What is Catfishing and Why It's Dangerous

What is Catfishing and Why It’s Dangerous

Catfishing can result in disappointment and broken hearts, but -- as in the case in Riverside -- it can also end in tragedy ...
Tech Checklist to Prepare for Disasters and Power Failures

Tech Checklist to Prepare for Disasters and Power Failures

Ask Trish: Telling a Parent You're Being Cyberbullied

Ask Trish: Telling a Parent You’re Being Cyberbullied

Ask Trish: All About Filters

Ask Trish: All About Filters

Ask Trish: Follow Requests

Ask Trish: Follow Requests

I get follow requests from ppl I don’t know, or ppl at my school that I haven’t really talked to and I never know whether I should accept or not ...
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Ask Trish: Sextortion Facts

Ask Trish: Sextortion Facts

Me last week, reading some recently published articles about sextortion, and thinking to myself: “This issue is too important not to discuss with youth, too. They deserve the facts!” ...
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Parent's Guide to Teen Sextortion Scams

Parent’s Guide to Teen Sextortion Scams

The FBI has reported a “huge increase” in sextortion scams targeting teens, especially boys 14 to 17. Here's what you need to know to protect yourself or your teen, and ...
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Ask Trish: Spoken Cyberbullying

Ask Trish: Spoken Cyberbullying

Someone on Google Hangouts said a bunch of mean things to me. I was so hurt. What do I do when someone actually says mean things online? ...
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Ask Trish: Navigating Tech Post-Roe

Ask Trish: Navigating Tech Post-Roe

Me – and so many other women – thinking to myself after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision: “Is tech safe anymore?” ...
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Is There a Relationship Between Tech Use and Gun Violence?

Is There a Relationship Between Tech Use and Gun Violence?

It was bullets, not bytes — that took the lives of 10 people in Buffalo and 21 people, including 19 elementary school students, in Uvalde, Texas. Still, some are blaming ...
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Ask Trish: My Debut Book, ReThink the Internet

Ask Trish: My Debut Book, ReThink the Internet

My debut book, ReThink the Internet, the world’s first-ever by-youth, for-youth guide to safely navigating the digital world, is coming out at the end of this month, on May 31st ...
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Digital Wellness is Emotional Wellness

Digital Wellness is Emotional Wellness

Emotional wellness is an area our society is, thankfully, working to build awareness and progress. In schools it is often called “SEL” or social emotional learning and it is sometimes ...
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Ask Trish: Stressing About Social Media

Ask Trish: Stressing About Social Media

I’m always so stressed about social media, like who’s viewing my stories, how my pictures look, and if I “measure up” to everyone else. How do I let go? ...
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