The Verge

MARCH 23, 2022

In recent weeks, the Lapsus$ hacking group has taken credit for accessing company data from Nvidia , Samsung , Ubisoft , Okta , and even Microsoft , and according to a new Bloomberg report , an England-based teenager might be the person heading up the operation. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2021

SparkRx is a self-guided therapy program for teens run entirely on a phone. . SparkRx, which is designed to help teens manage depression, is the company’s first product to be clinically evaluated. The app encourages teens to take note of their feelings, and schedule activities that leave them feeling better. .

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TechImpact

AUGUST 26, 2014

And what’s this I hear about teens leaving Facebook for other social networks, is this true? to start engaging with their audience and growing its group of ardent followers. 76% of Tumblr and 74% of Instagram users are teens. But what social platform are they on the most? How do they use one platform over another?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2023

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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TechCrunch

AUGUST 21, 2023

Pinterest today introduced a series of new safety features aimed at better protecting teens using its service. The features — which include things like private profiles, more control over followers and message safety controls — are similar to those introduced on other popular social media platforms with teens, like Instagram.

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TechSpot

APRIL 1, 2022

Detective Inspector Michael O'Sullivan of the City of London Police said a 16-year-old and 17-year-old have each been charged with three counts of unauthorized access to a computer with intent to impair the reliability of data, one count of unauthorized access to a computer with the intent to hinder access.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Promotion is critical if youre looking for ways to secure teen volunteers. Collaborate with local schools, student organizations, and youth groups to spread the word. Group teen volunteers together so they can socialize in their circles.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 13, 2022

The most read story this week is on a Pew study that suggests this generation of teens has largely abandoned the platform in favor of Instagram/YouTube/TikTok/etc.; whereas in 2014 around 71% of teens used Facebook, the study says in 2022 that number has dropped down to 32%. other stuff.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 25, 2021

They predicted that, if “increasingly fewer teens are choosing Facebook as they grow older,” the company would face a more “severe” decline in young users than it already projected. And while Instagram remains incredibly popular with teens, Facebook’s own data shows that they are starting to engage with the app less. Declining numbers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 5, 2011

They were on Myspace and organizing via Facebook Groups years before corporate brands, higher education, and broadcast and print media. That said, the community on Daily Booth has a lot of active teens. If your nonprofit works with teens and young people, this is a mobile photo-sharing community that you should definitely explore.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2021

As part of the retail giant’s self-proclaimed mission to better address underrepresentation and technology inequities, the company announced today that it is investing up to $10 million in Brown Venture Group. Black and Latin communities were the recipients of just 2.6% of total funding in 2020 , according to Crunchbase data. .

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The Verge

JULY 15, 2021

A facial recognition algorithm used by a local roller skating rink in Detroit wouldn’t let teen Lamya Robinson onto the premises, and accused her of previously getting into a fight at the establishment. The group reiterated its position today after the report of Lamya Robinson’s experience getting kicked out of the skating rink.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 4, 2009

FreshBrain is focused on an important problem - filling the gap in the education that our teens receive, specifically in the area of 21st Century Skills. Their website, freshBrain.org , provides a social networking based platform where teens can innovate, create and share using a variety of technologies.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

Crisis Group :: @ CrisisGroup. National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy :: @ TheNC. Coalition for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans :: @ CIAV. Coalition to Stop Gun Violence :: @ CSGV. Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children (CASA) :: @NationalCASA. DoSomething.org :: @ DoSomething. Junior Achievement :: @ JA_USA.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The up-and-coming social app BeReal continues to vie for users’ attention with more and more bells and whistles. Next week, BeReal is rolling out two major new features: Behind the Scenes and RealGroups.

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Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

SEE ALSO: Why teens are telling strangers their secrets online In fact, of the 970 people between ages of 13 and 28 surveyed for the Made of Millions report, 431 of them were in some phase of what the researchers described as a mental health "journey." Chatterjee is a volunteer advocate for International OCD Foundation.)

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2023

To test this theory, the company has now launched its Ghost messaging app that allows users to share an anonymous message in a group chat with friends in order to flirt, joke or ask questions without revealing their identity. This way, the app knows who has access to a given group chat, but Ghost — the company itself — does not.

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TechSpot

MARCH 4, 2022

Attorneys general from eight states, including Massachusetts, California, Florida, and Kentucky, are investigating TikTok to find out if its design and the way it is promoted can have a negative effect on the wellbeing of children, teens, and young adults.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

In a new report, a social media watchdog group details how steroid content is exploding in some TikTok communities, promoting potentially dangerous and often illegal substances while propagating unattainable body image ideals to boys and young men.

