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Building a Culture of Responsibility

Stephen Balkam | Posted 11.05.2009 | Technology

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We need to build a Culture of Responsibility online where government, law enforcement, industry, teachers, parents and the kids themselves accept differing yet overlapping areas of responsibility.

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Cybercitizens of the World Unite

Stephen Balkam | Posted 11.18.2009 | Media

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Western civilization has a collective memory of what it means to be a citizen, stretching back to ancient Greece. But we are still learning what it means to be a citizen of the digital world.

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A Tweet of Consciousness

Stephen Balkam | Posted 10.17.2009 | Media

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Where is Henry James when we need him? Or Carl Jung? Or Teilhard de Chardin? I wonder what all three of them would have made of Twitter. My guess is that James would have approved.

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Schools Out for Summer: Kids Go Online

Stephen Balkam | Posted 06.30.2009 | Living

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Now would be a good time to have a talk with your children, tweens and teens about what they are doing online, where they are going and what they are uploading.

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Qikker than Twitter

Stephen Balkam | Posted 05.28.2009 | Media

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We're going to have to get used to a Truman Show-type existence where we will both star and direct our own as-it-happens video show.

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Sexting and the Law of Unintended Consequences

Stephen Balkam | Posted 04.24.2009 | Style

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Sexting -- teens sending sexually explicit photos of themselves via cell phones -- has become the latest in a line of highly charged issues involving kids and the internet.

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Setting the Obamas' Parental Controls

Stephen Balkam | Posted 01.02.2009 | Media

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It would send a strong signal if the president established the post of Chief Online Safety Officer, directly responsible to the CTO, to help unify his administration's efforts.

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What's Next In Online Safety

Stephen Balkam | Posted 11.17.2008 | Living

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Kids are now producing the kind of content we once shielded them from. There are cases pending in court where the kids are being charged with production of child pornography.

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Rediscovering Online Safety

Stephen Balkam | Posted 11.10.2008 | Living

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The Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act is a sign that Congress is beginning to get it right when it comes to protecting kids online while not stepping over legitimate free expression rights.

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Learning About The Family Online Safety Institute

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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The brainchild of Stephen Balkam, the Family Online Safety Institute was created with the goal of finding "innovative solutions for family online safe...

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