Sameer Hinduja guest blogs on InternetSafety.com on “Beating Cyberbullying”
We continue our conversation with Sameer Hinduja, co-founder of the Cyberbullying Research Center and noted expert in the field. Today we’re going to be talking about what to do when a child seems to be involved in cyberbullying.
Larry Magid on SafeKids.com reports on “Facebook lawsuit: a jumbled mess”
While I can’t comment on the entire suit, it’s clear to me that parts of the just-filed privacy lawsuit against Facebook represent a lack of understanding of how social networks like Facebook work as well as how best to protect children and adults on the Internet. I’m especially baffled by the allegation that Facebook violated the rights of an 11-year-old child because he disclosed that he had swine flu.
On the iKeep Safe Blog, “Reputation Defender & iKeepSafe Help Kids Manage Their Digital Footprint.”
iKeepSafe has been working with Reputation Defender to help provide materials to parents, educators, and guidance counselors to teach specifically about managing children’s online reputation. A child’s digital footprint not only affects their own future opportunities, but their parents’ and siblings’.
Marian Merritt tells us about “Another Tactic to Keep YouTube Safe for Kids: ZuiTube”
There’s a new website, ZuiTube.com, that offers parent approved YouTube content. All the videos come from YouTube, but are prescreened by parents and teachers, to provide a safe and fun YouTube-powered environment.
Linda Criddle on Look Both Ways talks about how to “Make Your School Web sites Safer”
If your school is potentially exposing any personal information about students, it is time for the school to do a safety analysis of all online communications to identify and mitigate risks. Consider whether the site should be searchable by the public and whether you should use full names of students
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