s lawsuit against superintendent https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/education/judge-dismisses-fired-teachers-lawsuit-against-state-superintendent/article_79d48a16–4d3f–5502-a652...

    Cyberwarfare in Real Life with Joshua Powell Cybertraps 075 Sep 09, 2021
    Show notes

    Joshua Powell spent 23 years in the Marines doing Command and Control operations and the last 5 working as a contractor. Spent 3 years with the Navy working Electronic Warfare / Information Operations and the last two working with George Mason University, Rapid Prototyping Research Center as a Senior Research Faculty. Focused on airborne networking technologies.

    From the time our kids are born they are leaving behind a virtual shadow. This shadow can quickly become a tool for not only nation state actors but local individuals to manipulate individuals through their life.

    Eagle Eye movie example - an AI computer “activates” an individual to do what they deem required to save the country. Well what if it was your kid or spouse activated by someone you didn’t know?

    Who is studying this problem?

    Congress Defense Primer: Information Operations Think Tanks

    “Information Operations,” RAND Corporation

    The Evolution of Special Operations as a Model for Information Forces

    RUSSIAN HYBRID WARFARE

    DoD

    JP 3-13, Information Operations

    Bottom line - when you have the ability to individualize the targets on-line behavior, habits, and schedule. You have an extraordinarily powerful tool that should be looked at as a weapons grade. We do not allow our enemies to have our tanks, jets, weapons, but we give them nearly unlimited access to our personal data.

    Personal information is powerful - behavior and habits are the vector for threats to access your life.

    Look at the attack on Congressmen Hawley’s home in DC. This is terror and it can be done to our families and to our children in very personal and intimate ways.


    We’re thrilled to be sponsored by IXL and Renaissance.


    IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you do the following and more:

    • Simplify and streamline technology
    • Save teachers’ time
    • Reliably meet Tier 1 standards
    • Improve student performance on state assessments

    🚀 Ready to see why leading districts trust IXL for their educational needs? Visit IXL.com/BE today to learn more about how IXL can elevate your school or district.

    Learn more about Renaissance:

    As a global leader in education technology operating in more than 110 countries, Renaissance is committed to providing educators with insights and resources to accelerate growth and help all students build a strong foundation for success. We believe that technology can unlock a more effective learning experience, ensure that students get the personalized teaching they need to thrive, and help educators and administrators to truly, fully, See Every Student. Learn more at renaissance.com.




    Ransomware Protection with Greg Edwards Cybertraps 74 Sep 09, 2021
    Show notes

    Greg Edwards is the CEO of CryptoStopper™, which provides ransomware protection by automatically detecting and stopping actively running ransomware attacks. The are the world’s first digital security product to offer 100% ransomware protection.

    • Ransomware is affecting so many people. How big of a problem is it really?
    • How can you guarantee to protect companies against ransomware?
    • What steps can every day people take to protect themselves.
    • Why is ransomware the number two threat to businesses today, behind the pandemic of course?
    • backupify - google drive

    We’re thrilled to be sponsored by IXL and Renaissance.


    IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you do the following and more:

    • Simplify and streamline technology
    • Save teachers’ time
    • Reliably meet Tier 1 standards
    • Improve student performance on state assessments

    🚀 Ready to see why leading districts trust IXL for their educational needs? Visit IXL.com/BE today to learn more about how IXL can elevate your school or district.

    Learn more about Renaissance:

    As a global leader in education technology operating in more than 110 countries, Renaissance is committed to providing educators with insights and resources to accelerate growth and help all students build a strong foundation for success. We believe that technology can unlock a more effective learning experience, ensure that students get the personalized teaching they need to thrive, and help educators and administrators to truly, fully, See Every Student. Learn more at renaissance.com.




    Crash and Tell with Heather Staker Cybertraps 73 Sep 05, 2021
    Show notes

    Heather is a researcher and author in the United States who has spent 15 years studying innovation in education and the rise of blended learning as the enabler of student-centered learning.

