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Helping your tween/teen participate safely online: tips for parents & carers

As community managers we are often privy to the online “dangers” that children face,  most of which are notoriously exaggerated by the media. Keeping your child(ren) away from the internet has social risks of its own, so here are our tips to help them navigate the online world safely. A recent post on Facebook &

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Online Communities: Cyber Security Week

This week (6-11 June 2010) is “National Cyber Security Awareness Week” here in Australia. Whilst I don’t support the Federal government’s attempt to make the web a ‘safer place’ via a filter (#openinternet #nocleanfeed) this campaign has merit as it is based on education not restriction. As Community Managers, moderators, owners or publishers of user-generated

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