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March 19, 2019 By ICanHelpline

The Internet is changing, so Internet safety needs to too

In its coverage of Facebook’s announced shift in the direction of privacy and private communication, the New York Times reported that the platform’s move will “redefine how people use social media.” Then it contradicted itself, saying that “consumers were already moving en masse toward more private methods of digital communications,” citing Snapchat, Nextdoor, Signal and […]

Filed Under: iCanHelpline Blog Tagged With: bullying, cyberbullying, Facebook, Internet safety, Snapchat

January 23, 2019 By ICanHelpline

Digital safety 2019: The new ‘middle layer’ of user care (Part 2)

Part 1 of this series was 2018 highlights. Now it’s time to shine light on some interesting ideas and developments that people have surfaced for a better Internet in 2019 and beyond. So what is this middle layer thing? It’s a way of thinking about Internet safety which people have actually been discussing and building in […]

Filed Under: iCanHelpline Blog Tagged With: 2019, digital safety

January 10, 2019 By ICanHelpline

Digital safety, wellbeing: 2018 highlights

This may not be the Internet safety look-back on 2018 you’d expect. With all the news about data breaches, “fake news,” “tech addiction,” algorithmic bias, election manipulation, hate speech, etc., etc… It’s not a pretty picture. But it’s also not the whole picture. By definition, the news reports airline crashes, not safe landings. Even if […]

Filed Under: iCanHelpline Blog Tagged With: icanhelpline, Internet helpline

November 8, 2018 By ICanHelpline

What cyberbullying is and why that matters

The Pew Research Center reported a surprisingly high figure for “cyberbullying.” The researchers report that 59% of US 13-17 year-olds had experienced some form of it. But it’s important to zoom in on the “some form of” part. Pew’s researchers asked their respondents which forms of abusive behavior they had experienced online (the 59% was […]

Filed Under: iCanHelpline Blog Tagged With: bully, cyberbulling research center, cyberbully, Pew Research Center, school safety

August 27, 2018 By ICanHelpline

‘Momo’ & media literacy

Educators may be wondering about the latest viral media scare called “Momo,” so we’re here to help. Though it has been likened to the “Blue Whale game” of 2015-‘17, it doesn’t seem quite as viral—yet, anyway. But like Blue Whale, the very reason why it has affected a number of countries is that it’s really creepy, […]

Filed Under: iCanHelpline Blog Tagged With: media literacy, media scare, momo, viral

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