Study: Fears over kids' online safety overblown
A new study from the National School Boards Association (US) suggests that online fears are misplaced and that the majority of kids have never had an unknown adult ask them for personal information.
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070808-study-fears-over-kids-online-safety-overblown.html
Terrorism eclipses hate as Internet concern: watchdog
In its latest report, the Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies says that the promotion of terrorism has eclipsed hate-mongering as a trouble area on the Internet.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070810.wdigitalterror0810/EmailBNStory/National/home
Web users reading more, saying less, study says
Internet users are spending more time looking at content and less time communicating with others, according to an index of Nielsen/Net Rating statistics released by the Online Publishers Association (OPA).
http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9758946-7.html
Ex-Terminator takes on video games
Gov. Schwarzenegger -- no stranger to making money from violent media -- is appealing a court decision allowing minors to purchase graphic games.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-video13aug13,1,656765.story?ctrack=1&cset=true
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2 comments:
I read the study done by the NSBA about social-networking sites with much enthusiasm. If we are talking about m.l. we should also keep in mind the sponsors for the study (Microsoft, Google, Yahoo) and ask ourselves how this study and its results might benefit those businesses.
Just asking.
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