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Human trafficking committee launches Student Online Safety outreach to warn parents about social-media risks
Summary
A human trafficking committee announced a Student Online Safety (SOS) initiative and a statewide expert panel, saying phones and social media are being used to recruit and exploit young people; committee members pledged districtwide outreach but did not specify dates or phone numbers for resources.
A member of the human trafficking committee said the group has started a Student Online Safety (SOS) effort and will travel across the district to teach parents how to reduce the risk of online recruitment and exploitation.
"We began the human trafficking committee, and after that, the student online safety, SOS, because much of the human trafficking nefarious characters are coming really right from the cell phones," the staff member said. "Your phone and what you're doing with social media can in fact bite you back and can in fact bring you into what is called the human…
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