Tag Archives: Twitter

Pornography Alert – Twitter’s Vine is now Age Restricted, 17+

Posted on 09/02/2013 by

I recently wrote and asked parents to talk to their teens and tweens about Twitter’s Vine, which allows users to upload 6 seconds of video onto Twitter. Twitter is now warning users and viewers that it “contains age-restricted material” and that no one under 17 … Continue reading →

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Vinepeek is Addictive. What is it?

Posted on 06/02/2013 by

Vinepeek is an endless stream of six-second videos (called Vines) filmed by thousands of random people all over the world and uploaded on Twitters’ new video sharing platform called Vine. While most ‘vines’ are harmless some are not. The Vinepeek … Continue reading →

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What is Vine? Your Teens will be Twittering about It!

Posted on 31/01/2013 by

On Thursday Vine exploded onto the Social Media scene. It is an App that connects with Twitter. Fundamentally, Vine lets you make and share six-second video clips. It is easy to use and videos can be made straight from your … Continue reading →

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Call to tighten the laws around social media

Posted on 10/09/2012 by

In the past few weeks there have been a number of disturbing cases of cyber bullying and harassment involving the micro-blogging website Twitter. Both Charlotte Dawson (Australia’s Next Top Model judge) and Robbie Farah (Wests Tigers NRL captain) have been on the receiving end … Continue reading →

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Facebook Approaches 1 Billion Users

Posted on 24/04/2012 by

According to an article in Mashable, Facebook will reach 1 billion users before the end of 2012. Facebook currently has 901 million active users, up 56 million since the start of the year! Other staggering figures quoted in the article are … Continue reading →

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A “dummy’s” guide for parents to Twitter

Posted on 25/11/2011 by

You’ve definitely heard about Twitter. You’d have to be living in the desert not to. But could you articulate what it is? Could you explain its value? Maybe, you sort of know, or pretend to know, or don’t know. Maybe … Continue reading →

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