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Law in Illinois Allows Schools to Demand Students’ Facebook Passwords

Privacy concerns have been raised when a new Illinois state law went into effect on January 1 that can force students to hand over their social media login credentials to their school if school and state officials believe it can help prevent hostile online behavior...

Seeking Approval Online – Subverting the Selfie

Common Sense Media recently posted an article about how posting pictures of themselves online is both building up and breaking down our kids’ self-image...

Does Facebook Know You Better Than Your Friends?

Researchers at the University of Cambridge and Stanford University have found that Facebook (with enough “Like” data on the site from participants) is better at predicting a person’s personality than most of their close friends...

Is Stress in Contagious on Social Media?

According to a new Pew Research Center study, using online media (reading email on your phone, browsing Facebook, etc.) isn’t adding additional stress to your life. In fact, for women, using the internet and social media might actually lower stress...

Is Stress in Contagious on Social Media?

According to a new Pew Research Center study, using online media (reading email on your phone, browsing Facebook, etc.) isn’t adding additional stress to your life. In fact, for women, using the internet and social media might actually lower stress...

Facebook Isn’t Dying, But Getting ”Grayer”

A recent article in Adweek reviews social media usage across different age demographics, finding that more than half the U.S. population use social networks on a regular basis, with Facebook leading the pack...

Facebook Isn’t Dying, But Getting ”Grayer”

A recent article in Adweek reviews social media usage across different age demographics, finding that more than half the U.S. population use social networks on a regular basis, with Facebook leading the pack...

Facebook’s New Data Policy

Facebook has announced it is updating its data policy, with the new terms going into effect on Jan. 30, 2015. If you want to know what data Facebook gathers, take a look at www.facebook.com/about/privacy/update.

Potential College Applicants Wise Up on Facebook Posts and Tweets

There is evidence that high school students have received the message that whatever they post online can be reviewed during the college admissions process. Test prep company Kaplan has found that college admissions officers are finding fewer things online that negatively impacted that applicant’s chances of admission compared to the past few years...

Schools, Social Media and Burglars

A Michigan school district recently used their new technology system to help solve a crime committed over winter break...

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