The Week in Online Safety, March 12, 2012

The Week in Online Safety, March 12, 2012A weekly global roundup of online safety news, policy developments, research, and influence

News
U.K. -  The hurt caused by private lives being made public, The Guardian, Mar. 10, 2012

U.S. - Are Social Networks Sexualizing Young Girls?, Shine, Mar. 9, 2012 

U.S. -  Temptation to overshare online can come back to haunt teens, The Seattle Times, Mar. 7, 2012 

U.S. -  Teaching kids to be ‘digital citizens’ (not just ‘digital natives’), The Washington Post, Mar. 8, 2012 

U.S. -  The high cost of keeping Facebook PG-13, KSL ,Mar. 7, 2012 

Policy: Legislative, Regulatory, & Legal Developments
U.S. -  Proposed Arizona law allows parents to monitor a minor's mobile, ZDNet, Feb. 28, 2012

U.S. -  In fight against teen sexting, lawmakers work to avoid turning kids into criminals, Fox News, Mar. 5, 2012 

U.S. -  Alabama Bill Would Make it a Crime to Annoy Someone Online, The Fire, Mar. 7, 2012 

U.S. -  Internet Porn Crackdown Campaign Continues in China, TechWire Asia, Mar. 5, 2012 

Qatar -  Middle East Faces Tensions Between Online Child Protection and Internet Freedom, Forbes, Mar. 7, 2012

Research
U.S. -  Nasty People in the Media Prime the Brain for Aggression, Science Daily, Mar. 7, 2012

Australia -   One in two young people bullied,  QUT, Mar. 4, 2012 

Advocates
U.S. -  From ‘Born This Way’ to ‘Move This Way’: A new foundation, Anne Collier, Mar. 2, 2012 

U.S. - Technopanics, Threat Inflation, and the Danger of an IT Precautionary Principle, Adam Thierer, Feb. 28, 2012 

U.S. -  CDT to Companies: Don't Help Pakistan Censor the Internet, CDT, Mar. 8, 2012 

U.S. -  Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation  and School Climate, Sameer Hinduja,Cyberbullying Research Center, Mar. 8, 2012

-- Compiled by David Burt, CISSP, CIPP