Our April Newsletter
▪️ For #SAAM we share links to a few consent #games
▪️ During April, we reached over 15K folks about consent
▪️ New #podcast for teens & parents
▪️ 'Open Worlds Play' #game is a featured PBS resource
▪️ Spotlight on: ValorUS
https://mailchi.mp/da14346ac8fb/jennifer-anns-group-april-2026
#publichealth #newsletter #prevention #nonprofit @consentgame @gamingagainstv
This year's #SAAM is nearly over.
So... how much do your kids understand about #consent?
[And, how much do *YOU* know?]
[Play a game in private, at your own pace.]
[We'll keep it a secret.]
🧡 Free games - no ads - no tracking.
Evidence-based 🔸Trauma-informed 🔸Award-winning
🎶 You just might learn something... 🎶
@consentgame @Em0nM4stodon
@gamingagainstv @stopTDV @Research_FTW @stopTDV #indieGame #publicHealth #endAbuse #sociology #psychology @Npars01 @pluralistic @bich #nonprofit
Prosocial Video Games about Consent Gaming Against Violence recognized as a Top-50 nonprofit program ADRIFT by Jennifer Ann's Group How to Blorrble-Blobble by Jennifer Ann's Group Stuck in a Dark Place by Jennifer Ann's Group Crossing Boundaries by Jennifer Ann's Group Rispek Danis (Bislama) by Jennifer Ann's Group A Thousand Cuts: Early Edition by Jennifer...
New Report:
App Stores Pushing Users Toward Nonconsensual "Nudify" Apps
Not only do Google and Apple’s app stores host apps that can undress images of women, they also encourage users to find them.
Users see ads for these apps which also appear in autocomplete search queries.
https://www.404media.co/app-stores-apple-google-nudify-undress-deepfakes/
#SAAM #consent #privacy #nonconsensual #imagery #apps #Google #Apple #law
Consent Game Series
🧐 Find a game appropriate for your child and ask them to play it this week. You might both learn something.
💜 Four award-winning, trauma-informed video games about consent.
▪️ Free.
▪️ No ads.
▪️ No trackers.
ESRB ratings from E to T.
#SAAM #consent #videogames #indiegame #PublicHealth #education #sociology #prevention @Em0nM4stodon
Consent is:
- Freely given
- Actively given
- Informed
- Revocable
💜 Consent is FAIR
#SAAM #consent #PublicHealth #education #sociology #prevention
Meta's smart glasses make it easy to secretly film people. It's mostly women bearing the fallout
Laws around covert recording have struggled to keep pace with tech changes, law professor says
⭐ Nearby Glasses is an app that scans your surroundings for Bluetooth low-energy signatures, a feature of smart glasses.
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/meta-glasses-covert-recording-9.7139927
Smart glasses make it remarkably easy to film someone without their consent. And those who study covert filming say it can create a physical and psychological threat, from stalkers to increased anxiety, as the law struggles to keep up.
5 Ways We Get Consent That Have Nothing to Do With Sex
Asking for consent is pretty easy, and we do it every day — outside the context of sex.
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/5-ways-we-get-consent-that-have-nothing-to-do-with-sex
Learning about consent: Raising children who know their boundaries
▪️ “You can say yes or no to hugs and kisses.”
▪️ Encourage them to speak up if they don’t like a game.
▪️ “Would you like a hug?”
https://www.motherandbaby.com/family-life/parenting/teaching-children-about-consent/
Transgender people are 4x more likely than cisgender people to experience victimization, including sexual abuse.
💜 Teach consent from an early age.
ARC Gender Justice
Jennifer Anns Group 
Drew Crecente (they)
Consent Games 
