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Meta-funded program teaches tweens about online exploitation

Mashable Tech

Victims of such exploitation often believe they are messaging with another teen and eventually share a graphic or explicit image of themselves. In October 2024, the Meta social media platform Instagram launched its own campaign against sextortion, along with tools to help teen victims.

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Kodland, which teaches kids digital skills, grabs $9M to scale its online coding school

TechCrunch

The courses focus on group- and project-based learning, teaching kids digital skills including coding, website building, games creation, animation and video editing in a way that’s structured to be more fun and interactive than traditional classroom-based lessons. It notes its platform does also offer one-to-one teaching.

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Empowering young women in philanthropy to create lasting change

Candid

We must teach them the bigger picture of global issues and prepare them to use their future thought leadership and resources to participate in global change making. In a generation very well-documented to be suffering with anxiety, Half the Story is at the leading edge of the digital well-being movement for teens.

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TechSoup Global: Springing into Action

Tech Soup

TechSoup Global has had a busy year so far with new ventures, exciting contests, and global recognition. That's why TechSoup Global, NetSquared and Microsoft teamed up to launch the Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Contest last November. Our global partners are also taking part in digital storytelling.

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12 companies with online solutions for big offline problems

The Next Web

Lane Sutton , Social Media from a Teen. Skillshare makes it easy to find or teach classes that are of interest to you in your local area. Technology for Global Good. Boloco had a customer who got a $65 parking ticket while getting a free burrito. He tweeted about it and Boloco paid the ticket! Skillshare Fills a Gap.

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Tunisian edtech startup GOMYCODE raises $8M to expand across Africa and the Middle East

TechCrunch

Yahya Bouhlel started coding in his early teens. While there are various jobs in every facet of life, tech jobs are currently in high demand in the global economy these days. Bouhlel says the company has local teachers in every country — over 500 in number — and they teach students in over 12 languages.

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Breaking the Cycle & Starting the Mental Health Conversation

Saleforce Nonprofit

Thanks to global entertainers like Lady Gaga and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, and world-class athletes like Kevin Love and Simone Biles, there’s already a shift toward candid public conversations, making mental health far less stigmatized than ever. Less than half of all Americans with a mental disorder actually get the treatment they need.