Insurer Chubb Limited has announced that it will be adding cyber bullying to its homeowners insurance policies. These policies will cover several costs, including those associated with mental health treatment, legal expenses, and lost wages. For many, cyber bullying is a very real issue that can cause significant trauma.
'Snapchat' - it sounds so harmless. Those two syllables denote a world of cute mouse ears, rainbow symbols and facial distortion filters that burst onto our smartphones as messages for a matter of seconds, before disappearing forever. The app now seems to be as common among 50-somethings as millennials (judging from my friends’ parents who have just discovered the #LOL filters).
The only time we hear a negative report of the app, is when it's used by teens to sext. That’s when alarm bells start ringing - mainly for parents and teachers, often at a loss to know how to stop kids exploring their sexuality on social media.
We were recently contacted by one of our member schools, St Thomas More RC Primary in Middlesbrough. They asked us to help develop their "Safety Sheriff" sketch, drawn by one of their young students, into a full digital character to share online, and paper too.
With one in seven people around the world using the Facebook-owned messaging app, what opportunities does it present for reporters in terms of finding stories, as well as distributing them?
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