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18 Nov 09

Can the law keep up with technology? - CNN.com

An excellent article to make the case for digital citizenship education, I love the quote at the end that the law "can't take the place of good manners, social norms, and etiquette." Do we think that students just develop good manners on their own? Perhaps manners, norms, and etiquette would much better evolve with multiple generations and ages working together as we discuss and grapple with such issues.

This is another excellent article about the changing state of the law and the Internet and includes the precedent that anonymous doesn't really mean anonymous any more - particularly if the anonymous person breaks the law.

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Love posted allegedly derogatory and false comments about the designer -- among them that she had a "history of dealing cocaine" -- on her now-discontinued Twitter feed.
it's typically difficult to predict or anticipate technology innovations.
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- Is the Web a unique, separate space or is it really an extension of real space?
- "We really haven't thought about this much because there haven't been many generations of users with copious digital assets to even trigger the need to think about what happens if they pass away," Matwyshyn said.
- Cohen sued Google to learn the name of the anonymous blogger on the grounds that the post was defamatory and libelous. A New York Supreme Court judge ordered Google to reveal the anonymous blogger's name, and Google complied.
- The case provided insight into the debate between the competing values of privacy and free speech, said Jeffrey Toobin, CNN's senior legal analyst.
- In 2006, Stacy Snyder was a 25-year-old single mother hoping to begin a career as an educator. She had finished her coursework and was a student teacher. Yet Millersville University, located in Pennsylvania, wouldn't give her a degree.
- the school provided alternative reasons for denying Snyder a degree
- "It can't take the place of good manners, social norms and etiquette -- the kind of thing that has always governed negotiations about face-to-face behavior.
- "We should never expect that the judges are going to save us from our own worst impulses."

17 Nov 09

UK Team is focusing on online comment defamation

While this article starts out about a lawfirm in Birmingham UK that is going to "track down people who make anonymous comments about companies online" it becomes an amazingly poignant article on the very nature of the Internet today and the push pull between anonymous commenting and accountability of the commenter. Push pull between free speech and online identity and brand protection.

One person in this article claims that this sort of thing is the sign that the "wild west" of the INternet is coming to an end. Oh dear, I hope someone invents a new one if somehow anonymous commenters are now going to risk such!

Also love the article's discussion of the Streisand effect wherein Barbara protested the sharing of some photos of her eroding beachfront which caused a stir and more people looking at the photos than if she had left it alone.

This article is going to be a must read for Flat Classroom students and would be great for college-level discussions as well.

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a new team to track down people who make anonymous comments about companies online.
a new team to track down people who make anonymous comments about companies online.
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- a new team to track down people who make anonymous comments about companies online.
- a rising problem with people making anonymous statements that defamed companies, and people sharing confidential information online.
- the new team would ensure there was “nowhere to hide in cyberspace”.
- the numbers of disgruntled employees looking to get their own back on employers or former employers was also on the rise.
- rogue employees
  - Uhm, how about rogue companies? - on 2009-11-17
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- trying to get Internet Service Providers to give out details of customers who had made comments online
- shares in American firm United Airlines fell by 99 per cent in just 15 minutes after an outdated story that the firm had filed for bankruptcy was forced back onto the headlines.
- a story from six years earlier about United Airlines going bankrupt was voted up on a newspaper website. This was later picked up by Google News and eventually the Bloomberg news wire, which published it automatically as if it were a news story.
  - Could this be considered the new "insider trading" - hmmm. Surely there are issues if it is done maliciously but isn't there a line here? - on 2009-11-17
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- could stifle free speech, and the ability of people to act as whistle-blowers to expose actions by their employers.
- an outlet for anonymous reporting.
  - Is it possible to have accountability AND anonymity? Must these be mutually exclusive? - on 2009-11-17
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- This is known as the ‘Streisand effect’ online, after a case where singer Barbara Streisand tried to suppress photos of her California beachside home from a publicly-available archive of photos taken to document coastal erosion.
- Nightjack. This was the guy who was blogging on the front line about police work and he was forced to stop this story because he was unmasked by The Times
- If you allow a lot of anonymous debate by people who are not regulated, you can get it descending to the common denominator. If you allow people to register with an identity, even if it’s not their real one, you bring the level of debate up.”
- There was one case a couple of years ago that we just keep referring back to where a defamatory comment was made and it wasn’t taken down for a period of time. Because of that the host of the website was held to be liable.”
- the ‘Wild West’ era of the internet was in some ways coming to an end, with firms starting to crack down
- I think companies are still grappling with whether it’s better to take it on the chin and hope people don’t see the comments, or on the other hand cracking down on everything that’s particularly damaging that’s said online. Maybe this is set to change.”

