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Privacy: Young Adults Beginning to Rethink Online Privacy
According to a recent article in The New York Times, a telephone survey by the University of California, Berkeley found that over 50% of the 1,000 18-24 year-olds polled are more concerned about online...
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Sexting: Several Students in Pearland, TX Face Sexting Charges
Several students at Pearland Junior High School are facing criminal charges for forwarding a nude photograph of a fellow student to their friends. It all started when a girl sent an intimate photo of...
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Sexting: New York City Proposes Suspending Students Caught Sexting
The New York City Department of Education has called for a city-wide ban of sexting in public schools, even if students engage in the act while they’re not in school. Under the new rule which could go...
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Cyberbullying: Victims of Cyberbullying Are at Risk for Suicide
Mental health issues in children are often ignored or simply go unnoticed. Less than half of the 15 million children and teens in America with psychiatric disorders receive medical attention, and...
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Cyberbullying: Chicago Schools Tackle Cyberbullying
Public schools throughout Chicago begin to enforce a new Student Code of Conduct this month which targets cyberbullying. Under the latest rules, students who “send a threatening text, post a...
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Parenting: Is Technology Good for the Family?
A new survey conducted by Parenting Magazine and BlogHer, set to be published in September’s issue of Parenting Magazine, found that 88% of moms want to be “up on new technology” so they can monitor...
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Sexting: Online “Sextortion” of Teens Increasing
Federal Authorities have made it official: online cases of sexual extortion or sexual exploitation of teenagers are mounting. It starts with a teen who takes a nude photograph of him/herself. At first...
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Cyberbullying: Kids Use Technology to Harass Other Kids
An astounding 25% of American children have been victims of cyberbullying and 20% of American teenagers say they’ve participated in sexting, according to a recent article published in U.S. News &...
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Cyberbullying: 13-Year-Old Houston Boy Dies of ‘Bullycide’
Asher Brown, an 8th grade student at Hamilton Middle School in Houston, Texas, committed suicide last Thursday after enduring two years of relentless bullying at school. Brown’s mother and stepfather...
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Study: Social Network Privacy Concerns by Parents and Teens
Privacy organization Truste recently published results of a study they conducted on the privacy habits of parents and their teens on social networks called "The Kids are Alright" [Improvement Needed]....
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