Nicolas Perpitch
From: The Australian
FACEBOOK, the world's largest social network site, is under more pressure to tighten security after West Australian high school students used it to threaten teachers, calling for them to be "massacred by chainsaws".
The pressure comes after a Facebook memorial site for murdered 12-year-old Queensland schoolboy Elliott Fletcher was desecrated with images of child pornography and bestiality.
Users of two Facebook groups set up for past and present students of North Albany Senior High School, in WA's south, posted threatening and defamatory comments about current and former teachers.
One comment said: "If we get over two million people saying they hate (....) all staff and workers involved should be massacred by chainsaws and the school should be shut down."
It is understood the Department of Education and Training has identified the student who allegedly posted the comment, although no action has yet been taken in the case.
Albany police said they were not involved at this stage.
In one discussion, past students referred to a teacher by name, claiming he was a "pervert" and had "sleazed" on to them.
State School Teachers Union president Anne Gisborne called for tighter protocols governing the use of Facebook and similar internet sites.
"What you've got potentially is the setting up of a kangaroo court, without the opportunity for any witness statements to be made or any defence," Ms Gisborne said. "It can be the ruin of an individual and their professional integrity."
Facebook refused to comment.
State Education Minister Liz Constable said she was appalled at the students' postings and they should be punished.
The school's principal, Sharon Doohan, indicated staff were being instructed in the appropriate use of social networking sites.
She urged parents to be vigilant over the potential misuse of the internet by their children.
Federal Education Minister Julia Gillard said yesterday a $3 million pilot program to combat cyber bullying in schools would promote "smart, safe and responsible use of technology".
MY COMMENTS:
From the article, what can I say is... 'Say NO to FB!' lol..
No, that's not my real comments.
Nowadays, facebook (FB) has a great influence among people in the whole world. Every post that you made may change the world. (Wow! never thought that I gonna write that..)
I know some of us are quite addicted to FB. As long as we know the right way to use it or more specific, the safe way to use it, maybe or just maybe, FB are beneficial to us.
Like what Mr. Yee had once said in the class, it is alright to indulge ourselves with those things as well as we know how to limit ourselves so that it won't bring us harm.
So, the next time you are online, watch out your mouth! [^.^]
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Attorney-General Michael Atkinson vows to repeal election internet censorship law amid reader furore
Greg Kelton, Derek Pedley
From: The Advertiser
February 02, 2010 10:30PM
ATTORNEY-GENERAL Michael Atkinson will move immediately to repeal controversial laws which sparked an outcry over censorship of the internet. After backing down late last night to say the laws would not be put into effect, Mr Atkinson told reporters he would follow the advice of Opposition legal affairs spokeswoman Vickie Chapman and use a section of the Electoral Act to immediately repeal the section.
Earlier, Mr Atkinson said it would be repealed but could not do it until after the election and had promised that no action would be taken against internet users during the election campaign.But after comments from Ms Chapman that it could be done, Mr Atkinson said he had decided to act immediately and paid tribute to Ms Chapman for her suggestion.Mr Atkinson was continuing to accept full responsibility for the furore today saying he was embarrassed but he would not stand down from Cabinet "unless Vickie Chapman stands down with me''.He said she had been fully aware of the provisions of the Bill when it passed through Parliament last year."This law was supported by all 69 MPs of Parliament and some of them are now running away from it faster than others,'' Mr Atkinson.
"I have come here today to say we listened to what people of the blogging generation had to say and we changed our policy accordingly.''Mr Atkinson said he had not been told by Premier Mike Rann to change the policy which has sparked outrage from media organisations, including The Advertiser and AdelaideNow, and civil liberties groups across Australia.He said he had rung the Premier last night and said while most South Australians supported honesty and integrity in accountability during election campaigns, there was an up and coming generation of young people who had grown up with the right to say "pretty much anything on blog sites'' without constraints and that was a right they were going to cling to very fiercely."It would not be effective to continue to resist them,'' Mr Atkinson said.
