The winning app developers of Reachout.com’s “Don’t Just Stand By” cyberbullying prevention contest not only received prize money but also serious professional mentoring: Timothy Mullican, 15, in Alabama, who has been writing code since he was in the 6th grade. The first-place winner, who aspires to being an information security specialist for government or the [...]
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Spread the word to young app developers and code writers at your house or school: ReachOut.com has just announced its national “Don’t Just Stand By” Facebook App Developer Competition. Launched at the SxSW conference, the competition “calls on teens 13-17 to create a Facebook app that will help inform and empower potential bystanders of cyberbullying [...]
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It goes beyond goodwill advertising, abuse reporting, and Terms of Use enforcement to creating online environments that promote user civility, community self-regulation, and cultures of respect.
“We Can Help Us” is the welcoming (and welcome) message of a just-launched suicide-prevention campaign created by the US government’s Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the Inspire USA Foundation, and the Ad Council. It’s great that there are press releases and radio and TV spots will hit the wires and airwaves, but [...]