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Engadget

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Child online safety has been the issue du jour since the Children and Teen's Online Privacy Protection Act ( COPPA ) and Kids Online Safety Act ( KOSA ) started making their way through Congress, even though both failed to pass in the House.

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TechSpot

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Facebook, plagued by more controversy than usual recently, has found itself knee-deep in another problem following reports that it misled investors over declining teen and young adult user numbers. Both groups are spending less time on the social network, the number of signups is falling, and people are joining at.

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The Verge

MARCH 28, 2022

A prolific hacking group run by teens The Lapsus$ hacking group first made headlines when it waged a ransomware attack against the Brazilian Ministry of Health in December 2021, compromising the COVID-19 vaccination data of millions within the country. Here are all the latest updates on the Lapsus$ group.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2024

A group of family members related to children and teens who overdosed on fentanyl sued Snapchat maker Snap last year, accusing the social media company of facilitating illicit drug deals involving fentanyl, a […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Teens As Free Agents. One of things immediately struck me – the crowd was filled with younger people – teens, college students, and millennials who want to use the technology and do social change on their own terms. Now, I can’t wait for my international projects in 2013! ” Philantroteens.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 5, 2020

Watch what this group of teens did for their community. For example: We’re furious at Politician X for engaging in this behavior. Join us in telling him this is unacceptable! Want to feel pride and joy in humanity? You’ll be outraged when you see how people are treating this endangered species. We have to stop this!

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 31, 2013

Jeremy Goldman is the founder of Firebrand Group and the author of the book GoingSocial. Part of my job as a digital and social media strategist is following expert predictions, in order to better help my clients at Firebrand Group innovate. I’m so sick of seeing that Facebook is doomed because teens don’t think it is cool anymore.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The comment, made on a call with investors this afternoon, speaks to Facebooks’ concerns about declining usage among teens and young adults. “So The documents also show ideas Facebook considered to increase usage among younger users, including revamped groups, job finding tools, and “mood feeds.”.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

While Snapchat popularized ephemeral messaging among US teens with Stories and its DM design, Facebook has since adopted many of its rival’s features and implemented them throughout Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp for users of all age groups around the world. Facebook is using ephemeral messaging to attract younger smartphone users.

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The Verge

MARCH 30, 2022

As Krebs notes, the majority of bad actors carrying out these fake requests are actually teenagers — and according to Bloomberg , cybersecurity researchers believe the teen mastermind behind the Lapsus$ hacking group could be involved in conducting this type of scam.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2022

In addition, Instagram now has a restrictive content default for new users under 16 and a prompt for existing teens, Sarah writes. Seems a lot easier than some of the other ways, including copying the post link, going over to another app, pasting it into there and then posting, amirite?

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 16, 2011

A passion of mine for the last 13 years has been working with high school teens through my church youth group. I loved my job and felt so fed by the work I did and the teens I encountered — which made my next step feel more like a step backward rather than a step forward. Sarah Hipolito , Program Coordinator, Senior.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

That’s concerning, because researchers know social media platforms can be harmful , especially to the health of some groups of teens and adolescents. They’re also worried about what happens to users when videos sharing personal, sensitive stories go viral, and if the platform has similar impacts on teen mental health as Instagram.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Mental illness doesn’t work like measles Reports of teens developing tic-like behaviors after watching TikTok videos highlight something most of us don’t consider about mental health: symptoms can be social. But the two groups of veterans often exhibited wildly different symptoms. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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The Verge

MARCH 18, 2021

Its Community Product Group will focus on privacy and safety issues “to ensure the safest possible experience for teens,” Shah wrote in the post. Then in 2019, a bug in Messenger Kids allowed children to join groups with strangers, leaving thousands of kids in chats with unauthorized users.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 15, 2020

It also says its licensing deals cover tracks from Warner Music Group, Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, BMG Music Publishing, and others. They can also tap the “Play This Song” link to listen to the full song on other streaming platforms, including Spotify, Apple Music, and SoundCloud.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

A spate of startups focused on mental health recently made enough noise as a group that they caught the eye of the Equity podcast crew. million in new capital to “grow its remote therapy service for teens and young adults,” per GeekWire. million to help with college-age mental health issues and Joon Care announced $3.5

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2015

After managing four LinkedIn Groups for almost seven years, I made the decision to keep the largest group, delete two of the smaller groups (with a great sense of relief), and I’m in the process of handling over the fourth group to another nonprofit technologist. 4 Signs Your Nonprofit Should.

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