Posts Tagged ‘social networks’

March 2nd, 2009

Are Social Networks Good for Kids?

I just read the TechCrunch blog post titled “Why Social Networks Are Good for Kids” by Sarah Lacy. The blog was in response to an article that cites Lady Greenfield, a professor of synaptic pharmacology at Lincoln college, Oxford, and director of the Royal Institution, as suggesting that social networks (Facebook, Twitter, Bebo) are changing [...]

February 4th, 2009

90,000 Sex Offenders Kicked Off MySpace

The news that over 90,000 sex offenders have been kicked off MySpace caught my attention. Apparently, in the last two years there has been a nasty-person purge off MySpace and the claim is that they are finding refuge in FaceBook. Creepy, but a reminder that keeping up with what your children are doing online is [...]