Cyber Safety Cop Articles

Criminologist and cyberbullying expert Justin Pachin says zero tolerance policies often don’t work. He cites the recent case in the U.S. of a boy who bit into a Pop-Tart in

There is no one single method in which online predators work. But there are several methods that can have been identified as how online predators locate their victims and get

In the wake of cases like Rebecca Sedwick, a 12-year-old in Florida who committed suicide after being maliciously bullied on Facebook, parents are now seeking judicial remedy in civil courts.

The 2013 Cassandra Report, released by  the Intelligence Group, a consumer insight and research company, found that 55% of post-millennial respondents said they don’t like things that last forever online,

New research shows that Generation Z favors anonymous or self-destructing social media over  more permanent and identifiable identities on Facebook or Twitter, and they’re voting with their feet; some studies

Last night, I spoke to Parents at a local Elementary school. One of the parents asked an important question: She told us about a time when her middle schooler confided

Last week, I spoke to more than 1700 students at a local high school about cyberbullying and social media. How can we make a difference? Don’t be a bystander. Be

Here are four things many parents don’t know: Most parents of victims have no idea it’s happening. Cyberbullying happens in a sort of parallel communication universe, one that most parents

The Health Department found that 18 percent of students said they’ve been bullied at school or over the Internet. There is little difference between the numbers of boys and girls

New York City Health Department is taking a hard look at the consequences of bullying. What happens to kids who are bullied once the bullying stops? The new study shows

New research in the UK has shown that being exposed to bullying during childhood will lead to an increased risk of psychotic experiences in adulthood, regardless of whether they are

What are the long term affects of being bullied? New York Health Care Agency is studying victims of bullying.

Last month’s arrest of two Florida girls whose relentless cyberbullying drove twelve-year-old Rebecca Sedwick to suicide has, for many parents, refreshed anxiety.It also points to some glaring blind spots many