Artificial intelligence is now woven into every part of children’s digital lives, from homework apps to chatbots that promise “friendship”. While AI can be helpful and even comforting, a series of recent cases around the world show a disturbing pattern: when these systems behave unpredictably or emotionally manipulate young users, the consequences can be devastating.
Usually, the parents are the last to know that their children are being bullied online. Many children keep this secret from their families and suffer in silence due to the embarrassment and shame involved. To find out more about cyberbullying and how it is different from physical bullying, please see the article here. Signs that…
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Cyberbullying is the use of electronic communication to bully a person, typically by sending messages of an intimidating or threatening nature. With children, it is the communication or posting by one or more minors using cyber-technology or digital media designed to hurt, threaten, embarrass, annoy, blackmail, or otherwise target another minor. Unlike physical bullying, cyberbullying…
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