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Before Google Was Blamed for the Suicide of a Teen Chatbot User, Its Researchers Published a Paper Warning of Those Exact Dangers

Futurism

I t's a platform where millions of monthly users the company has declined to say how many are children and teens, but it's clearly a dominant portion of its audience engage in immersive conversations with AI chatbots designed to act like real-life celebrities, beloved fandom characters, and original personas. is striking. Character.AI

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Instagram has a new program for school officials to report bullying

Engadget

This time, however, Meta is enlisting school officials directly in an effort to speed up its response to safety issues affecting young teens. The app introduced comment limiting features in 2021 , and added a tougher " restrict " feature last year. Instagram is adding another tool to its arsenal of anti-bullying measures.

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German teens went crazy for this ‘compliments’ app, and now VCs are backing its next phase

TechCrunch

Equally, teens are going through a stage in life where almost every social interaction seems to carry portent of some kind of other. This would explain in part why apps like SendIt, NGL, and Nocapp (some are Snapchat connected tools) took off as ways for teens to anonymously comment on each other. Just ask Snapchat.

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The Science of Nonprofit Video Engagement: How To Use Emotion to Increase Social Sharing

Nonprofit Tech for Good

What would compel you to like or comment on that video? If your video connects powerfully with your supporters they’ll like, comment on and share the video with their friends. High video engagement should be your goal because social media algorithms prioritize content that get lots of reactions, comments and shares.

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50 Nonprofits Every U.S. Politican Should Follow on Twitter

Nonprofit Tech for Good

National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy :: @ TheNC. If there is a nonprofit that you would like to add, please do so in a comment below (political rants not necessary, thank you). Humane Society of the United States :: @ HumaneSociety. Junior Achievement :: @ JA_USA. Maplight :: @ MapLight. Finally, with more than 1.5

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Kids and Kickstarter: The Rise of PhilanthroKids and Kid Crowdfunding!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Charlotte, A Young Teen, Helping To Save Horse Farm Through A Kick Starter Campaign. GivingTuesday is ramping up for its 2014 campaign and it looks like children and teens will be a part of the movement. She is making barrettes, selling them , and donating the proceeds to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Look out world!

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Teen Blogging Project Examples Sought

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We are looking for examples of youth blogging projects, i.e., cases where the organization encouraged, supported, and/or facilitated the teens in blogging (presumably as part of the organization's mission and goals, e.g., to help youth learn leadership skills, literacy skills, build community, etc.). I thought I'd start with you.

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