How to Combat Violent and Extremist Content Online

How to Combat Violent and Extremist Content Online Originally published July 9, 2019 and updated June 5, 2020.  On March 15, 2019, the mass shooting at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand was live-streamed for a world-wide audience. Videos of the attack continued to be uploaded, despite Facebook’s best efforts to remove this harmful content on the internet months after the shooting. […]

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How to Protect Your Small Business Against Cyber Attacks 

How to Protect Your Small Business Against Cyber Attacks  Prefer to listen to this blog post? Click here for the audio version. Small business cyber security has become especially important as being online has become the primary source of communication for businesses with remote workers. According to the Verizon 2019 Data Breach Investigation Report (DBIR), 43% of breach victims were small businesses. By following the suggestions below to be

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How to Identify Mental Illness in Youth

How to Identify Mental Illness in Youth With 50-70% of mental health disorders showing up before 18 years of age, it’s important to identify youth who are struggling as early as possible. Mental health is a complex issue that requires a coordinated effort and multilevel approach from parents, schools, health care organizations, digital media outlets, and community outreach. Early detection

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6 Types of Cybercrime and How to Protect Yourself

6 Types of Cybercrime and How to Protect Yourself Prefer to listen to this blog post? Click here for the audio version. Employees working from home now more than ever before are providing cyber criminals with an increasing number of opportunities to strike. Cyber criminals are selling the stolen login credentials of people using video conferencing applications for work. SCMediaUK has observed references

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Is Social Media Harmful to Student’s Mental Health?

Several studies have found an association between social media use and depression, suicide rate, and other negative behaviours Originally published September 19, 2019 and updated April 9, 2020. As governments close schools, parks, recreational facilities and more because of COVID-19, students are feeling increasingly isolated and are turning to social media to connect with their

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The Benefits of a Dedicated Web Filter and a UTM

The Benefits of a Dedicated Web Filter and a UTM What is a Dedicated Web Filter? Web filtering is any technology product or service that manages a user’s access to internet content. Restrictions are based on policies you define, which can include a combination of categories you select (for example Profanity and Extreme) specific websites you list (for example, cnn.com) and time-based restrictions (no use of social media sites during class time). 

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