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In wake of teensâ deaths, lawmaker calls for more suicide prevention education
WWNY In wake of teensâ deaths, lawmaker calls for more suicide prevention education By Brendan Straub | May 11, 2021 at 4:23 PM EDT - Updated May 11 at 9:37 PM
WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWNY) - Following the suicides of two St. Lawrence County teenagers, who were victims of internet blackmail, one state lawmaker wants more suicide prevention education.
Senator Patty Ritchie says what happened to Riley Basford and Shylynn Dixon is heart breaking and believes the bill sheâs putting forward is the first step towards keeping kids safe from internet predators.
âI think everyone in the community was devastated to have two of these terrible tragedies in St. Lawrence County happen so close together,â said Ritchie (R. - 48th District). âIâve heard from, you know, some of the relatives that were involved in this and something that I, personally, take very seriously and wanted to s
Wednesday, April 28, 2021 - 1:06 pm
BY MATT LINDSEY
North Country This Week
POTSDAM Potsdam Central is taking many steps to educate students about the dangers of social media and its school resource officer wants students to have a trusted adult in mind for when they need help.
The Potsdam Community mourned the loss of 15-year old Riley Basford. He took his own life March 30 after he was told online that embarrassing photos of him would be circulated to his friends and throughout the internet unless he paid $3,500 to the stranger who he thought was a female he met on Facebook.
Potsdam Central School District is hosting state police presentations May 4, 6 on cybercrimes including sextortion, catfishing and online predators.
Wednesday, April 28, 2021 - 6:01 am
CANTON SUNY Canton is adding a special panel presentation on cyberbullying following the tragic death of Potsdam teenager Riley Basford.
Two of the college s cybersecurity education experts, Associate Professor Kambiz Ghazinour, Ph.D. and Lecturer Minhua Wang, decided to create the presentation titled Cyberbullying and Social Media Use: Strategies for Prevention and Intervention after learning Basford had been a victim of a sexploitation scam.
The presentation will be held at 12:30 p.m. April 30 virtually, via GoToMeeting. It is free and open
to the public. In our minds it s especially important to tell the community that cyberbullying is becoming a threat to us all and we need to take efforts to address it, Ghazinour said. The best method to combat this type of attack is through awareness and education.