    She is the co-author of the Amazon bestseller Blended: Using Disruptive Innovation to Improve Schools, as well as The Blended Workbook

    As the founder of Ready to Blend, Heather leads a team of 150 facilitators in the United States, Middle East, and South America who have been certified to deliver blended-learning workshops to their teachers. Prior to this role, Heather was a senior research fellow for the Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation and a strategy consultant for McKinsey & Company.

    She holds a BA magna cum laude in government from Harvard University and an MBA with distinction from the Harvard Business School. She is the mother of five children and lives in Austin, Texas.

    • How student-centered learning matters.
    • We can’t just say go all in or go off and do wholly Waldorf method.
    • Heather on Transformative Principal episode 210 and 211
    • What is the purpose of school?
    • Having transparency on what kids were learning.
    • Stay away from simulteaching.
    • Opportunities: modalities of instruction that are out of the box.
    • Look for synchronous group discussion.
    • Collaborative experiences.
    • 1 on 1 check ins.
    • Constraints:
    • children are empowered when they use technology to go to any destination - field trip analogy.
    • Gate at the top, but also an ambulance at the bottom of the cliff.
    • Crash and tell.

    We’re thrilled to be sponsored by IXL and Renaissance.


    IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you do the following and more:

    • Simplify and streamline technology
    • Save teachers’ time
    • Reliably meet Tier 1 standards
    • Improve student performance on state assessments

    🚀 Ready to see why leading districts trust IXL for their educational needs? Visit IXL.com/BE today to learn more about how IXL can elevate your school or district.

    Learn more about Renaissance:

    As a global leader in education technology operating in more than 110 countries, Renaissance is committed to providing educators with insights and resources to accelerate growth and help all students build a strong foundation for success. We believe that technology can unlock a more effective learning experience, ensure that students get the personalized teaching they need to thrive, and help educators and administrators to truly, fully, See Every Student. Learn more at renaissance.com.




    WhatsApp Pussy Cat? Cybertraps Live 72 Aug 30, 2021
    Show notes

    WhatsApp Pussy Cat? Today Fred and Jethro talk all about WhatsApp, the background, how it’s used, and what to look out for.

