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| "Merlyn asked us to think of our youth as the 'indigenous citizens of cyberspace,' and I was captured by this thought. Our youth are the first generation in cyberspace. If we think back to our parents teaching us the rules of communication etiquette, we can realize that some adults are not able to teach the new rules of communication etiquette, simply because they do not know or understand the medium, and therefore cannot articulate the rules.
There are very few role models in cyberspace. My new role model is Merlyn Horton."
Mary Frances Fitzgerald,
The Alberta Counselletter, July 2005
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Latest News, Articles & Research
2008/07/23
COPA anti-Net porn law: Down but not out
CNET News.com
"The U.S. Department of Justice has been fighting an extended legal battle since 1998 to enforce a federal law that targets Web sites deemed "harmful to minors." On Tuesday, it lost again [...] Still, it's too early to say that this is the end of COPA."
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2008/07/23
Eight ways to handle cyberbullies
KREN (Nevada)
"Like so many other facets of your kids' lives, bullying has now gone online too. If you think your kids haven't experienced bullying in the digital schoolyard -- think again. Half of all kids have been bullied in cyberspace, and just as many admit to bullying others..." There are some helpful tips in this article.
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2008/07/23
High time to give bullies the boot
The Sackville Tribune Post (New Brunswick)
"They are among the most despicable of all human beings – bullies. And staggering odds in their favour have been improved in recent years by a weapon that wasn’t available even a generation ago. The Internet can allow them to follow their victims into their homes." This editorial argues in favour of the Canadian Teachers Federation's call to criminalise cyberbullying.
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2008/07/22
Efforts to rein in online fight videos
The Christian Science Monitor
The images played out in shocking detail this spring: a group of Florida teens beating a girl and videotaping it to allegedly post online at YouTube and MySpace. Some of them face felony charges and the possibility of life in prison.
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2008/07/22
Sexual predators using video games to meet children online
WTRF (West Virginia)
Online video games allow kids to pit their skills against other players all over the world. Game systems like Playstation 2 and 3, PSP, X-Box 360, Wii and Nintendo DS offer online versions. But the person playing on the other end could be an adult posing as a child to meet kids for the wrong reasons.
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2008/07/22
How safe are your 'tweens' online?
PC Magazine
Parents are making an effort to talk to their kids about Internet safety, but children are still willing to talk to strangers on IM, post personal information about themselves on social networking sites, or be the target of online bullying, according to a Tuesday study from Cox Communications and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC).
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2008/07/22
Net censorship law struck down again
WIRED
A U.S. federal appeals court struck down as unconstitutional a Clinton-era law that would have forced websites with adult material to verify visitors' ages, dealing another blow to the government in a 10-year court battle over net censorship.
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2008/07/22
Severity of online child pornography 'increasing'
The Irish Times
The number of confirmed reports of child pornography and the severity of the illegal content rose in 2007, according to figures released today by an online reporting service.
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2008/07/22
New York threatens Comcast with anti-porn suit
The Register
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has threatened Comcast with legal action if it doesn't fall in line with his quixotic campaign against online child pornography. And the American ISP is set to do exactly what he wants.
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2008/07/19
Surprise! Kids chat online about sex
PC World
"Almost half the children surveyed admitted they lie to their parents about their online activities, with most using homework as a cover for surfing the net or social networking. Thirty-three percent revealed they would be in trouble if their parents knew what they were really looking at."
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2008/07/18
Internet predator gets parole less than a year into 9-year sentence
CBC.ca
A convicted internet predator who victimized two Alberta teens by trying to get them to perform sexual acts on camera has been given day parole after serving less than a year of his nine-year sentence.
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2008/07/19
Parents must act now to control cyber culture among children
Saturday Nation (Kenya)
The pendulum of opinion on the impact of computers and the Internet on children will always swing. Is the technology good or bad for our kids? Should the State control access or should it be left to parental guidance and “filter” software?
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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Cyberspace: Youth Work Frontier
Aug 18th, 2008
Children of the Street Society
Coquitlam BC
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Cyberspace: Youth Work Frontier
Aug 28th, 2008
Revelstoke Teachers' Association
Revelstoke BC
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Cyberspace: Youth Work Frontier
Sep 11th, 2008
CASEY Courtenay/John Howard Society
Courtenay BC
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Cyberspace: Youth Work Frontier
Sep 12th, 2008
HOWE SOUND SCHOOL DISTRICT
Whistler BC
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Cyberspace: Youth Work Frontier
Sep 22nd, 2008
TMAP/EFRY/SD57
Prince George BC
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Parenting in a Cyber-Age
Sep 23rd, 2008
WorkSafeBC
Richmond BC
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Parenting in a Cyber-Age
Sep 26th, 2008
Sechelt BC
suncoast foster parent support programme
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Cyberspace: Youth Work Frontier
Sep 28th, 2008
Revelstoke Teachers' Association
Revelstoke BC
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Parenting in a Cyber-Age
Oct 7th, 2008
Chilliwack Middle School
Chilliwack BC
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Cyberbullying: The Always "On" Generation
Oct 7th, 2008
Chilliwack Middle School
Chilliwack BC
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Parenting in a Cyber-Age
Oct 20th, 2008
Enver Creek Secondary School
Surrey BC
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Cyberspace: A New Level of Community
Oct 22nd, 2008
Burnaby Central Secondary
Burnaby BC
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Cyberspace: Youth Work Frontier
Oct 24th, 2008
Vancouver School Board
Vancouver BC
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Cyberbullying: The Always "On" Generation
Oct 29th, 2008
Burnaby Central Secondary
Burnaby BC
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Parenting in a Cyber-Age
Nov 4th, 2008
Hollyburn Family Services
Vancouver BC
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Parenting in a Cyber-Age
Nov 13th, 2008
Fromme Elementary PAC
North Vancouver
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