Facebook Privacy: First Day Back To School photos

 Children, Online Communities, social media, social networks  16 Responses »
Jan 302012
 

Is it ok to post “First Day Back to School photos” on Facebook? Who will see them? Is it safe – or just “normal”? 

This morning School Kids across Australia are whining and whinging and generally getting antsy. Lunches made, new books packed in new school bags, iPads for those Santa thought were “nice”, crappy laptops for those he didn’t, First Day Back At School photos to be taken and posted on Facebook… Three lads in school uniform

Hold on a minute. Do you really want your little darling’s face & body, with the school they go to, and a handy take-out guide of what they look like dawdling on their way home from school posted up on a public site? Did you share it only with the “Family” list on Facebook? Or was it Public? Do/Don’t care? Global Village vs CyberPrivacy? You tell me.

I’m just glad your brats aren’t under my feet at the mall anymore. I’m going shopping. Heh.

The photo is from the 1930′s. No Facebook then. No decent socks either…

Things to consider: risk assessment (low risk, high risk), the invisible audience (who is watching, how do you know), are you taking privacy away as a choice for kids when they get older (their life is already online cos mum put up there), perhaps there’s a safety pointer too – everyone will know what your kids look like, and the “global neighbourhood village” will come into play, as a crowdsourced “Net Curtain Flicking”. LOL. You tell me.

Remember: if you don’t post photos of your kids, the idiot next door at the birthday party will. And tag them on facebook with what school they go to, and what sports they play.

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Traditional Media brainwashing Australians about Social Media

 Children, Facebook  94 Responses »
Aug 012011
 

NSW Police have been made aware of a Facebook page that has allegedly made disturbing death threats against baby-faced singer Jack Vidgen. Telephones don’t stalk children, Social Media doesn’t intimidate them either. People do. Investigate People. Don’t blame the online community tools. Thank the tools – they shine a spotlight on all that is horrid in our society. We cannot heal until we know what is wrong with us and acknowledge and address it. And newspapers are not here to heal us, believe me! I must see a dozen articles a day trashing social media in traditional media. I usually Continue Reading…

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Facebook: Bans 20,000 young children daily

 Children, Facebook, Online Communities, social media, social networks  20 Responses »
Mar 222011
 

Every day Facebook removes access to 20,000 members under the age of 13 for lying about their age. They lie about their age because under 13′s are not allowed on Facebook. Should Facebook ban them? Given that many young kids are on there to connect with friends and family at a distance – cousins overseas, Grandma interstate, is banning the right thing in this day and age? Or are there other solutions? What if Facebook was to create a “child” account attached to a parent account that parents could manage? From News.com Facebook bans 20,000 kids for lying about age Continue Reading…

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Government vs Social Media and YouTube bullying video

 Children, Social Media Australia  11 Responses »
Mar 182011
 

Today the Australian Government stepped up it’s campaign to hide the extent the epidemic of bullying that is occurring in schools by banning the evidence. As social media sites continue to turn over the rock of social evils and shine a light on social ills that we assumed were “rare” or “exaggerated” the Government’s response is to blame the medium. If you are going to go after those that film bullies, why not go after the bullies themselves?  Next step is to blame the tools – Facebook and YouTube. Is the world really a better place if we shove schoolyard Continue Reading…

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Australia: Ban vs Educating on social media

 Children, digital economy, Education, Featured, Online Communities, social media, Social Media Australia, social networks  12 Responses »
Mar 182009
 

I’ve got a good idea. Let’s ban kids from using social networks. Like YouTube in schools. We won’t educate them, we’ll just y’know, stop it. Oh we already ban YouTube? And we have the parents sign that their kids won’t go near  social sites? Good. Worked for those sexually adventurous teens in the 50′s didn’t it? I mean, we banned sex education and that stopped everything. Well, didn’t it? From Yahoo!Answers How do you hack Net Nanny? I have a friend who has a project due tomorrow for school. His parents are out of town, and his work involves looking Continue Reading…

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Podcast: Childrens Safety Online and bathrooms

 Children, Online Communities, social networks, web 2.0  1 Response »
Nov 272008
 

Men do deals at Golf and the Footy. We women network in Bathrooms. I met someone (nameless for now, in case she doesn’t want to be known as random bathroom chatterer) from Department of Education in a long long line at Glen Frost of Frocomms PR conference. Well, the line for the loos, to be exact. While we hovered and jiggled from foot to foot, she asked me to do a podcast about children online for parents.From ABC.NET – James (above) is very nice and funny and we did the Podcast in my Sunroom (same one in Good Game TV Continue Reading…

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Charity: Child’s Play

 Children, Not For Profit, Online Communities, social media, social networks  No Responses »
Aug 202008
 

If you ever want to donate money in my name, here is my choice: What is Child’s Play? Child’s Play – Support The Gamers Charity! Since 2003, over 100,000 gamers worldwide have banded together through Child’s Play, a community based charity grown and nurtured from the game culture and industry. Over two million dollars in donations of toys, games, books and cash for sick kids in children’s hospitals across North America and the world have been collected since our inception. This year, we have continued expanding across the country and the globe. With over 45 partner hospitals and more arriving Continue Reading…

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Laptop in the Living Room?

