Shades of the US's SOPA (anti-anti-piracy legislation) debate in eastern Europe, quite literally (see this Associated Press story): Street and online protests in Poland, the Czech Republic, and Slovenia against the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, or ACTA, remind me of a killer TED Talk by copyright legal expert and Harvard University law professor Lawrence Lessig: "Reexamining the Remix." Do … [Read more...] about Revisiting copyright law – worldwide
Risk & Safety
Too focused on fear of multitasking?
"A flighty mind may be going somewhere," writes Hanif Kureishi – a playwright, screenwriter, filmmaker, novelist, and short-story writer – in the New York Times. In a very personal account of a "wretched [five-year] period" at the bottom of his class in a suburban-London secondary school, he writes about how some of us really need distraction, and how can we parents really tell (as his couldn't … [Read more...] about Too focused on fear of multitasking?
About the sexual abuse cases in L.A. district
A disturbing story about the sexual misconduct of teachers in Los Angeles Unified School District is not about technology but it highlights some issues we've been addressing in the Internet safety field. "The reopening of an investigation into teacher misconduct at a high school in Hollywood and the initiation of another in … is leading to concerns that the lewd behavior uncovered at Miramonte … [Read more...] about About the sexual abuse cases in L.A. district
Do watch ‘Class Actions’ on PBS
"How do we learn from the past?" asks the narrator of the promotional video for "Class Actions," a 30-min. PBS documentary about three US towns that, with the help of young activists *have* learned from the past and not let hate take over again. "In Oxford, Miss., student leaders find the strength to unify their campus," says narrator Yul Kwon, who found the strength himself to win "Survivor" in … [Read more...] about Do watch ‘Class Actions’ on PBS
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…