How Atkinson backflippedAfter a furious reaction on AdelaideNow to The Advertiser's exclusive report on the new laws, Mr Atkinson at 10pm last night released this statement: "From the feedback we've received through AdelaideNow, the blogging generation believes that the law supported by all MPs and all political parties is unduly restrictive. I have listened."I will immediately after the election move to repeal the law retrospectively."Mr Atkinson said the law would not be enforced for comments posted on AdelaideNow during the upcoming election campaign, even though it was technically applicable."It may be humiliating for me, but that's politics in a democracy and I'll take my lumps," he continued in the statement."This way, no one need fear now that they are being censored on the net or in blogs, whether they blog under their own name or anonymously. The law will be repealed retrospectively."I call upon all the other political parties who supported this review to also review their position.
"The extraordinary backdown followed Mr Atkinson's flawed defence of the law on radio 5AA earlier in the day.He said the new law was necessary because people such as Aaron Fornarino, who regularly posts comments on AdelaideNow, were Liberal Party plants.After the backdown was revealed on AdelaideNow last night, Premier Mike Rann posted three Twitter messages: "AG has listened. So no debate will be stifled. No political censorship of blogs or online comments whether named or anon.""All MPs and all parties voted for Electoral law. Hope Libs, Greens, Family First, Independents etc will join us to support repeal.""For many young people, and even the not so young, internet is their parliament of ideas and information.''
From: The Advertiser
February 02, 2010 10:30PM
ATTORNEY-GENERAL Michael Atkinson will move immediately to repeal controversial laws which sparked an outcry over censorship of the internet. After backing down late last night to say the laws would not be put into effect, Mr Atkinson told reporters he would follow the advice of Opposition legal affairs spokeswoman Vickie Chapman and use a section of the Electoral Act to immediately repeal the section.
Earlier, Mr Atkinson said it would be repealed but could not do it until after the election and had promised that no action would be taken against internet users during the election campaign.But after comments from Ms Chapman that it could be done, Mr Atkinson said he had decided to act immediately and paid tribute to Ms Chapman for her suggestion.Mr Atkinson was continuing to accept full responsibility for the furore today saying he was embarrassed but he would not stand down from Cabinet "unless Vickie Chapman stands down with me''.He said she had been fully aware of the provisions of the Bill when it passed through Parliament last year."This law was supported by all 69 MPs of Parliament and some of them are now running away from it faster than others,'' Mr Atkinson.
"I have come here today to say we listened to what people of the blogging generation had to say and we changed our policy accordingly.''Mr Atkinson said he had not been told by Premier Mike Rann to change the policy which has sparked outrage from media organisations, including The Advertiser and AdelaideNow, and civil liberties groups across Australia.He said he had rung the Premier last night and said while most South Australians supported honesty and integrity in accountability during election campaigns, there was an up and coming generation of young people who had grown up with the right to say "pretty much anything on blog sites'' without constraints and that was a right they were going to cling to very fiercely."It would not be effective to continue to resist them,'' Mr Atkinson said.
How Atkinson backflippedAfter a furious reaction on AdelaideNow to The Advertiser's exclusive report on the new laws, Mr Atkinson at 10pm last night released this statement: "From the feedback we've received through AdelaideNow, the blogging generation believes that the law supported by all MPs and all political parties is unduly restrictive. I have listened."I will immediately after the election move to repeal the law retrospectively."Mr Atkinson said the law would not be enforced for comments posted on AdelaideNow during the upcoming election campaign, even though it was technically applicable."It may be humiliating for me, but that's politics in a democracy and I'll take my lumps," he continued in the statement."This way, no one need fear now that they are being censored on the net or in blogs, whether they blog under their own name or anonymously. The law will be repealed retrospectively."I call upon all the other political parties who supported this review to also review their position.
"The extraordinary backdown followed Mr Atkinson's flawed defence of the law on radio 5AA earlier in the day.He said the new law was necessary because people such as Aaron Fornarino, who regularly posts comments on AdelaideNow, were Liberal Party plants.After the backdown was revealed on AdelaideNow last night, Premier Mike Rann posted three Twitter messages: "AG has listened. So no debate will be stifled. No political censorship of blogs or online comments whether named or anon.""All MPs and all parties voted for Electoral law. Hope Libs, Greens, Family First, Independents etc will join us to support repeal.""For many young people, and even the not so young, internet is their parliament of ideas and information.''
