The Cyberbullying Symposium Recording

Eisenberg & Baum hosted The Cyberbullying Symposium on Wednesday, May 12th, moderated by Partner Juyoun Han, Esq. Watch the full event by clicking the image below (CC available):

Learn more about the class action lawsuit against Snapchat, YOLO, & LMK (anonymous apps):

• Case Description: Eisenberg & Baum LLP –  Class Action Lawsuit, Bride et al. v. Snap et al.
• LA Times article:

 

If you experienced similar harm from apps sold by the defendants or by other computer apps, social media platforms, and more, you can write to attorney Juyoun Han at jhan@eandblaw.com (moderator of event).

 

Follow up with presenters and panel experts:

• Kristin Bride: Please contact through attorney Juyoun Han (jhan@eandblaw.com)
• Jane Clementi, Tyler Clementi Foundation:
• Dr. Sameer Hinduja, Cyberbullying Research Center:
• Dr. Charalampos Chelmis, University of Albany:
• Dr. Sarah T. Roberts, UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry:

 

Organizations & Resources referenced in the chat

There were many excellent contributions in the “chat” made by both panelists and attendees:

• Cyberbullying Research Center, Dr. Sameer Hinduja’s organization:
  • https://cyberbullying.org/resources/parents – my favorite resources, all free, all PDFs – all research-informed
  • https://cyberbullying.org/social-media-and-tech-misuse-scenarios – the 23 scenarios we’ve written to allow you to have conversations with your child and give them an “action plan” as to what to do if they or a friend is targeted.
  • https://cyberbullying.org/questions-parents-should-ask-their-children-about-technology – my list of questions you can ask your child/teen.
• Tyler Clementi Foundation: https://tylerclementi.org/pledge/
• Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood https://commercialfreechildhood.org/campaigns/
• LiveMore ScreenLess  https://www.livemorescreenless.org
• David’s Legacy Foundation: DavidsLegacy.org If you live in Texas we would love to connect and work with you as we expand our mission: tbruno@davidslegacy.org
• LookUp.Live and Headstream: youth-focused organizations working on empowering youth to create solutions
• Kids Before Screens: kidsbeforescreens.net Online safety tips
• Healthy Screen Habits: Petition against Under 13 Instagram: @healthyscreenhabits. https://ccfc.salsalabs.org/noinstagramforkids
• Rethink Words: http://www.rethinkwords.com/
• SoulShoppe.org works with grade schools to educate students on how to be an upstander, an ally, and recognize that people doing bullying have “a full balloon”
• Gabb Wireless is great for kids-looks like a smartphone and allows calls, texts. take photos, etc. but no apps or internet
• Gryphon and OpenDNS (free) are helpful for parent controls, and the “Gryphon” router combined with Gryphon home bound for mobile device as a great hardware/software options
• Childhood 2.0: https://www.childhood2movie.com/ Bark is great, and they have produced a wonderful documentary called Childhood 2.0, available on YouTube.
• Sameer Hinduja: If you google “Transparency Report” and the name of an app – if they have such a report, it will turn up (and more companies are releasing this) – those reports give you numbers related to problematic content, manual takedowns, automatic (algorithmic-based) takedowns, etc. (Caveat From Sarah T. Roberts (UCLA//C2i2): Firms’ transparency reports are self-reported.)

 

Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) video:

LAST BUT NOT LEAST: A video contribution from Rep. Josh Gottheimer, which could not be played at the symposium due to technical difficulties.

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