Social Media businesses are governed by the laws of the country in which they are headquartered, but they are also expected to comply with local laws where they operate. Most Social Media sites have a reporting system in place aimed at flagging inappropriate content, however, they do come under a lot of criticism for not[Read More]
Facebook and Instagram Launch Project Rockit
Social media services Facebook and its Instagram offshoot have announced a $1m partnership with online safety organisation, Project Rockit in an initiative to reduce online bullying. Project Rockit, founded by Melbourne sisters Rosie and Lucy Thomas in 2006, runs face-to-face and online workshops teaching young people strategies to improve the digital world. Lucy Thomas said[Read More]
Calls For Social Media Safety Ratings
Social media platforms and online games should be given a star safety rating system, advocates say, as the rates of cyber-bullying among teenagers have almost doubled. Youth advocacy group ReachOut has called for the ACCC or the Office of the eSafety Commissioner to rate and monitor online services such as Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, You-Tube and[Read More]
Facebook Post Reports
Facebook has rolled out suicide prevention and support tools for vulnerable users and their concerned family and friends. Suicide prevention organisations in Australia have applauded the move. The social media network – which has almost 1.4 billion users worldwide – announced the feature at a conference in California on Thursday. The update allows users to[Read More]
Facebook | Dislike Button
Get behind our DISLIKE push… We would like to see a Facebook DISLIKE button, so that friends can choose to dislike people and posts. DISLIKE buttons gives the power to friends and readers How to support us…. Like | This page (above). Tweet | This page (above) G+ | Google+ this page (above) Like |[Read More]
Chloe’s Law
Chloe just couldn’t handle it anymore. After enduring almost eight years of relentless bullying, Chloe took her own life. She was just 15-years-old. Chloe’s story featured in an episode of 60 Minutes called Chloe’s Law. Throughout the episode, reporter Allison Langdon spoke to Chloe’s family and friends about what led their beloved Chloe to think[Read More]
Truth about Facebook & Bullying
The truth is social media websites like Facebook know exactly who the bullies are. They know the identity, ip address and other information about every single user. They know exactly who the perpetrators of these crimes are, they have the proof in writing. So why doesn’t Facebook STOP bullying? Since we wrote this post way[Read More]
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