August 18th, 2010 by Kiwi Commons
This week’s What Not To Post shows an example of how being a bad employee online can ruin your career (and life) in general.
Posted in Internet Safety | 
facebook, internet safety, privacy, security, think twice |
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August 16th, 2010 by Elizabeth
Source: http://www.electricpig.co.uk
UK’s Child Exploitation and Online Protection centre (CEOP) announced that their Facebook button has successfully received 211 abuse reports since its launch on July 11th.
Posted in Internet Safety | CEOP, child protection centre, facebook, news, privacy, security |
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August 4th, 2010 by kevinc
It was just this past winter that Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, pronounced online privacy to be dead. He said that the next step in the digital age is to share our lives freely online, without the worry of who…
Posted in Internet Safety | facebook, facebook privacy settings, Mark Zuckerberg, news, online privacy, study, youth internet safety |
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July 12th, 2010 by Rosemina Nazarali
Source: thetechherald.com
Facebook and the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP), a UK government agency, have finally reached an agreement for a proposed panic button. CEOP has spent the last several months campaigning against Facebook, asking them to add a…
Posted in Internet Safety | CEOP, facebook, social media |
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May 31st, 2010 by Rosemina Nazarali
Source: www.blogher.com
Today is Quit Facebook Day and more than 28,000 people have taken the pledge to deactivate their public profiles. What began as a simple way to announce their plans to leave Facebook, Joseph Dee and Matthew Milan, two guys…
Posted in Internet Safety | facebook, joseph dee, Mark Zuckerberg, matthew milan, quit facebook day |
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May 26th, 2010 by Kiwi Commons
Source: http://cache.gawker.com
Facebook has faced a lot of criticism since their last edition, Instant Personalization, which allows other websites to access your profile information. But, it seems that the social media website is trying to address those issues with an onslaught…
Posted in Internet Safety | facebook, news, privacy settings, update |
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May 19th, 2010 by Rosemina Nazarali
Source: http://blog.timesunion.com
FormSpring is the newest member of the tween and teen social networking realm. Except, this one serves as Facebook’s mean-spirited older sister.
Posted in Internet Safety | facebook, formspring, news, privacy, private information |
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May 12th, 2010 by Kiwi Commons
Source: CTM
The newest edition of Canadian Teacher Magazine has hit the shelves!
Posted in Internet Safety | canadian teacher magazine, CTM, facebook, Kiwi, news, students, teachers |
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April 23rd, 2010 by Kiwi Commons
Source: http://beyondbreastcancer.files.wordpress.com
Eliza MacDonald wants you to know that she spent $35 on an iPhone case at the Apple store in Fairview Mall, $56 on lunch for two at Japan Fusion Restaurant and is thinking of spending $2,500 for a nose…
Posted in Internet Safety | facebook, tmi, too much information |
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April 14th, 2010 by Kiwi Commons
Are social networking sites safe?
Anonymous asked:
Hi, I’m an 11-year-old that is doing an I-Search project for school. My topic is whether or not social networking sites are as safe as they say they are, and we have to have an…
Posted in Internet Safety | ask an expert, Bebo, facebook, internet safety, myspace, online predator, online privacy, personal information, social networking, social networks |
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