Entrevista con César Iglesias, responsable del Área de Nuevas Tecnologías y Propiedad Intelectual en Díaz-Bastién & Truan, Abogados

Es evidente que los menores se encuentran en una grave situación de desprotección ante las nuevas tecnologías y, en especial, ante el auge de las redes sociales en Internet. Según datos publicados a finales de 2008 por la Asociación para la Investigación de Medios de Comunicación, alrededor del 12,6% de los usuarios de Internet en España tienen entre 14 y 19 años, pero esta cifra crece exponencialmente. Ante esta realidad, la Fundación Solventia ha puesto en marcha un proyecto internacional de i

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What Exactly is Bullying?

Ok so a few weeks ago I wrote a blog post about the name-calling experiences that can take place between kids and how it can affect them. In this I shared one of my own personal experiences from elementary school. So, was that bullying? Is it being called names or ridiculed or criticized for things one cannot control like the color of their skin, cultural origin, or height, weight etc.? In my case, the other child did not touch me or push me…could it still be considered an act of  bullying o

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10 Ways to Catch Cyber-bullying Early

Bullying has been a problem for children as long as there have been children. These days though, bullying has taken a technological turn and, in doing so, has become more secretive that it has ever been before. With the internet at everyone’s disposal and being used by children all across the world everyday, what used to be a problem that took place in public is now often taking place privately and even anonymously. Cyber-bullying is becoming one of the top challenges faced by children today

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COPPA 2.0: The New Battle over Privacy, Age Verification, Online Safety & Free Speech

Adam Thierer & I have just released a detailed examination ( PDF ) of brewing efforts to expand the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 to cover adolescents and potentially all social networking sites–an approach we call “COPPA 2.0.” As Adam explained on Larry Magid’s CNET podcast , COPPA mandates certain online privacy protections for children under 13, most importantly that websites obtain the “verifiable consent” of a child’s parent before collecting personal informati

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Wired Safety introduces Net-Etiquettes

WiredSafety.org is an organization run by Parry Aftab, a Cyber Lawyer by profession. In this video not only does she address online etiquettes but she deals with cyberbullying head-on. This informative video gives a voice to youth who have had connections to cyberbulying in some form and gives them an opportunity to speak-out about its definition, causes, effects, and effective tips for resolution. read more

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Top Ten Tips to Keep Teens Safe on Social Networks

If you have a teen these days, you have a teen with social network accounts. And, if you have a teen with social network accounts, you have a teen who needs to understand the gravity of the decisions they make where their online persona’s are concerned. The Slogan what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas is an effective ad campaign promoting the idea that in Vegas you can have anonymity. What happens online stays online, however, has the opposite meaning. When something is posted on line, it can b

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NTIA names Online Safety Technical Working Group members

Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced the members of the new Online Safety and Technology Working Group (OSTWG). I am honored to be among those chosen to participate in this new task force and I look forward to continuing the work started last year with the Harvard Berkman Center’s Internet Safety Technical Task Force (ISTTF), which I also served on. I was very proud of the work done by the ISTTF and the impre

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NTIA names Online Safety Technical Working Group members

Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced the members of the new Online Safety and Technology Working Group (OSTWG).  I am honored to be among those chosen to participate in this new task force and I look forward to continuing the work started last year with the Harvard Berkman Center’s Internet Safety Technical Task Force (ISTTF), which I also served on.   I was very proud of the work done by the ISTTF and the impre

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Sue Scheff: Teens and Sexting

Today’s parents seem to constantly have to keep up with the new concerns with teens today. “Sexting” is a growing and disturbing issue with many parents of teenagers today. What these kids are not realizing is what goes online, stays online and spreads like a virus. Teens today don’t think about college admissions or potential employers 2-4 years from now. In an instant, a not so flattering photo can arrive in thousands of mailboxes! That is, email boxes. Take the time to talk to your kids about

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IFV – Immediate Follower Value – measuring impact on Twitter

UPDATED:  Added GMA IFV below. ORIGINAL POST, night of April 15/16: As I watched rapper/actor Ice-T on Jimmy Fallon’s show tonight, I heard him start to talk about Twitter (Fallon, @ JimmyFallon on Twitter, is a Twitter fan). Ice-T mentioned his Twitter address – Twitter.com/finallevel  (the name of his record label) – so I went over to see if I could measure the impact of a direct Twitter feed mention on network TV. Here’s a screen shot of what the count was before the mention (click

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