“Harmful content” is anything — images, words, or videos — that can cause offense or distress in a child, from inaccurate information to inappropriate images to content that may lead your child to unlawful behavior.

In the digital world, kids are being exposed to violent, abusive, misleading, and/or sexually explicit content that they are not developmentally ready for. This includes but is not limited to, content that depicts self-harm, extreme violence, and pornography.

Perhaps even more alarming is the fact that many young people are being exposed to these disturbing and upsetting materials in the classroom.

People think of technology in schools as a digital evolution of educational tools. Unfortunately, the proper parameters aren’t put in place on devices and learning platforms to protect our children from being inadvertently exposed to this dangerous content.