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Please note that September 2025 was a critical period with elevated Case Consultation and Anonymous Online Reporting Tool numbers. In contrast, September 2026 recorded lower worrisome behavior numbers.
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Thoughts or desires to harm oneself or end one’s life, often due to distress.
Assault and/or physical violence.
Direct or indirect threats towards another individual, establishment or group.
Anonymous reporting tools that allow students to safely and anonymously report anything worrisome directly to Safety/Threat Assessment Teams.
Social media posts containing crude, derogatory, or defamatory material, or graphic/gore content.
Harassment, threats, or other concerning behaviors through digital platforms, causing emotional distress.
Missing students, community chatter regarding incidents associated with the school community, and/or concerns about adutls/staff.
Reported: September 29, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Subject(s): Grade 8; Age 13
Concern: A district reported that during interventions resulting from a prior physical violence incident, peers mentioned “disturbing TikTok posts” from one of the students involved in the fight. Following this disclosure, the district received an email containing further information regarding the nature of the “disturbing” posts, alleging the post utilized “a song often used to glorify shooters.”
Action: SST’s Threat Analysts conducted digital scans and located the TikTok posts consistent with Threat-Related Behaviors, including a video of the outside of the school, specifically featuring the security cameras. The audio referenced in the email was utilized by other users for videos featuring violence, Eastern European military content, and graphic video game clips from sandbox-style games such as “GoreBox” and “Garry’s Mod,” which were observed simulating mass-violence scenarios.
Additionally, we located several TikTok reposts that contained images of/or references to past killers: Nikolas Cruz (Parkland High School), Caleb Vazquez and Cain Clark (Islamic Center of San Diego), Brenton Tarrant (Christchurch, New Zealand), Payton Gendron (Buffalo, New York), and Salvador Ramos (Robb Elementary School).
SST’s Threat Analysts also identified reposted content consistent with Negative Digital Culture/Climate, including references to incel-related subcultures and memes associated with negative online communities such as “4chan.” One term referenced in the reposts, “hypergamy,” was recently cited as justification for the June 2026 Montreal tragedy.
Still image from video described, showing school building security cameras.
Summary: SST’s Threat Analysts provided the district with a Digital Baseline Report containing the Subject of Concern’s (SOC) digital leakage and corresponding publicly available social media accounts and worrisome content.
Additionally, the SST team recommended a digital device check, specifically searching for the Telegram app. The team also recommended an assessment of the SOC’s browsing history to see if the SOC had accessed “watchpeopledie.tv.” This information provided the School Safety/Threat Assessment Team with additional data regarding the SOC’s digital footprint.
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“Mods,” (modifications) alter an existing game or add user-generated content. The mod shown above allows players to use replica weapons from previous tragedies.
Note: The post above describes the mods being shared in a Discord (commonly abbreviated “dc.”) server/chat.
Located by SST
Original post date July, 12 2026. Reposted by SOC. Note post contains an image of past killer Caleb Vazquez (Islamic Center of San Diego).
Identified: September 2026
Subject(s): Approximately Age 12
Action: During localized scans of a community, SST’s Threat Analyst team identified TikTok Story posts and reposts consistent with Mental Health Concerns, Suicidal Ideation, and Non-Suicidal Self-Injurious Behavior. Additionally, the Subject of Concern (SOC) reshared posts regarding “explosive personality disorder.”
Summary: This information provided the School Safety/Threat Assessment Team with additional data regarding the SOC’s need for additional supports and insights into the content the SOC appears to be engaging with on TikTok.
Located by SST.
Reported: September 16, 2026 at 9:29 AM
Subject(s): Approximately Age 16
Concern: An anonymous report was submitted regarding allegations that a student had engaged in extortive behaviors consistent with Nihilistic Violent Extremist (NVE) groups.
Action: SST’s Threat Analysts conducted digital scans for the Subject of Concern. While our team did not locate NVE-related content, our threat analysts located content consistent with Negative Digital Culture/Climate, Hate/Racism, and Radicalization, including references to the “Incel” or “involuntary celibate” community and the “looksmaxxing” community.
Summary: SST’s Threat Analysts provided the district with a document containing the SOC’s digital leakage. In addition, we provided instructions to obtain further information via a digital device search and assessment of browsing history. This information provided the School Safety/Threat Assessment Team with additional data to conduct their threat assessment.
Located by SST.
Image features “research peptides,” dietary supplements, and a hammer, which has been associated with “bone smashing,” where individuals hit their facial bones to try and alter their facial structure.
Located by SST.
Located by SST.
Summary: In response to a recent lawsuit against a major university regarding sexual assault allegations, social media users have been utilizing the phrase “I am Jane Doe,” as an attempt to “flood algorithms,” and “confuse searches,” to prevent widespread doxing of the plaintiff. The phrase and hashtag have also been used by users to share their own histories of sexual assault, similar to the #MeToo hashtag, which was prominent in 2017.
Located by SST.
Located by SST.
Instagram Updates its Educational Safety Program
Instagram has expanded its School Partnerships Program, which now supports nearly 17,000 schools by giving educators a direct way to report student safety concerns and receive prioritized responses from the platform. New features include school information hubs, verified student contributors, and additional resources for educators, parents, and students.
For school administrators and educators, these updates attempt to strengthen collaboration between schools and social media platforms, helping address cyberbullying, online safety, and student well-being more effectively.
New WhatsApp Controls to Help Parents/Caregivers Guide Youth
WhatsApp has introduced new optional parental controls designed to help parents guide their child’s use of the app while preserving the privacy of messages and calls through end-to-end encryption. The controls allow parents/caregivers to manage privacy settings, control who can add teens to groups, and receive notifications about group activity.
The tools are designed to be set up collaboratively between parents/caregivers and youth, encouraging conversations about responsible online behavior while giving families greater visibility and control over digital safety.
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Thoughts or desires to harm oneself or end one’s life, often due to distress.
Assault and/or physical violence.
Direct or indirect threats towards another individual, establishment or group.
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