Financial sextortion targeting teens (especially boys)
An account posing as a peer pressures a teen into an explicit image, then threatens to leak it unless paid.
Active critical threats. Review the urgent advisories with your child today.
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The dangers your kids face online — and on the shelf — made transparent.
Novel threats emerge in spaces presumed safe — Roblox, Minecraft, Fortnite, Discord, social feeds, and the toys in the toy box. Online/Offline Parental Guidance vets and explains each one, so you know what to watch for and what to do.
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All advisories →critical — Severe risk of harm — act on this one today. critical — Severe risk of harm — act on this one today. The 'Blackout Challenge' (choking / pass-out dares) on video feeds
A recurring viral dare urges children to make themselves pass out — it has been linked to multiple children's deaths.
critical — Severe risk of harm — act on this one today. The 'Benadryl Challenge' urging teens to overdose on allergy medicine
A viral dare pushes teens to take dangerous amounts of an over-the-counter antihistamine to hallucinate; overdoses can cause seizures, heart problems, and death.
critical — Severe risk of harm — act on this one today. Roblox predators luring children to off-platform chats
Strangers befriend kids inside Roblox, then push them to less-moderated apps where filters don't apply.
critical — Severe risk of harm — act on this one today. AI 'nudify' apps creating fake explicit images of classmates
Apps fabricate realistic explicit images from ordinary photos; teens have used them to target peers.
critical — Severe risk of harm — act on this one today. Grooming via Discord DMs and invite-only servers
Discord's private servers and DMs are a primary venue where predators isolate and groom children.
high — Serious risk — review it with your child this week. The 'NeeDoh' heated squishy-toy trend causing severe burns
A viral trend has children microwaving gel-filled squishy toys until they burst — the scalding gel sticks to skin, and children have needed skin grafts and intensive care.
high — Serious risk — review it with your child this week. AI 'companion' chatbots forming intense bonds with teens
Always-available AI companions and in-app assistants can foster emotional dependency in teens, blur reality, and have given harmful advice in documented cases.
In the news
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Clip 1 of 18: Fake nudes created by AI 'nudify' sites are causing real harm, victims say — 60 Minutes (CBS News).
60 Minutes (CBS News)
Fake nudes created by AI 'nudify' sites are causing real harm, victims say
Advisory: AI 'nudify' apps creating fake explicit images of classmates →How we find threats no one has named yet
Our Emerging Threat Radar watches dozens of signal streams and flags whatever doesn't match what we already know — then corroborates it across independent sources before a human confirms it. That's how novel dangers reach you early.
Start with the app your kid uses
Each surface has its own risk landscape — including the physical shelf.
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Browse all →high — Serious risk — review it with your child this week.active — Currently happening — we are seeing recent reports.Dangerous Challenge
The 'NeeDoh' heated squishy-toy trend causing severe burns
A viral trend has children microwaving gel-filled squishy toys until they burst — the scalding gel sticks to skin, and children have needed skin grafts and intensive care.
ToysTikTokYouTube
high — Serious risk — review it with your child this week.active — Currently happening — we are seeing recent reports.Mental Health
AI 'companion' chatbots forming intense bonds with teens
Always-available AI companions and in-app assistants can foster emotional dependency in teens, blur reality, and have given harmful advice in documented cases.
SnapchatInstagramDiscord
high — Serious risk — review it with your child this week.active — Currently happening — we are seeing recent reports.Inappropriate Content
AI chatbot toys talking to children unsupervised
Plush toys with a microphone and a general-purpose AI inside are sold for children as young as three — and have discussed sexual content and pointed children toward knives and matches.
Toys
critical — Severe risk of harm — act on this one today.active — Currently happening — we are seeing recent reports.Sextortion
Financial sextortion targeting teens (especially boys)
An account posing as a peer pressures a teen into an explicit image, then threatens to leak it unless paid.
DiscordInstagramSnapchat
high — Serious risk — review it with your child this week.active — Currently happening — we are seeing recent reports.Cyberbullying
Group-chat bullying and exclusion campaigns
Bullying has moved into group chats — pile-ons, screenshot-sharing, and pointed exclusion that follow a child home on the phone in their pocket.
WhatsAppSnapchatInstagramDiscord
critical — Severe risk of harm — act on this one today.active — Currently happening — we are seeing recent reports.Dangerous Challenge
The 'Blackout Challenge' (choking / pass-out dares) on video feeds
A recurring viral dare urges children to make themselves pass out — it has been linked to multiple children's deaths.
TikTokYouTubeInstagram
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