"Recently, The New York Times reported on the results of a survey that concluded that the majority of Americans are in favor of filtering Internet access in schools."
Faced with both budget cutbacks and growing threats to students' online safety and computer system security, schools throughout the country are opting for free, reliable services for Web content filtering and digital security. One provider, OpenDNS, has announced that one in three schools in the United States is using one or more of its services.
Melanie/ Mary (filtering)
"China has delayed a plan requiring all new computers sold in the country to be equipped with internet filtering software. The Green Dam software has become a major topic of discussion in the blogosphere."
The Green Dam ? a software proposed in June 2009 to be installed on all Chinese computers - plan has stalled. people can get through it. Intention was to block pornographic content and allow "comprehensive net surveillance"
Finding the right balance between acceptable use and what is unacceptable use in schools can be a difficult task for school administrators. That said, technologies designed for network security can help schools take advantage of these technologies while ensuring students aren't districted while in class.
Melanie/ Mary-
"This comes as a surprise as the country's censorship has been such a topic of contention. Nevertheless, the study estimates that up to 92% of Chinese netizens use social media, meanwhile, only 76% of US netizens do the same."
Despite Staples' libertarian attitude towards availability of print materials, many websites remain off-limits to students operating on the Staples network. These sites range from social networking sites such as Facebook to pornographic content.
According to the Nashville Scene, "Roughly 80 percent of Tennessee school districts, including Metro Nashville, use filtering software to bar students from viewing gay education and gay rights websites." What "scandalous" Web sites are Tennessee Public Schools barring their students from accessing?
Sites like the Human Rights Campaign and the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) to name a few.
seems like due to lack of ICT infrastructure coupled with filtering, the emphasis is more on first integrating ICT as a whole into Turkish education rather than on much specific use of social media
great story about the evolution of Facebook, its impact and future. should consider including in project as the story itself is another example of old media (radio) and new media (streaming)
Internet users were asked "What's your opinion of Google's pulling out of China?" and up to 84 percent of more than 27,000 respondents answered the "Don't care" option.
Monday, March 22 Google announced on its official blog that it would stop censoring its search results in that country. David Drummond, Google’s Senior Vice President for Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer, attributed the decision in part to “a sophisticated cyber attack originating from China” and “evidence [suggesting] that the Gmail accounts of dozens of human rights activists connected with China were being routinely accessed by third parties.”