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Instagram’s new feature makes it easy for your kids to be bullied, harassed, blackmailed, or chat with predators and pedophiles unmonitored. We give you the scoop on this new feature. Is your kid a racist? If they use the latest feature on the Gradient app or participate in the latest TikTok craze, they may be labeled as one for life and marked for life.

Apple has rolled out iOS 14, and there are some great new privacy and security features. If you or your kids have an iPhone, you’ll want to listen in as we go through the new features and how to make sure you’ve got them set up without the geek speak.

On this edition of Sumner County Spotlight, Jeff Shannon speaks with Michael Sands, Private Investigator with Guardian Detective Agency.

This week, Tony speaks with Hendersonville Fire Chief Scotty Bush.

In this edition ofSumner County Spotlight, Jeff Shannon fills in for Tony Richards and speaks with Sumner County Chancellor Court Judge, Louis Oliver and CEO and Executive Director of The Monthaven Arts and Cultural Center, Cheryl Strichick.

This week Tony speaks with June McMahon, President and Founder of the Sumner Spay and Neuter Alliance.

Kids today are spending a lot of time online, even before COVID-19 pushed everyone home, and virtual learning became the norm. Studies from last year show about 50% of kids had a social media addiction. In our current environment, I’m sure that the number is now much higher! In this episode, we dive into the seven signs of social media addiction so that you can be proactive with your kids, along with some tips to help prevent the addiction before it gets started.

Part two of today’s program: It’s another week of TikTok news and adventure! A filter that TikTok released has been slammed as “fatphobic,” and then there’s the rampant and widespread videos containing the live-streamed suicide of an Army veteran that keeps showing up in the “For You Page” If your kids have TikTok, you’ll want to know about these. We also dive into how to pick headphones for younger kids and a list of eight contenders to check out.

On this weeks show, Tony speaks with WHIN Sports Director, Writer for Sports Illustrated Greg Arias.

If you think TikTok is just a bunch of kids doing dance videos, you can’t imagine how wrong you are! Users on TikTok are helping each other with “hacks” and tricks to skip virtual classes and school, but make it look like they are actually there. We’re also talking about Sadfishing, a problematic behavior we’ve seen rapidly increasing with kids over the past few weeks.

Part two of today’s program: I frequently get asked about encrypted texting apps, usually after a kid has gotten in trouble with one. In this episode, we’re going to cover what these apps are and the top 13 encrypted messaging apps that kids are using today.

On this weeks edition of Sumner County Spotlight, Tony visits with Paul and Jamie Martin with the group "Rockland Road".

On this edition of Sumner County Spotlight, Tony talks with James Fenton, Executive Director of The Economic Board in Gallatin.