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Today we’re checking in with A Thin Line, MTV’s campaign against digital abuse and winner of Ypulse’s 2011 GennY Award, which recognizes best practices and new techniques in youth marketing campaigns. A Thin Line hasn’t stopped innovating in... Read the rest of this post

As October marks Bullying Awareness Month, we’ve been hearing about dozens of initiatives that strive to end bullying — particularly cyberbullying — as it constantly affects Millennials. But one of the efforts that stood out to us the most is... Read the rest of this post

Maybe it should be called Google++++ (considering the fledgling social network managed to post a whopping 1269% increase in traffic over the previous week. What drove the huge leap? The network is now open to everyone and no longer requires invites.... Read the rest of this post

Today's Ypulse Interview is with Taylor Audette, a college student at the University of Southern California, who decided to launch her own campaign against digital abuse after experiencing harassment online. For the past few months, Say It 2 My Face... Read the rest of this post

We may be coming to the end of “National Bullying Prevention Month,” but the discussion around these issues, and how they affect youth online and off, is still very much just starting to take shape. Let's look, for instance, at the findings... Read the rest of this post

Yesterday in Ypulse Essentials, I cited a lengthy feature that ran in the New York Times' Style section, reg. required, on middle schools, cyberbullying and the difficult question of how, if at all, educators can step in to resolve abusive... Read the rest of this post

Earlier this week I watched a screener sent over by MTV for an upcoming episode of "True Life." Part of the channel's ongoing A Thin Line initiative (see my interview with Jason Rzepka for more details), the show took on the issue of "digital... Read the rest of this post

MTV launches 'A Thin Line' (a "new multi-year initiative to empower America's youth to identify, respond to and stop the spread of digital abuse." The launch coincides with the release of the AP/MTV Digital Abuse Study that found more than half of... Read the rest of this post