    • What Is It?
      • WhatsApp Messenger
    • Who Built It?
      • Brian Acton and Jan Koum, former Yahoo! employees, wrote the first version in 2009
      • Facebook acquired WhatsApp in 2014 for $19 billion
    • Who Is Using It?
      • Lots and lots of people … Roughly 2 billion monthly users worldwide
      • WhatsApp has users in 109 countries
    • How Are People Using It?
      • Group chats (up to 256 people)
      • Broadcast feature (message to multiple people, reply just to sender)
      • Video Calls (w/ filters)
      • Text Messages
      • Share Videos, Photos, and Audio Messages
    • What Are the Risks Parents Should Consider?
      • No real enforcement of 16+ age rating
      • Potential contact from strangers (no verification of user identity)
      • Multiplatform service (kids can move from device to device)
      • Multiple tools to “hack” WhatsApp
      • Disappearing Messages (Status Feature)
      • Cyberbullying (particularly in group chats)
      • Grooming
      • Live Location
      • Access to Inappropriate Content – It only takes a few seconds to find links to public WhatsApp groups with
      • Hoaxes and Misinformation
        • Some limits on forwarding messages to groups
      • Malware (particularly on PCs and Macs)
      • Sharing of data between WhatsApp and Facebook
      • Multiple security breaches and software flaws
    • Anecdotes and Headlines
      • 2021–08–15 Did America just lose Afghanistan because of WhatsApp? https://prestonbyrne.com/2021/08/15/did-america-just-lose-afghanistan-because-of-whatsapp/
      • 2021–08–07 WhatsApp CEO calls out Apple over Child Safety tools announcement https://9to5mac.com/2021/08/07/whatsapp-ceo-calls-out-apple-over-child-safety-tools-announcement/
      • 2021–08–04 Warning issued to anybody who uses WhatsApp as loophole could see strangers access your messages https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/uk-news/whatsapp-urgent-warning-loophole-hackers–21220126
      • 2021–07–19 Biology teacher, 57, at £40,000-a-year boarding school is struck off after sending naked shower ‘selfie’ to an 18-year-old schoolgirl he told ‘aroused him’ over explicit WhatsApp texts https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article–9803385/Biology-teacher–57-struck-sending-naked-shower-selfie–18-year-old-schoolgirl.html
      • 2020–10–24 ‘She’s no longer hurting or afraid’: Devastated family say final farewell to girl, 12, who killed herself after being hounded with abuse on school laptop during lockdown by bullies who labelled her ‘lesbian emo freak’ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article–8874807/Northumberland-suicide-Loved-ones-say-goodbyes-cheeky–12-year-old-schoolgirl.html
      • 2018–12–20 WhatsApp has an encrypted child porn problem https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/20/whatsapp-pornography/
      • 2018–09–26 The problem with ‘dark social’ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/theworldpost/wp/2018/09/26/whatsapp/
      • 2018–07–19 WhatsApp introduces new limits on message forwarding in an effort to stop deadly lynchings in India https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article–5971935/India-issues-fresh-warning-WhatsApp-lynching-deaths.html
      • 2015–06–15 Sexting, webcams and naked Whatsapp contests: The secret online lives of children https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/11674931/Sexting-webcams-and-revenge-porn-Secret-online-lives-of-our-children.html
    • Resources
      • 2021–06–24 Is WhatsApp Safe? 5 Scams, Threats, and Security Risks to Know About https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/4-security-threats-whatsapp-users-need-know/
      • 2021–05–10 15 phone apps parents should be aware of: Are any of these on your child’s phone? https://www.starnewsonline.com/story/news/2021/05/10/pender-sheriffs-office-warns-parents-dangerous-phone-apps/4871525001/
      • 2020–11–16 Three most dangerous WhatsApp settings that could get you hacked, scammed or exposed https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/13211541/dangerous-whatsapp-settings-hacking/
      • 2020–03–07 Is WhatsApp Safe for Kids? Here’s What Parents Need to Know https://www.mcafee.com/blogs/consumer/family-safety/is-whatsapp-safe-for-kids-heres-what-parents-need-to-know/
      • n.d. WhatsApp https://www.net-aware.org.uk/networks/whatsapp/
      • n.d. WhatsApp: a guide for parents and carers https://parentinfo.org/article/whatsapp-a-guide-for-parents-and-carers
      • n.d. WhatsApp Messenger Common Sense Media https://www.commonsensemedia.org/app-reviews/whatsapp-messenger

    We’re thrilled to be sponsored by IXL and Renaissance.


    IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you do the following and more:

    • Simplify and streamline technology
    • Save teachers’ time
    • Reliably meet Tier 1 standards
    • Improve student performance on state assessments

    🚀 Ready to see why leading districts trust IXL for their educational needs? Visit


    How To Deal With Unwanted Pornography Use With Andrea Hainsworth Cybertraps 71 Aug 26, 2021
    Show notes

    In this episode we talk with Andrea Hainsworth about how to help family members who are struggling with unwanted pornography use.

    Andrea Hainsworth is an associate licensed mental health counselor in Spokane Washington. She is a graduate of Gonzaga university with a masters degree in marriage and family counseling. She is trained in emotionally focused therapy and owns a private practice which works primarily with couples, many of whom are dealing with unwanted pornography use and associated infidelity and other forms of acting out in their marriages. She also runs a support group for women who have been betrayed by their partner’s unwanted pornography use. Andrea is married and is the mother of 6 children. andreahainsworth.com

    • Daniel Siegel
    • The Power of Showing Up.

    We’re thrilled to be sponsored by IXL and Renaissance.


    IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you do the following and more:

    • Simplify and streamline technology
    • Save teachers’ time
    • Reliably meet Tier 1 standards
    • Improve student performance on state assessments

    🚀 Ready to see why leading districts trust IXL for their educational needs? Visit IXL.com/BE today to learn more about how IXL can elevate your school or district.

