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• Protect your Identity- Deter, Detect, Defend (video)
  Federal Trade Commission04/30/2006
• Public Affairs Television Special (video)
  WBSC-TV/ WB40 04/30/2006

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• Russian Spys hid secret messages in images on public websites
  June 29, 2010
  Wired Magazine
  http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/06/alleged-spies-hid-secret-messages-on-public-websites/
  
  
• Facebook's Gone Rogue
  May 7, 2010
  Wired Magazine
  http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/05/facebook-rogue/
  
  
• Facebook Social Plug-ins a privacy and security concern
  May 6, 2010
  Help Net Security
  http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=9249
  
  
• Secret Shoppers Scamming - VIDEO
  South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKkJF7DtYXY
  
  
• Facebook rolls out additional privacy changes and increases length of their policies substantially
  July 1, 2010
  BBC News
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/10472844.stm
  
  
• School Principal asks Parents to Ban Facebook
  April 29, 2010
  wcbstv.com
  http://wcbstv.com/technology/facebook.social.networking.2.1662565.html
  
  
• Facebook Friend burglarized home
  March 23, 2010
  New Albany News & Tribune
  http://news-tribune.net/local/x58341299/New-Albany-woman-claims-Facebook-friend-burglarized-home
  
  
• Chat Roulette Could Gamble with Safety
  March 18, 2010
  WLTX-TV news
  http://www.wltx.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=85256
  
  
• How to spot a fake virus scan scam
  March 18, 2010
  ehow
  http://www.ehow.com/how_5039986_spot-fake-virus-scan.html
  
  
• 5 Facebook, Twitter Scams to Avoid
  July 13, 2009
  Network World
  http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/071309-5-facebook-twitter-scams-to.html
  
  
• Cell Phone Safety Tips
  Wired Online - Parry Aftab
  http://www.wiredsafety.org/safety/chat_safety/phone_safety/index.html
  
  
• Cybersafety Booklet for Parents and Kids Now Available
  December 16, 2009
  Federal Trade Commission
  http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2009/12/netcetera.shtm
  
  
• The Latest Ways that Kids Cheat on Exams
  September 11, 2009
  CBS Moneywatch
  http://moneywatch.bnet.com/saving-money/blog/college-solution/the-latest-ways-that-kids-cheat-on-exams/800/
  
  
• Students say using tech to cheat isn't cheating
  July 18, 2009
  eSchool News
  http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/?i=59295
  
  
• Sending of Explicit Photos Can Land Teens in Legal Fix
  May 7, 2009
  Washington Post
  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/06/AR2009050604088.html?wpisrc=newsletter
  
• Public Radio Podcast, "Speaking of Schools" - Don Cantrell on Internet Safety
  May 4, 2009
  http://ed.sc.gov/agency/podcasts/Speaking-of-Schools/default.cfm
  
  
• Bullying takes on new form with technology
  http://www.independentmail.com/news/2009/apr/22/bullying-takes-new-form-technology/
  
  The printouts read like alphabet soup, except for some key words. Between the lol (laughing out loud or lots of luck-love) and the OMG (Oh my god) theres reference to beating people up and shoot them all.
  
  
• Fox News Underage girls forced to strip by cyber bullies
  http://www.cybersafety.tv/video/54033-underage-girls-forced-to-strip-by-cyber-bullies.html
  aired March 30, 2007
  
  
• FBI News: Gone Fishing - Global Ring gets rather slick
  http://www.fbi.gov/page2/may08/phishing_052008.html
  5/20/2008
  
• Group Looks to 'Cyberarmy' to Stop Violent Videos
  http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=4650695&page=1, 4/15/2008
  
  
• Florida Fighting Video Shows How Bullies Target Kids Online
  http://www.wltx.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=60759
  
  
• Social Networking Platforms For Business?
  http://www.crn.com/it-channel/206900595?pgno=1, 2/27/2008
  
  
  
• Interview with Nitesh Dhanjani and Billy Rios, Spies in the Phishing Underground
  http://www.net-security.org, 01/28/2008
  
  
  
• Pillaged MySpace Photos Show Up in Massive BitTorrent Download
  wired.com, 01/23/2008
  
  
• She Used to Look Pretty - wounds Cyber bullies cause can run deep"
  Eutopia Magazine, 7/2007
  
  
• How to Avoid Phising Scams
  Anti-Phising Workgroup
  

• Avoid Criminal Websites
  Get Safe Online

• You must be logged in to do that
  Mashable Social Networking News, 10/27/2006
  

• Decoding Myspace
  US News, 09/18/2006
  
  
• YouTube Overtakes Myspace
  Guardian Unlimited, 7/31/2006
  
  
• MySpace, Sweeping the Country
  PC Magazine 06/26/2006

• Girl, 14, sues Myspace over Alleged Sex Assault
  MSNBC/Associated Press 06/20/2006

• Webpage Sinks Job Candidate
  New York Times 06/14/2006

• Girl heads to Jordan to meet online pal
  Associated Press 04/10/2006

• Myspace Safety Statement
  MSNBC (Dateline) 04/09/2006

• Growing trend among teens causes concern among youth workers, parents
  United Methodist Advocate 03/2006

• An Interview with myspace founder, Tom Anderson
  Forward Motion

• Boys' myspace Prank Results in Sex Crime Arrest
  MSNBC-AP 03/07/2006

• 20 California Students Suspended...
  USA Today 03/03/2006

• Myspace to Bolster security measures
  MSNBC-AP 03/03/2006

• Buyer Beware: Dangers lurking on Myspace
  WYFF-TV 03/02/2006

• Playboy's "Girls of Myspace" Elicits Concern
  Adotas 02/13/2006

• Teens Create their Own Space Online
  Radio program on National Public Radio, 02/01/2006

• Web Snares another Possible Predator
  Anderson Independent Mail, 01/09/2006

• A Quick Guide to facebook
  Sports Illustrated, 12/03/2006

• Cyberstalker enters Guilty Plea
  Seattle-Pos, 07/30/2004

• Understanding the Cyberharrassment Problem
  InformationWeek, 08/23/2004

• Profiles can hurt Job Prospects
  Money Magazine, 02/2006

 

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