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iKeep Safe sounds off about, “Lori Drew Judge Dismisses MySpace Cyber-bullying Conviction based on Terms of Use Violation”
Wu’s decision to overrule Drew’s conviction highlights the difficulty in prosecuting cyber-bullying with the law, and the necessity for cyber-citizenship education (at home and in the schools).

Anne Collier at Net Family News gives her own take on “Lori Drew acquitted in cyberbullying case”
In a second ruling in the Megan Meier cyberbullying case, a federal judge yesterday threw out Lori Drew’s three misdemeanor convictions of late last year.

Larry Magid at SafeKids asks, “Should schools end Internet safety nights?”
Call it Tech Parenting 2.0 or perhaps just “get a clue.” Whatever you call it, it’s time to put Internet safety into a larger context. And instead of mostly using police officers (as is often the case) or even “Internet safety experts” like me as presenters, they should get the kids involved.

Livia Web Protection gives us some much-needed “Tools to Twitter More Safely”
With Twitter, many times, users tweet interesting stories to their followers. Unfortunately, cybercriminals can also send around fradulent links that unsuspecting users will click on and be sent to malicious web sites. Livia Web Protection was listed as one of three tools available to help consumers Twitter more safely on Byron Acohido’s ‘The Last Watchdog on Internet Security’ blog.

Marian Merritt asks “Should Teachers ‘Friend’ Their Students?”
Social networks can cause us all headaches but it’s a special kind of pain for teachers, especially younger teachers or those who are the early adopters of technology. The raging debate is whether or not it’s ok for a teacher to “friend” a current student among their friends on Facebook or another social network.

Pandora blogs about “MySpace Monday Madness”
I don’t understand why every parent isn’t using a program like our PC Pandora computer monitoring software, so they can KNOW who their kids are talking to online. Let’s face it, they aren’t going to tell you. I don’t think a 15-year-old girl would tell her parents she is sending her 18-year-old boyfriend nude pics of herself. It’s important to know.