    Learn more about Renaissance:

    As a global leader in education technology operating in more than 110 countries, Renaissance is committed to providing educators with insights and resources to accelerate growth and help all students build a strong foundation for success. We believe that technology can unlock a more effective learning experience, ensure that students get the personalized teaching they need to thrive, and help educators and administrators to truly, fully, See Every Student. Learn more at renaissance.com.




    Should I Use That Free Technology? with Richard Byrne Cybertraps 070 Aug 23, 2021
    Show notes

    Richard Byrne is the President of Byrne Instructional Media, LLC. He is best known for developing the award-winning blogs Free Technology for Teachers and Practical Ed Tech. His work is focused on helping teachers use technology to improve their students’ learning experiences. He has been a high school social studies teacher and is currently a computer science teacher.

    Richard’s print work includes columns for School Library Journal, contributing author to What School Leaders Need to Know About Digital Technologies and Social Media, and articles for Teacher Librarian.

    • In this episode Richard, Fred and Jethro talk about how to decide if you should free technology in your classroom (and your life).
    • Invent to learn by Gary Stager
    • Empowering online learning
    • Scott McCleod - Dangerouslyirrelevant.org Harnessing technology for deeper learning

    We’re thrilled to be sponsored by IXL and Renaissance.


    IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you do the following and more:

    • Simplify and streamline technology
    • Save teachers’ time
    • Reliably meet Tier 1 standards
    • Improve student performance on state assessments

    🚀 Ready to see why leading districts trust IXL for their educational needs? Visit IXL.com/BE today to learn more about how IXL can elevate your school or district.

    Learn more about Renaissance:

    As a global leader in education technology operating in more than 110 countries, Renaissance is committed to providing educators with insights and resources to accelerate growth and help all students build a strong foundation for success. We believe that technology can unlock a more effective learning experience, ensure that students get the personalized teaching they need to thrive, and help educators and administrators to truly, fully, See Every Student. Learn more at renaissance.com.




    Senior Cyber with Scott Schober Cybertraps 69 Aug 19, 2021
    Show notes

    Scott Schober is the author of three best-selling security books: Senior Cyber, Hacked Again, and Cybersecurity is Everybody’s Business. He has dedicated himself to educating as many people as possible by telling his own stories of being hacked with the hope that others can learn from his mistakes. As a lifelong technology innovator and inventor, Scott began seeking ways to help seniors seamlessly adapt to our ever-technological world, based on his and his brother Craig’s experiences with their elderly parents and the myriad of questions from a growing elderly population. In Senior Cyber, Scott and Craig pick apart a multitude of cybersecurity scams that relate directly to the financial, socioeconomic, and health & well-being of all seniors by offering simple advice for all levels of cybersecurity experience for grandparents, grandchildren, and everyone in between. In addition to his writing prowess, Scott is a highly sought-after author and expert for live security events, media appearances, and commentary on the topics of ransomware, wireless threats, drone surveillance and hacking, cybersecurity for consumers, and small business. He is often seen on ABC News, Bloomberg TV, Al Jazeera America, CBS This Morning News, CNN, Fox Business, and many more networks.

    • Why are seniors and the elderly often targeted by cybercriminals and scammers, and what can they do to stay safe?
    • Don’t talk down to those who are elderly.
    • Phone scams.
    • Many think that a person needs to be technically savvy or spend a lot of money to improve their security.
    • Skimmers at a gas station.
    • What are some best practices we can all take with our credit and debit cards at the gas pump or ATM?
    • Family dynamics and senior independence.
    • Start the conversations earlier.

    We’re thrilled to be sponsored by IXL and Renaissance.


    IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you do the following and more:

    • Simplify and streamline technology
    • Save teachers’ time
    • Reliably meet Tier 1 standards
    • Improve student performance on state assessments

    🚀 Ready to see why leading districts trust IXL for their educational needs? Visit IXL.com/BE today to learn more about how IXL can elevate your school or district.

