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Tagcell phones

Articles relating to youth and cell phones including privacy rights, school policies and sexting laws.

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One year in jail for possessing a cell phone?

That’s the penalty in Vermont proposed in a bill introduced in the state legislature in January, 2020. State Senator John 

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This 12-year-old understands the First Amendment

How many of you, when confronted by a police officer, would talk back or question the officer? How many 12-year-old 

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Does the Fifth Amendment protect you from providing your passwords?

G.A.Q.L. was a teenager in Florida when he was involved in a car crash, killing one of his passengers. The 

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WHAT?? Cell phones banned at school?

That’s right. Starting with the current 2018 school year, all students in France under age 15 are prohibited from using 

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14-year-old girl starts 2018 with a felony porn charge

A young teen in Minnesota has been charged with a felony sex offense for an explicit selfie she sent to 

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New laws in 2018 to heed

January 1, 2018 rings in a new year and new laws to be aware of. If you want to know 

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Can you go to jail if you refuse to give your password to the police?

In March, 2017, 41 year-old Christopher Wheeler was arrested in Florida and charged with child abuse and neglect. He allegedly physically 

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Teen hooks two Sharks for ReThink app

Trisha Prabhu is a 16 year-old junior at Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville, Illinois. After reading about an eleven 

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Canadian teen gets one-year probation for cyberbullying

A teen from Yorkton, Canada, was placed on 12 months probation for cyberbullying in November, 2016.  

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Apps your parents should know about

Similar to the Yik Yak app for college students, high school students are now using “After School.” Created as an alternative to 

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