The Organization for Social Media Safety is at the forefront of social media safety expertise backed by a world-class staff, Advisory Council, and Board of Directors.
We work with schools, government agencies, businesses, and parents across the country to make social media safer for families.
Social media use is on the rise. Educate yourself on the social media-related dangers you or your family may encounter.
See how you can help us protect against social media-related dangers like cyberbullying, hate speech, human trafficking, and propaganda.
The Organization for Social Media Safety was born out of tragedy. Today, we fight every day to protect families from the dangers linked to social media.
See Our ImpactOur school-based social media safety presentations teach students and parents how to stay safe from social media-related dangers -- like cyberbullying, social media addiction, sexual harassment, violence, and hate speech.
Learn MoreTake our FREE Buckling the Social Media Seatbelt SuperCourse -- an innovative, new course for parents with children on or just getting onto social media. Parents will learn our exclusive, effective system for keeping their children safe on social media.
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Students Across the Country Will Receive Lessons On Growing Social Media-Related Dangers Like Cyberbullying, Sexting and Human Trafficking Los Angeles — With social media use surging among tweens and teens as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Organization for Social Media Safety and D.A.R.E. International have announced a groundbreaking collaboration to teach essential social…
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Big Social Media has had a particularly rough two months of press. Almost daily, articles have graced the front pages of newspapers highlighting grave social media-related dangers affecting our families. We hope that parents and educators do not become overwhelmed by the sheer breadth of these reports, but rather that all this evidence serves as…
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Of the many social media-related dangers that affect our children, cyberbullying is one of the most common and concerning. We have found that about 40% of 5th graders self-report having been cyberbullied via social media, with year-to-year increases as students age. Cyberbullying victims can suffer short and long-term mental health and even physical effects. Of highest concern, cyberbullied students…
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