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Keeping Teens ‘Private’ on Facebook Won’t Protect Them

On By danah boydIn Reflections1 Comment

(Originally written for TIME Magazine) We’re afraid of and afraid for teenagers. And nothing brings out this dualism more than discussions of how and when teens should be allowed to participate in public life. Last week, Facebook made changes to teens’ content-sharing options. They introduced the opportunity for those ages 13 to 17 to share their updates and …

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Is Twitter us or them? #twitterfail and living somewhere between public commitment and private investment

On By Tarleton GillespieIn Uncategorized

This is about the fourth Olympics that's been trumpeted as the first one to embrace social media and the Internet -- just as, depending on how you figure it, it's about the fourth U.S. election in a row that's the first to go digital. It may be in the nature of new technologies that we …

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