Posts Tagged ‘We are all Khaled Said’

Documentary on Cyberbullying Films in California

Tuesday, February 8th, 2011

The film crew and the producer for the new documentary Submit: A Virtual Reality of Cyberbullying will be landing tomorrow in California to set up their film studio on location in my Pleasanton offices.

The Submit team is venturing out from Atlanta to the Bay Area to interview Pete Sarna the Oakland Unified School District Chief of Police about his new mobile messaging support system, a teen that had a personal experience with cyberbullying, and myself about the importance of becoming proactive about parenting around technology to avoid the dangers of online harassment.

I’ll also be discussing ways parents can take control of the wild wild web to help keep their children safe and secure while they’re online and using mobile devices.  I’ll be sure to drop a few hints about my new book “The Parent’s Guide to Texting, Facebook and Social Media” due out March, 2011. 

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Facebook Plays a Major Role in Egyptian Protests

Monday, January 31st, 2011

Facebook is proving to be an asset in times of political unrest and mayhem for the thousands of Egyptians who have taken their battle to the streets last week in hopes to de-throne their 30-year-old government. 

A Facebook page created by an anonymous activist has played a major role in the country’s protests, rallying thousands to Egyptian’s to rise up and fight against their President, Hosni Mubarak who is said to use torture against its people to stay in power.

The Egyptian government has repeatedly shut down access to the Internet over the past week, but the Facebook page created by an anonymous activist, “We are all Khaled Said“ continues to stay active with over 36,500 fans as of January 31st, 2011   “We were tortured, humiliated and lived in injustice & poverty for 30 years despite our enormous resources” , and “Nothing justifies the continuation of this dictator” the activist wrote on the page’s wall earlier today.

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