 Children, Featured, Online Communities, social networks  5 Responses »
Aug 062008
 

Imagine: you just found out your kid is being cyberbullied. You want to take away their mobile phone and laptop, but you know that’s a hiding to nowhere. So you give them the ‘talk’ about sticks and stones. But you find out they are up at 11pm and 2am checking their messages and refreshing their profile pages. What to do? Well first, stop doing this: I’m just picking on this poor guy. (Flickr: ExaltHim) In the good old days, when you got home from work, your partner was waiting with slippers and a pipe for you (yes, for them mothers Continue Reading…

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Australia: Kidz to make copyright propaganda

 Children, consumer gen. media, Featured, social media, Social Media Australia, user generated content  2 Responses »
Jun 012008
 

Children are being asked to make little propaganda movies to educate themselves about how wrong is the PIRACY of movies and music. From the Australian: Children to produce content for copyright infringement THE industry body charged with fighting film and television piracy will ask schoolchildren to make their own films in a marketing push that aims to teach a new generation the importance of not infringing copyright. An innovative marketing campaign that capitalises on the rise of user-generated content will be launched in primary and secondary schools this month in a bid to instil in children an understanding of how Continue Reading…

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Bimbo doll dead

 Children, Online Communities, social networks  No Responses »
Apr 142008
 

Well, that just about makes my day :SIs it mean of me that I don’t want to save her? I haven’t fed my Neopet in about 3 years, what gives with these wussy Bimbo dolls? And whatever happened to building social network Ritual – a black border on the email, flowers, tears? Nope. Nothing. Not even condolences. A U.K. Web site allows users — some of whom are as young as 8-years-old — create virtual “bimbos” who can then undergo breast augmentation and take diet pills. (ABCNews Photo Illustration) From ABC website By the way, the previous Bimbo Doll Online Continue Reading…

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Bimbo: Avatars about as smart as WE are

 Children, Online Communities, social networks  3 Responses »
Mar 262008
 

…unfortunately. A U.K. Web site allows users — some of whom are as young as 8-years-old — create virtual “bimbos” who can then undergo breast augmentation and take diet pills. (ABCNews Photo Illustration) From ABC website Bratz pushed the boundaries – the girl dolls have g-strings – but this game takes the cake. Or doesn’t cos, y’know, body conscious 8 year olds know not to eat cake, but to take their weight loss pills. I think I’d rather the little princesses rugby tackled their brothers to get their hands on a gaming console or into World of Warcraft, and beat Continue Reading…

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2020 Summit Australia: Here Come the Yoof (youth summit)

 Children, government, Online Communities, Social Media Australia, social networks  2 Responses »
Mar 022008
 

OMG Australia 2020 Youth Summit FTW kthnxbai *waves* hi to those people who have been sending links to their 2020 Summit communities online. I’m sorry I can’t respond to all of you in person – though by the looks of these sites, you’ve been doing some great work. OzIdeas on WetPaint Bang The Table 2020Summit (I’m involved with that one) Bloggerati.com.au (mine) and some guy who wants us to have a new flag flagoz.com Who else is missing – not blogs, communities please, or at least group blogs – social networks for social change? For those network creators, I’d like Continue Reading…

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Australia: Job with Club Penguin (Walt Disney) from LaVolta

 Children, Jobs, Online Communities, Social Media Australia, social networks, statistics  2 Responses »
Feb 212008
 

You might like this one, working with penguins all day: Walt Disney is launching Club Penguin in Australia. Overall Purpose of the Role:Develop and build a supportive and positive Club Penguin community that ensures all team members receive development and training opportunities. Ensure excellent customer service abiding to the Club Penguin community support standards, taking the values of the flagship Club Penguin market and translating those values into the local Australian culture. Some of the responsibilities:-Develop a culture with a strong affiliation to the CP brand-Run regular information sessions and create an open forum for discussions-Facilitate delivery of superior customer Continue Reading…

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High School Sports online community – and guns?

 Children, Online Communities, social networks  1 Response »
Feb 202008
 

I was looking at some High School social networks and came across this great Sports online community from HighSchoolPlayBook.com. What I did find interesting, was that the overriding Purpose for the community – to discuss sports at the High School level – gets circumvented when a ‘situation’ arises that affects all members. In this case, guns to the school.The main video on the region’s page is the student talking about her experiences in the classroom when the alarm went off, and what it was like to sit there from 8am until noon, while police search for the gunman. Background video: Continue Reading…

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Australia: Internet filtering and censorship by government

 Children, Online Communities, Social Media Australia, social networks  2 Responses »
Jan 012008
 

EDIT: *getting cross* NO it’s NOT the same ACT. September was Crime and Terrorism. Federal Police inform ACA of sites that are blocked due to crime and err terrorism. December is Content Services. First is Opt In and Second is Opt Out. Cos we know that pr0n is so much worse than crime and terrorism. Back in September I reported on a new bill passed in the government: Australia you can’t be trusted! (blame Chaser?) From Mashable (why didn’t I see this anywhere else? hmmm?): Is Australia the New China? by Kristen Nicole Several privacy advocates are in an uproar Continue Reading…

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