If Facebook's newly fashioned user profile, Timeline, says anything, it says that what you post on the social Web is forever (but it does say more – keep reading). In many ways, Timeline is a safety- and privacy-education tool right in your face (on your screen), as you go. Because "Timeline collects and chronicles everything you’ve ever posted to Facebook," Slate reports. It used to be that all … [Read more...] about Facebook’s ‘Timeline’: More than a new look
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Check out our new ‘Parents’ Guide to Facebook’!
We ConnectSafely folk are pleased (and excited) to tell you about our new little Facebook guide for parents, educators, and everybody looking for the basics on the world's most popular social networking site – what it is, why young people use it, how to turn it into a great parenting tool, and how to optimize its privacy settings for teens. I started NetFamilyNews 11 years ago on the premise that … [Read more...] about Check out our new ‘Parents’ Guide to Facebook’!
Trend: Users monitoring their own privacy online
It's a new kind of monitoring software, not in the parental-control product category and not even in the new category of online reputation monitoring. It's more like personal data monitoring and preference collection. Yes, I know, that certainly explains it, right? Well, in reporting on a startup service called Bynamite, the New York Times is finally picking up on danah boyd's point, made in a … [Read more...] about Trend: Users monitoring their own privacy online
Online reputation management: Getting smarter, Pew says
Interesting: We're getting smarter about our online spin control, especially the younger Net users among us, but apparently not because we're getting more concerned about our online reputations. According to Pew/Internet's latest report, "Reputation Management & Social Media," "Young adults, far from being indifferent about their digital footprints, are the most active online reputation … [Read more...] about Online reputation management: Getting smarter, Pew says