The Daily Telegraph in Australia reports a rise over the past two years in requests for restraining orders against online stalkers by young Australians, "claiming they are victims of intimidation." Restraining orders are called "AVOs," for apprehended violence orders, in Australia, and an attorney there "said this sort of behaviour could happen through a combination of mediums such as Facebook or … [Read more...] about Social-media-based stalking on rise in Oz
How 2 teach w/ Twitter (esp. rt now!)
There's great material for a media literacy class (or dinner-table discussion) in Twitter these days – both traditional and new media literacy – especially if you and your kids or students follow Andy Carvin (@acarvin), NPR's senior strategist for digital media. I've seen hundreds of tweets and retweets by Andy as I've been following the protest movement in Egypt and around the Middle East. Today … [Read more...] about How 2 teach w/ Twitter (esp. rt now!)
Following Egypt’s story on Twitter, YouTube
We have been watching history happening in realtime this weekend with the unprecedented help of social media. To me, this 3:30 video interview with Waseem Wagdi, an Egyptian in the crowd outside his country's embassy in London, says it all – what's on Mr. Wagdi's face and in his words is clearly what's in his heart and many others'. Most of the short video is in English, but he speaks in Arabic at … [Read more...] about Following Egypt’s story on Twitter, YouTube
More spam in Facebook, Twitter
Don't be socially engineered. Tell your kids that social Web users really need to think before they click, because writing malicious code isn't cybercriminals' only skill. Increasingly it's social engineering, which usually involves being tricked to click on a link that is not what it appears. Attacks on Facebook and Twitter, the two social-media services on which malicious hackers are focusing … [Read more...] about More spam in Facebook, Twitter
Facebook passes up Orkut in India
Though Twitter's experiencing the fastest growth in India, Facebook moved passed Google's Orkut into the No. 1 slot for social networking there, with 20.9 million visitors in July, a 179% increase over July 2009, reports IBN Live in India, citing comScore findings. Twitter grew 239% year over year, while Orkut grew just 16% in India this past year. According to IBN Live, "more than 33 million … [Read more...] about Facebook passes up Orkut in India