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The phenomenon of posting hurtful or embarrassing messages on the Internet or sending insulting emails in a bid to intimidate the victims is even more widespread in some other EU countries.

We probably have not heard the last word on the management shakeups and reorganizations from Yahoo and Sony, who both made changes this week.

SEVEN Brisbane men have been charged with 27 offences after being caught in an undercover police operation targeting internet child predators.

Left alone in a cage with a mountain of cocaine, a lab rat will gorge itself to death.

Beny Rubinstein knows computer security. An employee of a Seattle-area tech giant with 20 years of IT experience under his belt, Rubinstein has seen a side of the industry that most people will never know.

Using LinkedIn effectively as part of your job-seeking strategy creates opportunities that you won't get from the classifieds or job sites alone.

The impact that learning environments will have on the way we work, Internet freedom, and the future of libraries are just some of the hot topics inside this week Media Literacy Digest. Photo credit: Jason Rhode Has the Web been helping the true growth of a greater freedom of thought, allowing individuals to develop a critical attitude and question their beliefs? Tough the question remains open, it's certainly true that the Internet has greatly helped to foster the sharing of knowledge and the exchange of opinions. Forums, online communities, or even comments to a blog post, are often the occasion to start a debate and look at things from a different perspective. As every week, you can use the pointers and open questions raised in this Digest as a compass helping you explore and make greater sense of the subtle, but disruptive changes that our society faces in these times. Here all the details:

An official in a suburban New York town says three police officers have been suspended over racist and sexist comments on their Facebook pages.

Instead of giving up potato chips, beer or dessert for Lent, how about Facebook? Stephanie Simon reported for The Wall Street Journal that there are people who are swearing off the social networking site and ...

Wichita is home to some fascinating people-some famous, some not. It's also home to a man little heard of, but his work has certainly been noticed by all.

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A former University of Portland student has filed a lawsuit that accuses school officials of failing to tell police that she had reported a rape last year.

"Change is racing along so fast that the old learn-in-advance methods are no longer sufficient. While network infrastructure is evolving exponentially, we humans have been poking along. ... We've got to reinvent ourselves and get back on the fast track."

Photo credit: TebNad Informal learning evangelist Jay Cross thought of this idea already back in 2003. Traditional schooling is no longer sufficient to deal with the complexity of modern society. In a world which is going to be increasingly more specialized what is really going to make the difference is your ability to explore, research and find relevant information just-in-time via the personal connections you have created over time. That's why the connections you establish with your peers, the personal learning network that you create, are really valuable. Sharing and learning with other individuals who have your own passions and interest, is an opportunity to really learn and to get out of the traditional classrooms environment, where your desire to learn is too often suffocated by dogmatic principles and grade scales. Get used to that: knowing things per se, and filling your walls at home with certificates, doesn't mean you're a good student or that you are better than anyone else. It just means that you can answer pre-determined questions when you are asked to. And, is this really the skill you need to be successful in your life? Here's Jay's vision:

Alberto Gomez Vicuna Jr., a teacher at Gilroy High, was arrested by San Jose police on suspicion of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor.

A teenage office worker claims she was hauled into the manager's office and told she was fired after branding her job 'boring' on Facebook.