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Anti-Social Networking. Leonie Smith Interviewed For Peninsula Living Magazine

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I was recently interviewed for Peninsula Living Magazine’s September 2011 issue below is the interview. Texting, Facebook, instant messaging and Twitter are now an integral part of most people’s lives but rather than promoting relationships they may be doing just the opposite. Gillian Currie reports.   Follow Me on Twitter! Click here → @_LeonieGSmith   [...]

You Can’t Automate Cyber Safety

You Can't Automate Cyber Safety

Filth & Magic Apps In the war against Cyber Bullying and Online FILTH! I’m constantly hearing parents asking for suggestions for computer timers and programs for blocking certain sites from young eyes. Most program developers would love to invent a fail safe app for parents to use to keep their kids totally safe online, (they’d [...]

Real Friends Don’t Back-Stab On Facebook!

Your Words Are Set In Stone Online

It used to be that when you had a disagreement or an argument with a friend, the worst that could happen is that they would “bad mouth” you behind your back. Local rumours might be spread, hurtful yes, but in many cases repairable, if on a small scale. If you were in the public eye, [...]

Facebook Dilemma, Should My Tween Be On Facebook?

Facebook 13+ Parent Access Should your kids be on Facebook?

From my article on ABC Technology + Gaming this week. Should kids under 13 years of age be allowed on Facebook? Should the age limit for Facebook, which is now 13+ be raised to 18+? From a recent article on Dawn.com: “WASHINGTON: Some 7.5 million of the 20 million minors who used Facebook in the [...]

Facebook In Australia Only For 18+?

Facebook Safety Centre

I heard a very good interview on the ABC “Life Matters” radio program today entitled “Parental Control Of Facebook” about the latest Australian Attorney Generals suggestion to impliment changes to privacy laws to allow parents to have legal access to their children’s Facebook Profiles. In this interview Australian Psychologist Dr Sophie Reid discusses the potential [...]

Is Parents Access To Their Child’s Facebook A Privacy Issue?

Should Parent Have Legal Access To Kids Facebook Accounts

“THE nation’s attorneys-general will discuss whether laws should be introduced to allow parents access to their children’s Facebook accounts and social networking sites, allowing them to legally breach their privacy.” The Australian National Affairs Author Verity Edwards There is to be a discussion amongst the Australian Attorney Generals about the privacy laws in regards to [...]

South Australia’s Rather Odd Gaming Classification Proposal

South Australia R18+ Gaming Proposal SCAG

South Australia to introduce R18+ for games “South Australian Attorney-General John Rau has taken the R18+ for games issue into his own hands today, declaring that his state will introduce the adult rating regardless of the decision made by other states and territories at the upcoming Standing Committee of Attorneys-General (SCAG) meeting in July.” “This [...]