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Monday News: Is Gawker the arbiter of internet justice; India selling $20 tablets to students; and the need for a Social Network Constitution

Monday News: Is Gawker the arbiter of internet justice; India selling $20 tablets to students; and the need for a Social Network Constitution

How A Simple Gmail Search Could Lead To An Invasion Of Your Privacy – Lori Andrews, a law professor and director of the Institute for Science, Law and Technology at the Illinois Institute of Technology suggests that we need a Social Network Constitution where individuals can have a private sphere outside public life. Q. How(…)

Guest Post: Authors Against Bullying by Mandy Roth

Guest Post: Authors Against Bullying by Mandy Roth

The story of the Canadian teen who committed suicide because of bullying—but not before she told her story via a YouTube video— has hit me hard. What makes the matter even worse are the comments on the video by trolls. Some are so hateful, so horrific that simply typing them out to include here would(…)

REVIEW:  A Midsummer’s Nightmare by Kody Keplinger

REVIEW: A Midsummer’s Nightmare by Kody Keplinger

Dear Ms. Keplinger, I think you’re one of the more interesting contemporary YA authors to be published in recent years. There’s an authenticity to your narrative voice that’s difficult to match. Despite their flaws, I enjoyed your previous two novels, The DUFF and Shut Out, so I snatched up your latest without hesitation. Whitley is(…)