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Other side of Facebook Privacy Issue
by Larry Magid Facebook?s announcement last week that it passed the 500 million mark reminded me that the concept of a ?face book? is not unique to Facebook.com. Long before computers and the Internet, the term was used to describe printed books that included pictures and brief descriptions of students. I?ve read that founder Mark [...]
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So-Called Facebook ?Panic Button? Is About Engagement, Not Panic
After months of negotiations, Facebook has reached an agreement with the U.K’s Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre that will result in a new safety application aimed at British 13-18 year olds. CEOP, the UK government’s police agency responsible for protecting children against sexual exploitation, had been pressuring Facebook to install what many in the [...]
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Study has good news about kids online behavior
by Larry Magid (this article first appeared on News.com) The headline of the press pitch I received a few days ago read “McAfee to release shocking findings of teen’s online behavior,” but the actual data from the study, “Secret Life of Teens,” are far from shocking. McAfee’s study (PDF) is actually a reassuring portrait of how [...]
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Report to Congress: Media literacy, not fear, can protect youth online
Final report of the Online Safety Technology Working Group Youth Safety on a Living Internet (PDF), the final report by the Online Safety Technology Working Group (OSTWG), found that the best way to assure youth safety on the Internet “points to the growing importance of online citizenship and media-literacy education, in addition to what has [...]
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Facebook?s New Simplified Privacy Settings
This 5:20 video shows how to configure Facebook’s new simplified privacy settings. Including: Using the new one-page simplified privacy controls, limiting what the world can see about you, opting-out of Instant Personalization and an introduction to customizing privacy settings. Also see the more advanced video Facebook’s Granular Privacy Controls: Who Can See What.
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Granular Facebook Privacy Settings: Customizing Who Can See What
This video shows how to use Facebook’s more advanced granular controls. It’s a sequel to the introductory video, “Facebook’s Simplified Privacy Controls.”
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Beyond Facebook?s New Simplified Privacy Settings
This 10 minute video not only shows how to configure Facebook’s latest “simplified” privacy settings but also how to customize your settings for maximum control. It also describes changes to their privacy policy.
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