The East Central High School Parent Teacher Association has been awarded a $3,000 grant from the National PTA to help implement a new online safety program involving TikTok.

The Federal Trade Commission's Youville program teaches kids ages 8-12 to understand privacy and online safety, advertising, spotting scams, and digital citizenship.

While there are parental controls, the platform isn’t impermeable to hackers, scammers and online predators.