04 Nov 09

NetSmartzKids: Tunes

Use Clicky's Raps to teach your kids Internet safety. Lisa Durff recommended this site on Twitter. Cool tool.

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03 Nov 09

Social networks and kids: How young is too young? - CNN.com

Important article to read about children of all ages creating profiles. I believe this supports our driving need to incorporate instruction and discussion on this topic in schools.

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a growing number of children are flouting age requirements on sites such as Facebook and MySpace, or using social-networking sites designed just for them.
which some therapists have linked to Internet addiction among adults
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- In two surveys reported this year by Pew Internet Research -- of 700 and 935 teens, respectively -- 38 percent of respondents ages 12 to 14 said they had an online profile of some sort.

16 Sep 09

Digiteen « UDL Spotlight

Overview from the educators at CAST aligning the digiteen project with UDL guidelines. Digiteen is a project that uniquely allows for digital citizenship education in a project based learning format that also differentiates in powerful ways. Thank you so much for the people at CAST who provide so many great tools and also provide excellent resources for UDL.

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24 Aug 09

Social-networking ban for sex offenders: Bad call? | Safe and Secure - CNET News .::. vor.acio.us.to

So, wondering if this is going to be enforceable: Illinois Law banning sex offenders from using social networking sites. As of now, everyone can just use a different id, no one verifies who people are. Sounds like a good idea but just wondering how it would work.

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09 Aug 09

digiteen09-2 - Action_Mt_Carmel

Wonderful work from Suzy Nestico from Mt.Carmel Area High School for their digiteen action project.

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03 Aug 09

Canada’s Privacy Commissioner Takes on Facebook « Canada’s World

This article on Facebook's privacy problems shows how Jenifer Stoddart, Canada's Privacy Commissioner, is taking on Facebook, who has 30 days to comply with the commissioner's request.

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concerned users should exert their power, and use social network’s the connectivity potential these facts abundantly clear to their friends.

29 Jun 09

Voices Of The World - votw-2008-9

Voices of the world project. This is a project that kindergarten teacher Maria Knee participates with. It is a fascinating collaboration of students.

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09 Jun 09

Nine Elements

9 themes of digital citizenship from Mike Ribble's new website.

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Anne Bubnic's Lists | Diigo

Anne is one of the most amazing people with Diigo I've ever seen! She is presenting with Maggie Tsai and I at NECC about using social bookmarking (don't worry, we'll show how to export to delicious too!)

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05 Jun 09

New iPhone could be unveiled as early as Monday - USATODAY.com

So is a new iphone going to be announced Monday? Stay tuned! They say that the software upgrade is going to be amazing and powerful! We'll see!

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04 Jun 09

Mike Ribble Elluminate Session, author of Digital Citizenship in Schools

Mike Ribble, author of Digital Citizenship in Schools, spent some time with Digiteen teachers and students. I was out of town but am listening to this today.

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16 Apr 09

FRONTLINE: digital nation | PBS

New documentaries from the PBC producers of growing up online. Some digiteen teachers are using these resources.

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24 Mar 09

Twitter gets you fired in 140 characters or less - Technotica- msnbc.com

Students need to understand that NOTHING, I repeat NOTHING Is private. Great case study about how 140 characters got someone fired before they were even hired.

