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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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