{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Cybertraps Podcast","title":"School Districts Struggling to Cope with Rise of Social Media Threats Cybertraps 96","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1854,"description":"New substack: subscribe here. https://cybertraps.substack.com - Show Notes - Social media and digital communication threats are a rising problem - Every threat has to be taken seriously - Incredibly disruptive - Warning notices to parents – upsetting - Lockdowns - School closures / switch to remote learning - Myriad vectors - Email - Text messages - Social media apps - Snapchat - TikTok - Instagram - WhatsApp - Facebook - What Can Schools Do to Address the Problem? - Short-Term - Incident response plan - Assessment of severity of threat (err on side of caution) - Notification to the school community - Cooperation with law enforcement to identify source - Every incident is a teachable moment - Spiderman – “With great power comes great responsibility” - Long-Term - Role of parents - Cybersecurity measures - Monitoring of social media - Balancing resources and student privacy - Creating a culture of awareness among students and staff - Reluctance to get involved? - Concern about being a “snitch” - Relationship with law enforcement, including FBI - Investigations - Selfie-incrimination - Mistaken belief in anonymity - Digital investigations - Computer forensics - Penalties are serious - Resources - #2021–11–12 Photos from Oregon students’ social media pages taken, uploaded on site with ‘highly inappropriate content,’ district says “https://www.channel3000.com/photos-from-oregon-students-social-media-pages-taken-uploaded-on-site-with-highly-inappropriate-content-district-says/” - #2021–11–12 Ossining High School switches to full remote learning following social media threat “https://bronx.news12.com/ossining-high-school-switches-to-full-remote-learning-following-social-media-threat” - #2021–11–11 Hopewell superintendent addresses next steps after guns found in schools, social media threat “https://www.nbc12.com/2021/11/11/hopewell-superintendent-addresses-next-steps-after-guns-found-schools-social-media-threat/” - #2021–11–11 Maine East High School student facing...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/-npbjlTwEpH5Ybi_ySNRhS-EfNqaI7Ep1svTppTGhLE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQxNTcyLzE2ODM5/MjY0NDktYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}