I keep getting wheeled out in front of various audiences to talk about blogging so I figured it was about time I did a bit of digging around to see what academics are saying about it. Here are the gems… Continue Reading
Americans often laugh at what they see as the over-regulation of, well, just about everything in Europe. Now we can laugh, and cringe a bit, at a new law proposed by Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick, in China a Pennsylvania Republican, author… Continue Reading
Lot’s of bad stuff, you know, happens on sites like… yeah, that one. Now, reports the Chronicle, students disciplined by their schools for posts they’ve made online, often from computers far removed from their school’s network, are fighting back with… Continue Reading
Here’s the headlines and links – you didn’t really think I’d write all this stuff up, did you?! Kids love myspace:Identity Production in Networked Culture: Why Youth Heart Myspace by Danah Boyd So do the police: Teens Arrested after posting…on… Continue Reading
Craig Newmark started Craigslist.org over 11 years ago. Since that time, it’s emerged, almost by stealth, to become one of the 10 busiest websites on the internet. Craigslist’s 10 million unique users a month post 5 million, generating 2.5 billion… Continue Reading
The state of Virginia has passed a law requiring schools to teach internet safety as part of the curriculum, reports the Washington Post: “The measure’s sponsor, Del. William H. Fralin Jr. (R-Roanoke), said he wrote the bill after his oldest… Continue Reading
I’m not doing a very good job of writing up some of the stuff I’ve been reading recently but still wanted to draw them to your attention: A behind the scenes look at the launch of The Guardian’s Free Your… Continue Reading
A chatroom spat turned expensive for Tracy Williams, a college lecturer from Oldham, Greater Manchester, after she lost a libel case brought against her by Michael Keith-Smith in the High Court. The Court heard that Williams described Keith-Smith as "lard… Continue Reading
A sheriff’s deputy in Manatee County, Florida is reportedly sueing an unnamed message board user (named "Jane Doe" in the suit) for libel. The deputy alleges that she was the victim of sex-related gossip that brought her into "public scandal… Continue Reading
Like any website that attracts many thousands of teenagers, myspace also seems to have attracted the unwanted attention of sexual predators. On Monday, a man was arrested and charged in Fontana, California after a group of boys baited him with… Continue Reading