A New Jersey public school principal has had enough of the harm — from sexual predators or mean girls — that can come to young teens on sites like Facebook and MySpace.
So Anthony Orsini, principal at Benjamin Franklin Middle School in Ridgewood, N.J., wants kids blocked from the sites at school and at home. Read more…
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… That’s what the Safety Center is for, at least in part. With Q&A’s for how to deal with abuse, stalking, cyberbullying and unwanted wall posts, messages and chats, a good bit of the Center’s guidance is aimed at reporting and stopping this unwanted behavior. Even in other Safety Center sections outside of “safety for teens,” this information is essentially just rehashed for others, like parents and teachers, for example. (Teachers and law enforcement professionals get a few extra tips about Facebook, too, like how to maintain a professional presence or how to report a sex offender). Read more…
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A community reeling from the suicide of a popular high school senior turned its sorrow to outrage March 26 over a practice known as “trolling,” in which derogatory, hurtful comments are posted online against a person. Read more…
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