    Learn more about Renaissance:

    As a global leader in education technology operating in more than 110 countries, Renaissance is committed to providing educators with insights and resources to accelerate growth and help all students build a strong foundation for success. We believe that technology can unlock a more effective learning experience, ensure that students get the personalized teaching they need to thrive, and help educators and administrators to truly, fully, See Every Student. Learn more at renaissance.com.




    TikTok Deep Dive Cybertraps Live 068 Aug 16, 2021
    Show notes

    In this episode we will do a deep dive about TikTok and give parents ideas and suggestions for how to manage TikTok at home.

    • What Is TikTok?

      • A free social network service that focuses on the sharing of short videos (15 seconds to 3 minutes) with background music
      • It is available on iOS and Android
      • It was originally launched in 2017 but did not really take off until it merged with another Chinese social media service called Musical.ly
      • Interesting question: Is TikTok the new Facebook?
    • Who Built It?

      • TikTok is the global version of a Chinese app called Douyin.

      • Both apps were developed and are owned by a Chinese company called ByteDance

      • Douyin has a number of features not available outside of China yet, including e-commerce, in-video search (using facial recognition), etc. Expectation is that those will come to TikTok soon.

        • Will propaganda follow?
      • Trump attempted to ban the app, but Biden reversed his executive order

      • ByteDance reported earnings of over $34 billion in 2020

      • Company is testing a Stories feature that will cause videos to disappear in 24 hours

    • Who Is Using It?

      • As of October 2020, TikTok had over 2 billion mobile downloads
      • In its Terms of Service, TikTok says that use of its app is restricted to people age 13 and older
      • However, a NY Times article in August 14, 2020 reported that "TikTok classified more than a third of its 49 million daily users in the United States as being 14 years old or younger ..." ( https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/14/technology/tiktok-underage-users-ftc.html )
      • Underage use without specific parental consent violates the Child Online Privacy Protection Act
      • In 2018, Musical.ly paid the Federal Trade Commission a fine of $5.7 million for violating COPPA
      • In the UK, an estimated 44% of children ages 8-12 use the app
    • How Are People Using It?

      • Production of amusing / goofy videos
      • Education
      • Influencing
      • By following specific users
      • Searching hashtags
    • Anecdotes

      • Woman writes nice comment on a TikTok user's video; they wind up dating (TikTok as dating app??)
      • Mother shares TikTok vidoes of her dancing with her 3-year-old daughter just 3 weeks before beating her to death ( https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9882635/Evil-mothers-chilling-TikTok-videos-three-year-old-girl-just-weeks-killed-her.html )
      • English police officer reprimanded for posting topless videos of himself and making sexualized jokes ( https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9132751/Police-officer-scolded-topless-TikTok-videos-singing-making-crude-sexualised-jokes.html )
    • What Are Some of the Risks That Parents Should Consider?

      • Privacy

        • TikTok asks for a user's age during the registration process but it is easy for kids to lie

        • TikTok also says that it uses software tools to estimate a user's age, including:

          • Facial recognition
          • Comparing the user's social media network and activity with other people whose age has been estimated
          • Buying information from other sources (presumably linked through user ID or mobile ID)
          • Company statement: “As is standard practice across our industry,” the company conducts “high-level age-modeling to better understand our users and allow our safety team to better protect the safety of our younger teens in particular.”
        • In April 2021, the UK and the EU sued TikTok for billions for allegedly violating child privacy ( https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-56815480 )

          • The suit alleges that "TikTok takes children's personal information, including phone numbers, videos, exact location and biometric data, without sufficient warning, transparency or the necessary consent required by law, and without children or parents knowing what is being done with that information."
          • TikTok denies the claim
      • Unsupervised purchases

        • Users can earn "TikTok Rewards" that can be redeemed for coupons for real-world brands
      • Inappropriate Content

