Resources

Your life matters. You are here for a purpose. You are loved. You. Are. Priceless.

If you are thinking of ending your life, call 911.

Talk to someone who will tell you the truth about who you are in a world that tells you lies.

Don’t let someone else write your story. You are the author and your story counts.

For more info, please visit:
www.teenlineonline.org
https://988lifeline.org/

If you or some you know is being harassed, threatened, or ridiculed online, don’t respond to and don’t forward those messages.

Instead:

• Block the person who is cyberbullying

• Save and print screenshots, emails, and text messages of the cyberbullying

• Provide this info to an adult you trust, to law enforcement, and to web and cell phone service providers

For more info, please visit:
www.stopbullying.gov/cyberbullying/how-to-report

To submit a tip, please visit:
report.cybertip.org

Tens of thousands of Fortify users in over 155 countries have experienced an 85% decrease in depression and 88% reduction in porn use.

For more info, please visit:
www.joinfortify.com

Fight the New Drug provides tools and resources to give individuals the opportunity to make an informed decision regarding pornography by raising awareness on its harmful effects using only science, facts, and personal accounts.

For more info, please visit:
www.fightthenewdrug.org

Sextortion is blackmail or threats to expose sexual images to get you to do something you don’t want to do, like send more photos or money.

Text “THORN” to 741741 or go to www.stopsextortion.com

Sexual abuse is very difficult to talk about, but it does not stop unless you get help.

If you have been sexually assaulted or are being abused, call 911.

To talk anonymously with a trained person (24/7 support):

• Call the National Child Abuse Hotline at 800.4.A.CHILD (422-4453)

• Call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 800.656.HOPE (4673)

• Chat online at rainn.org

Specifically for males:
www.malesurvivor.org

According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, deepfakes “are photos or videos that have been manipulated to show an individual doing something that they did not do.”

The term “deepfakes” is most commonly used to refer to “the creation and distribution of nonconsensual manipulated intimate material.

What is the TAKE IT DOWN Act?

The TAKE IT DOWN Act makes it a federal crime to knowingly share or threaten to share, non-consensual sexual AI-generated images that depict real people or the likeness of a real person.

If your content or AI generated content of you is posted on the internet, you can get it taken down using National Center of Missing and Exploited Children’s Take it Down at takeitdown.ncmec.org

Safe Harbor Navigators help teens find resources to be safe.

Phone #: (612) 813-5030

Website: https://www.180degrees.org/safeharboreastmetro.html