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  'Overnight, everything I loved was gone': the internet shaming of Lindsey Stone

  The Guardian - Jon Ronson

  When a friend posted a photograph of charity worker Lindsey Stone on Facebook, she never dreamed she would lose her job and her reputation. Two years on, could she get her life back? In early January 2012, I noticed that another Jon Ronson had started posting on Twitter. His photograph was a …

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  How One Stupid Tweet Blew Up Justine Sacco’s Life (Published 2015)

  nytimes.com - Jon Ronson

  As she made the long journey from New York to South Africa, to visit family during the holidays in 2013, Justine Sacco, 30 years old and the senior director of corporate communications at IAC, began tweeting acerbic little jokes about the indignities of travel. There was one about a fellow …

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  Vine Kids app is all about the cute; no creepiness allowed

  Mashable - Samantha Murphy

  Vine just got a little sibling. The 6-second video platform announced a new standalone app called Vine Kids on Friday that is kid-friendly. It's been two years since Twitter launched the popular video service, which allows users to create and share looping videos of adorable puppies, breaking news …

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  Controversial Paper Suggests Wi-Fi Exposure More Dangerous To Kids Than Previously Thought

  Forbes - Robert J. Szczerba

  Most parents would be concerned if their children had significant exposure to lead, chloroform, gasoline fumes, or the pesticide DDT. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IRIC), part of the United Nations’ World Health Organization (WHO), classifies these and more than 250 other agents …

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  An Update On Screen Time

  NPR - Elissa Nadworny

  NPR Ed is updating some of the top stories we've been following in 2014. This year we took a new look at screen time — and the argument over whether it's good or bad for kids. We explored what the research revealed about screen time, how schools are using devices in the classroom and its social …