        • As a music-based app, TikTok content often contains lyrics that you may consider age-inappropriate

        • Dance moves and clothing choices may also be disturbing

        • Many children are watching TikTok videos for sexual education ( https://www.thelily.com/teens-dont-always-get-sex-ed-at-school-tiktokers-are-stepping-in/ )

          • The hashtag #sexualhealth has over 250 million views (as of July 2021)
      • Risky Challenges

        • Body Image, Self Image, and Suicidal Ideation

          • Eating frozen honey or other frozen liquids (including flavored corn syrup, bubble tea, and sriracha) ( https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/08/us/frozen-honey-challenge-tiktok.html )

            • Risk of insulin spike, followed by dramatic drop in blood sugar
          • TikTok Blackout Challenge -- Italian 10-year-old tried to cause herself to pass out for a few seconds but ended up strangling herself ( https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9176189/Girl-ten-accidentally-kills-trying-TikTok-Blackout-Challenge.html )

          • Mother alleges TikTok caused suicidal thoughts in her 15-year-old ( https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9150617/Mother-blames-TikTok-videos-giving-son-15-suicidal-thoughts.html )

      • Misinformation / Disinformation

        • Anyone can set up an account
        • TikTok does have community guidelines but enforcement is a challenge (as with every social media network)
        • Increased need for media literacy among children
      • Radicalization

        • Parents discovered video of a beheading spliced into a girl's dance video ( https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9669245/TikTok-apologizes-beheading-clip-tricks-AI-server-posing-dance-video-goes-viral.html )

          • Video was checked when it was uploaded but not when it was subsequently edited
    • Suggestions for Parents

      • Explain to your child that he or she can't use the app until he or she is 13
      • Follow your child in the app and monitor activity
      • Discuss potential risks and encourage questions
      • For children ages 13-15, TikTok automatically sets accounts to private and they should stay that way (limits comments to friends, another aspect of the app parents ...

    Cheerleader's Free Speech and Apple's CSAM Cybertraps Live 66 Aug 16, 2021
    Show notes

    In this podcast we are talking about the Supreme Court decision this fall regarding Mahanoy Valley v BL and Apple's new policy on cryptographically scanning files for CSAM content. SCOTUS Decision

    Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L. (Brandi Levy)

    • SCOTUSblog

    • Language warning

    • Majority [8-1] opinion written by Justice Breyer

    • Facts

      • Levy tried out for varsity cheerleading but was offered a spot on the jv squad

      • Levy was unhappy with the decision. The following weekend, while visiting a Cocoa Hut, she shared two snaps on her Snapchat "story" (24 hour availability)

        • The first was a selfie showing Levy and a friend holding up their middle fingers with a caption reading "Fuck school fuck softball fuck cheer fuck everything." [SCOTUS quotes actual content -- similar to Pacifica]
        • The second just showed a caption that read "“Love how me and [another student] get told we need a year of jv before we make varsity but tha[t] doesn’t matter to anyone else?" The message was followed by an emoji with an upside-down smile.
      • Levy's list of Snapchat "friends" [SCOTUS uses quotes, interestingly] included some other cheerleaders. At least one used another cellphone to take pictures of Levy's posts so that she could share them with other cheerleaders and adults.

      • Cheerleading coaches testified that team members were "visibly upset" and that the posts sparked discussion in a coach's Algebra class.

      • Following consultation with the school principal, the coaches concluded that Levy's use of profanity in her snaps was a violation of team and school rules. They suspended Levy for the coming school year.

      • Levy apologized but it made no difference. "The school’s athletic director, principal, superintendent, and school board, all affirmed B. L.’s suspension from the team. In response, B. L., together with her parents, filed this lawsuit in Federal District Court."

      • After losing at the trial court and appellate level, the school district filed a writ of certiorari and SCOTUS granted the petition.

      • The precise question: “[w]hether [Tinker], which holds that public school officials may regulate speech that would materially and substantially disrupt the work and discipline of the school, applies to student speech that occurs off campus.”

