YouNow is a live-streaming video app with no login requirements for viewing, and with 70% of 100 million users/sessions each month listed as under 24 years of age. Big implications here for cyber safety.
Online safety must be relevant to youth, or we're talking to ourselves. It must accommodate the growing body of research on youth risk and what kids themselves say about how they use digital media, and it must be respectful-of both young people and the new media conditions they're ably exploiting.
UNICEF`s work in digital citizenship and online safety aims to get a better understanding of the digital landscape in a range of different countries, mainly those with a developing or emerging economy.
Their mission ...
To continuously monitor attacks on freedom of information worldwide;
To denounce any such attacks in the media;
To act in cooperation with governments to fight censorship and laws aimed at restricting freedom of information;
To morally and financially assist persecuted journalists, as well as their families.
To offer material assistance to war correspondents in order to enhance their safety.
Excellent analysis/recommendations about what really is and isn't required by US law regarding student work online.
Best lines are the last paragraph:
These laws were passed to keep children safe, not keep children out of the 21st century. With a little common sense we can ensure schools are not committing educational neglect by keeping students stuck in the past.