Discussion: MySpace and Deleting Online Predators Act (DOPA)
Citation: boyd, danah and Henry Jenkins. 2006. "MySpace and Deleting Online Predators Act (DOPA)." MIT Tech Talk. May 26. http://www.danah.org/papers/MySpaceDOPA.html
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The memo strongly discouraged teachers from using social-networking web sites such as MySpace and Facebook to create personal profiles or communicate with students.
Darlington County School District held a free seminar Monday night on social networking sites such as Myspace.com and Facebook. com, for parents to learn more about the sites their children are visiting.
“We hope to establish a dialogue with parents,” said Diane Sigmon, director of technology in Darlington County School District. “These things (Web sites) are out there. We’ve got to help them (chi
MySpace.com has found and deleted profiles of 29,000 convicted sex offenders, more than four times the initial 7,000 profiles they claimed in May. The numbers were discovered after MySpace turned over info detailing the offenders they had removed from the service. MySpace turned over the records after states filed a formal legal request.
But no matter how big of a slacker you are, you surely won't have time for all the social networks out there. No worries. There is no need to pledge allegiance to just one. At last year's Web 2.0 Summit, Marc Canter, chief executive officer for Broadband Mechanics, estimated that the average user is an active member of five social networks. So if you're going to choose five, you might as well be
Online predators are a smaller risk than the public is led to believe by the media and by law enforcement officials.
A deal with MySpace.com could help Hawaii and other states find out whether convicted sex offenders have not learned from their crimes.
The social-networking Web site announced yesterday it would share information with attorneys general about registered sex offenders who have created personal profiles online.
This week, MySpace, a division of the News Corporation, will show that it is serious about challenging YouTube in the booming world of online video.
On Thursday, MySpace plans to rename and refurbish the video-sharing service on its popular social network. The new service, called MySpace TV, will be set up as an independent Web site (www.myspacetv.com) that people can visit to share and watch vid
Over the last six months, I've noticed an increasing number of press articles about how high school teens are leaving MySpace for Facebook. That's only partially true. There is indeed a change taking place, but it's not a shift so much as a fragmentation. Until recently, American teenagers were flocking to MySpace. The picture is now being blurred. Some teens are flocking to MySpace.
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Discussion: MySpace and Deleting Online Predators Act (DOPA) Citation: boyd, danah and Henry Jenkins. 2006. "MySpace and Deleting Online Predators Act (DOPA)." MIT Tech Talk. May 26. http://www.danah.org/papers/MySpaceDOPA.html
The memo strongly discouraged teachers from using social-networking web sites such as MySpace and Facebook to create personal profiles or communicate with students.
Darlington County School District held a free seminar Monday night on social networking sites such as Myspace.com and Facebook. com, for parents to learn more about the sites their children are visiting. “We hope to establish a dialogue with parents,” said Diane Sigmon, director of technology in Darlington County School District. “These things (Web sites) are out there. We’ve got to help them (chi
MySpace.com has found and deleted profiles of 29,000 convicted sex offenders, more than four times the initial 7,000 profiles they claimed in May. The numbers were discovered after MySpace turned over info detailing the offenders they had removed from the service. MySpace turned over the records after states filed a formal legal request.
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