        • Tinker: students wore black arm bands to protest the Vietnam war and were disciplined. SCOTUS ruled in students' favor but held that "schools have a special interest in regulating on-campus student speech that 'materially disrupts classwork or involves substantial disorder or invasion of the rights of other.'"
    • SCOTUS Analysis

      • Tinker held that students do not lose their rights of freedom of speech or expression "at the school house gate"

      • Hazelwood, however, provides that "special characteristics of school environment" must be considered, including status of school "in loco parentis"

      • Schools may regulate student speech that falls into three categories

        • (1) “indecent,” “lewd,” or “vulgar” speech uttered during a school assembly on school grounds
        • (2) speech, uttered during a class trip, that promotes “illegal drug use" (Morse v. Frederick, "Bong Hits 4 Jesus"
        • (3) speech that others may reasonably perceive as “bear[ing] the imprimatur of the school,” such as that appearing in a school-sponsored newspaper
        • NOTE -- I have some experience in this, as I helped publish an underground newspaper my sophomore year of high school called "The Bullblp"**
      • Tinker also recognized the special interest schools have in regulating speech that "“materially disrupts classwork or involves substantial disorder or invasion of the rights of others"

      • SCOTUS disagrees with Third Circuit as to whether schools lose their additional license to regulate speech simply because it occurs off-campus. Possible examples:

        • "serious or severe bullying or harassment targeting particular individuals; threats aimed at teachers or other students; the failure to follow rules concerning lessons, the writing of papers, the use of computers, or participation in other online school activities; and breaches of school security devices, including material maintained within school computers."

        • Student herself suggested instances in which on/off-campus distinction would not apply:

          • all times when the school is responsible for the student; the school’s immediate surroundings; travel en route to and from the school; all speech taking place over school laptops or on a school’s website; speech taking place during remote learning; activities taken for school credit; and communications to school email accounts or phones."
          • Those examples might arguably include extracurricular activities, like cheerleading
      • SCOTUS largely punts. Reluctant to detail a specific list of exceptions to the Third Circuit's rule.

      • "Particularly given the advent of computer-based learning, we hesitate to determine precisely which of many school-related off-campus activities belong on such a list. Neither do we now know how such a list might vary, depending upon a student’s age, the nature of the school’s offcampus activity, or the impact upon the school itself."

      • "Thus, we do not now set forth a broad, highly general First Amendment rule stating just what counts as “off campus” speech and whether or how ordinary First Amendment standards must give way off campus to a school’s special need to prevent, e.g., substantial disruption of learning-related activities or the protection of those who make up a school community."

      • Three guidelines:

        • It is rare for a school to stand "in loco parentis" with respect to off-campus speech. Such speech normally falls within the responsibility of the parents
        • Routine regulation of off-campus speech by schools would effectively eliminate free speech for students, which is overly broad. This is particularly true with respect to off-campus speech dealing with core 1st Amendment concepts like politics or religion. Schools will face a heavy burden justifying intervention.
        • Schools, "as nurseries of democracy," have a positive interest in protect unpopular expression by students.
      • "Taken together, these three features of much off-campus speech mean that the leeway the First Amendment grants to schools in light of their special characteristics is diminished."

      • Apply those general principles to the speech by Levy, SCOTUS held:

        • Her speech, while vulgar, did not have any characteristics which would strip it of 1st Amendment protection -- not fighting words, not a threat, etc.
        • The speech was completely off-campus, did not reference any specific individuals or the school, used private equipment, and was intended for a personal audience.
        • While school has a general interest in teaching good manners, school was not standing "in loco parentis" at the time of Levy's speech, and no delegation by Levy's parents to do so in this instance
        • No evidence of "substantial disruption" resulting from Levy's comments. Desire on the part of the school "to avoid the discomfort and unpleasantness that always accompany an unpopular conversation" is not sufficient grounds.
        • Mere apprehension of bad effects of speech does not justify its restriction
    • Reaction / Overviews

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