Twitter abuse: The legal risks
Digital citizenship, which includes responsible social media use, is something we strive to teach our students. Myriad examples exist of foolish or illegal Twitter and […]
digital citizenship
Students don’t know how to use Google
A two year ERIAL (Ethnographic Research in Illinois Academic Libraries) study into students’ research habits has found that students rely heavily on Google and user-generated […]
What can and can’t you say on Twitter?
Recently legal action has been taken against a number of people for things they have said on Twitter. Racist comments, “menacing” threats, contempt of court, […]
Racist Twitter user jailed
A 21 year old student who used Twitter to post racist comments about footballer Fabrice Muamba has been jailed for 56 days. Liam Stacey posted […]
Social media mess-ups
Social media mess-ups always make me laugh, so here are a collection of some of my favourites. All clearly link to a variety of ITGS […]
Facebook and freedom of speech
A Minnesota school has caused concerns over freedom of speech after a sixth grade student posted comments about “hating” a staff member at the school.