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Teen banking service Step raises $50M, adds TikTok star Charli D’Amelio to investor list

TechCrunch

Step , a mobile banking service aimed at teens , announced this morning it has raised $50 million in Series B funding after growing to over 500,000 users only two months after its official launch. The round was led by Coatue, with returning investors from Stripe, Crosslink Capital, Collaborative Fund and Will Smith’s Dreamers VC.

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Empowering young women in philanthropy to create lasting change

Candid

The report suggests that women, collaborative in nature, are motivated to move capital as a team. We must engage our children during their formative yearsideally starting in elementary school, while their worldview and brains are being developedand before resources get passed down. What is our purpose? How can we contribute?

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NCMEC unveils tool to help minors fight online spread of explicit images

TechSpot

The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) announced this week that it's collaborating with a few online platforms on a tool to help teens and others stop their intimate pictures from being shared. The measure intends to take a more preventative approach versus typical reporting systems. Read Entire Article

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Forget the piggy bank, Till Financial’s kids’ spend management app gets Gates’ backing

TechCrunch

Today’s children and teens want more power and control over their spending. Till Financial describes itself as a collaborative family financial tool that aims to empower kids to become smarter spenders. And it has just raised $5 million to help it advance on that goal. It was just me handing over cash or a card.”.

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Mental Health Awareness Month: 10 Nonprofits Advocating For Change

Kindful

Mission: Robbie’s Hope is an uprising of teens to help other teens. Their goal is to cut teen suicide rates in half by 2028. The Speedy Foundation raises funds for, and collaborates with, other advocacy groups to achieve their mission. Learn more about Porter’s Call. Robbie’s Hope. Conversate.

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Apple’s controversial new child protection features, explained

The Verge

The final new feature scans iCloud Photos images to find child sexual abuse material, or CSAM, and reports it to Apple moderators — who can pass it on to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, or NCMEC. Apple is introducing a Messages feature that’s meant to protect children from inappropriate images.

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Guest Post by Nina Simon -- Self-Expression is Overrated: Better Constraints Make Better Participatory Experiences

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

You get to contribute to a collaborative project that produces something beautiful. This experience is shared by folks who contribute data to Citizen Science projects , nominate concepts for MN150 , or perform research on the children of the Lodz ghetto. But the teens heard, “Do whatever you want—we don’t really care what it is.”