Sexting, Sextortion, and AI: Updating Internet Safety for New Threats

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The Arkansas Center for School Safety is proud to host Sexting, Sextortion, and AI: Updating Internet Safety for New Threats, a new 4-hour virtual training presented by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC).

Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) is rapidly transforming the digital world—creating new opportunities for learning and connection, but also introducing serious safety challenges for children and teens. As technology evolves, so must the way schools and communities approach internet safety education.

NCMEC is increasingly encountering complex cases involving youth-produced content and AI-generated child imagery. This interactive workshop was developed to help educators, School Resource Officers, counselors, and youth-serving professionals update prevention strategies using a developmental, trauma-informed approach. Participants will engage in meaningful discussions around emerging online risks and leave with practical tools they can immediately use to support students and families.

This training emphasizes prevention messaging that shifts responsibility away from victims and focuses on addressing harmful behaviors such as requesting, sharing, and resharing explicit content—an approach that is especially critical as AI-generated material becomes more prevalent.

Learning Objectives

  • Identify and access at least three free online resources to address youth-produced and GAI-generated content with elementary, middle, or high school audiences

  • Explain why prevention messaging that targets potential “requesters” and “re-sharers,” rather than focusing solely on youth who send content, is more trauma-informed

  • Articulate the importance of addressing youth-produced and AI-generated content in prevention programs for all ages, including young children—not just tweens and teens

This training equips professionals with updated language, resources, and strategies to better protect youth while fostering informed, supportive conversations about online safety.

Training Details

Date: February 10
Time: 8:30 a.m.
Format: Virtual
Length: 4 hours

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For more information, contact Mitchell Regnas at [email protected] or 501-570-8036.