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This social networking comedy of errors spread like dancing hamsters across Twitter. In the retelling, "theconnor" earned the nick, "Cisco Fatty." Before the work day ended, Web sleuths revealed "theconnor's" true identity. "Theconnor" was lampooned in a popular YouTube meme. And thanks to Google Cache, the deleted content of "theconnor’s" homepage resurfaced on CiscoFatty.com, a Web site erected to commemorate this cautionary tale.
Clay Shirky speaks of a day in the not-too-distant future when human resources departments will have the wisdom to look beyond social networking faux pas — at least in some small part because by then, everyone will have made at least one.
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- Rep. Pete Hoekstra, R-Mich., tweeted this as-it-happens update regarding his group’s location and destination:
  "Moved into green zone by helicopter Iraqi flag now over palace. Headed to new US embassy Appears calmer less chaotic than previous here."

16 Mar 09

YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.

Many people have not read the Youtube Community Guidelines. You should report any videos that break these rules to youtube - everyone should have a youtube account and be able to do this. Today, a student had a bad video linked to hers -- I had to go to another place to report the other video but you can do this!

Guidelines:

"Don't Cross the Line

Here are some common-sense rules that will help you steer clear of trouble:

* YouTube is not for pornography or sexually explicit content. If this describes your video, even if it's a video of yourself, don't post it on YouTube. Also, be advised that we work closely with law enforcement and we report child exploitation. Please read our Safety Tips and stay safe on YouTube.
* Don't post videos showing bad stuff like animal abuse, drug abuse, under-age drinking and smoking, or bomb making.
* Graphic or gratuitous violence is not allowed. If your video shows someone being physically hurt, attacked, or humiliated, don't post it.
* YouTube is not a shock site. Don't post gross-out videos of accidents, dead bodies or similar things intended to shock or disgust.
* Respect copyright. Only upload videos that you made or that you are authorized to use. This means don't upload videos you didn't make, or use content in your videos that someone else owns the copyright to, such as music tracks, snippets of copyrighted programs, or videos made by other users, without necessary authorizations. Read our Copyright Tips for more information.
* We encourage free speech and defend everyone's right to express unpopular points of view. But we don't permit hate speech (speech which attacks or demeans a group based on race or ethnic origin, religion, disability, gender, age, veteran status, and sexual orientation/gender identity).
* Things like predatory behavior, stalking, threats, harassment, intimidation, invading privacy, revealing other people’s personal information, and inciting others to commit violent acts or to violate the Terms of Use are taken very se

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- YouTube is not for pornography or sexually explicit content. If this describes your video, even if it's a video of yourself, don't post it on YouTube. Also, be advised that we work closely with law enforcement and we report child exploitation. Please read our Safety Tips and stay safe on YouTube.
- Don't post videos showing bad stuff like animal abuse, drug abuse, under-age drinking and smoking, or bomb making.
- Graphic or gratuitous violence is not allowed. If your video shows someone being physically hurt, attacked, or humiliated, don't post it.
- YouTube is not a shock site. Don't post gross-out videos of accidents, dead bodies or similar things intended to shock or disgust.
Only upload videos that you made or that you are authorized to use.
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- revealing other people’s personal information,

05 Feb 09

Thirteen Ed Online - Digital Divide

Great lesson plan for teaching about the digital divide.

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10 Jan 09

GovTrack: S. 1492 [110th]: Text of Legislation, Enrolled Bill

A school receiving e-rate funds must now:

"‘(iii) as part of its Internet safety policy is educating minors about appropriate online behavior, including interacting with other individuals on social networking websites and in chat rooms and cyberbullying awareness and response.’."

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‘(iii) as part of its Internet safety policy is educating minors about appropriate online behavior, including interacting with other individuals on social networking websites and in chat rooms and cyberbullying awareness and response.’.

12 Dec 08

Deleting your digital past -- for good

How to get rid of information for good - not as easy as you think. the problem is that nasty little digital footprints with your full name - even if NOT left by you can influence your life FOREVER. Good information to share.

Another reason, digital citizeenship IS an issue.

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another surprise dead end is the place where many people launch their erasure efforts: Google.
"Removing content from Google or another search engine would still leave the original content that exists on the Web," says a Google spokesman.
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- the webmaster of the page or the Internet hosting companies or ISPs hosting the content to find out their content removal policies."

05 Dec 08

Worm uses familiar brands to lure people | Security - CNET News

Spoofs keep getting better -- WATCH OUT. This is a new one.

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