Around the world, explicit images of children and teens are circulating on the web.   Sometimes they're willingly shared with a girlfriend or boyfriend, other times kids are tricked into sharing nude photos by a perpetrator.   Now there's a new tool to help young people get some of them removed.  KMOX's Megan Lynch and author Julie Smith talk with National Center for Missing and Exploited Children spokesman Gavin Portnoy about Take It Down.

<p>Around the world, explicit images of children and teens are circulating on the web.   Sometimes they're willingly shared with a girlfriend or boyfriend, other times kids are tricked into sharing nude photos by a perpetrator.   Now there's a new tool to help young people get some of them removed.  KMOX's Megan Lynch and author Julie Smith talk with <a href="https://www.missingkids.org/home">National Center for Missing and Exploited Children</a> spokesman Gavin Portnoy about <a href="https://www.missingkids.org/blog/2023/ncmec-launches-new-service-that-can-help-you-take-it-down">Take It Down.</a></p>

The average American consumes 11 hours a day of electronic mass media! Learning to analyze media messages regardless of who sends them is a 21st century survival skill (in Missouri they're considering adding it to the school curriculum). What the Media ?!!? will explore topics like "How to spot a bot" and "why memes work". We speak with local Media Literacy professors and authors as our experts in addition to the anchors and reporters in our newsroom. A good comparison is a food critic - they look at how the food is prepared, who the chef is, how the food is presented, the texture etc. We will do the same for Media!

<p>The average American consumes 11 hours a day of electronic mass media! Learning to analyze media messages regardless of who sends them is a 21st century survival skill (in Missouri they're considering adding it to the school curriculum). What the Media ?!!? will explore topics like "How to spot a bot" and "why memes work". We speak with local Media Literacy professors and authors as our experts in addition to the anchors and reporters in our newsroom. A good comparison is a food critic - they look at how the food is prepared, who the chef is, how the food is presented, the texture etc. We will do the same for Media!</p>

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