[Thank you to all commenters on this post! I've just posted an update (5/17/17) that I hope you'll read before commenting further here.] It has been reported as real news here in the U.S. in recent weeks, just as it was earlier in eastern Europe, and what a dark, disrespectful message it sends about young people in any country. I'm talking about coverage of the so-called "Blue Whale suicide … [Read more...] about ‘Blue Whale’ game: ‘Fake news’ about teens spread internationally
international online safety
Counterspeech: New online safety tool with huge potential
Susan Benesch, founder of The Dangerous Speech project, tells the story of how worried people in Kenya were in the run-up to their national election in 2013. Dangerous, inflammatory speech around the previous election in 2007 had led to widespread violence involving more than 1,000 deaths and hundreds of thousands of people being displaced, she said in a talk at Harvard’s Berkman Center, where she … [Read more...] about Counterspeech: New online safety tool with huge potential
Tech & media intelligence-gathering in Sydney
"Intelligence" is the word that has come to mind most frequently as I've participated in conversation after conversation with Australians about kids in digital media over the past 10 days. Here's just a sampler of examples: "Cybersafety education saturation": A government is really "hearing" young citizens in Australia. Rosalie O'Neale of the Australian Communications & Media Authority … [Read more...] about Tech & media intelligence-gathering in Sydney
Great opportunities launched on Safer Internet Day
Now here's an interesting question, one that young digital media users don't hear a lot: "What does the good side of the Internet look like?" They're invited to submit a creative answer to that question in video format, either as individuals (aged 13+) or as students on behalf of a particular school, for the 2013 "What's Your Story" contest launched today, Safer Internet Day, Feb. 5 (for more on … [Read more...] about Great opportunities launched on Safer Internet Day
Our Safer Internet Day 2012…
I meant the "Our" in the headline in a global way. All of us. We know this, of course, but we don't think about it enough: It's literally our Internet – across generations and borders, this very participatory, dynamic media environment that's updated by all of us in real time, 24/7, seven days a week. I love that the European Commission's Internet safety group – the source of Safer Internet Day, … [Read more...] about Our Safer Internet Day 2012…