This is all because of internet..
SEAN FEWSTER
From: The Advertiser
January 30, 2010 12:01AM
CARLY Ryan's mother has refused to surrender to despair, vowing to dedicate her life to saving others from the fate that befell her murdered daughter.
Speaking for the first time since the teenager's killer was convicted, Sonya Ryan said urgent action, such as compulsory seminars for Year 8 students, was needed to educate children about internet dangers.
Ms Ryan, 38, also threw her support behind new federal laws, proposed by independent senator Nick Xenophon, that would make lying to children on the internet a crime.
Yesterday, Ms Ryan told The Advertiser her focus "had to be" on the future, not the past.
"A future without Carly is just too terrifying to imagine, like someone switched off the light that she brought into our lives," she said. "You can either fall into that blackness and completely give up or you step into the light and do what you can - and that's trying to help others.
"What else is there? It's pretty much the only choice I have. If I have to be here without Carly, then my aim is to help create awareness."
On January 21, Ms Ryan sat in the back row of the Supreme Court and watched as a jury found a Victorian man guilty of murdering her 15-year-old daughter.
It was the first time she had seen the 50-year-old since she kicked him out of her home three years earlier.
At that time, she had believed the man's name was Shane and that he was the adopted father of Miss Ryan's internet boyfriend, Brandon Kane.
In truth, both "Brandon" and "Shane" were personas the man had adopted to seduce Miss Ryan into a sexual relationship.
Ms Ryan ordered "Shane" to leave her home after finding him sleeping in the same bed as her daughter.
Weeks later, the man would use his cyberspace alter ego to convince Miss Ryan to go with him to Port Elliot, where he bashed and drowned her.
"Carly would be utterly horrified to know the level of deception of that man," Ms Ryan said yesterday.
"A lot of people believe whatever they read on the internet is true, especially children . . . they believe what they see, but there is just so much deception out there and on so many levels.
"All it takes is for a trusting teen to believe what a predator is saying to them and their safety is instantly taken out of their hands.
"Carly was a very compassionate young lady and she would be wanting all of us to do whatever we can to stop this happening again in the future to another young girl."
Ms Ryan said parents had to educate themselves about the internet.
"I think that parents are unaware of what their children are doing online," she said. "They need to be more actively involved and checking their children's websites, looking at the mediums they are using, checking their profiles and who they are speaking to."
Teachers and governments, she said, had to work together to warn children about online predators. "Kids put whatever they like on their MySpace and Facebook pages - their schools, their telephone numbers, their movements - just completely unaware that anybody can look at that information," she said.
"The internet is getting bigger and bigger, and this problem is only going to get worse - something needs to be actively done and people need to start taking this seriously.
"I think there should be compulsory school seminars on internet awareness and safety for Year 8 students."
Ms Ryan said she would create a foundation, in her daughter's name, to further internet awareness and child safety. She called on the public to contact her with suggestions and initiatives.
"There has been enough suffering over the past three years," she said. "Not just for me but for Carly's family, her friends, the lady who found her on the beach, the police and the prosecutors.
"Now, the best thing I can do is get out there and try to help others prevent this happening in the future.
"I just try to always think `What would Carly want me to do?' and I know, in my heart of hearts, that is getting this message out . . ."
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Be yourself!
Yesterday, I got the chance to read a magazine but I can't remember what magazine it is. I read the letter to counsellor segment. It is quite interesting. There was a man who wrote that he is so confused with himself and he afraid that he don't know himself well which make him unable to predict what he will be in future. He also told that all of his friends know what they are doing and what they will be in future. But, when he looks to himself, he still blur about why on earth he still exist in this world. He said that he seems to be losing his self-esteem.
Then, the counsellor answered him by saying that it is normal for a human - wanting to know what the future holds and how our lives will turn out is a human obsession. It is a fact that most of people know what they want and they aim for it and they can know what they will be next. But, there are still several people who still in their searching mode of their hidden talent. All that we need is time to discover what we are good at. Some person know their talent since they was a child. However, not everyone is like that. It is a part of journey of discovering what we are good at. Just have to believe that everyone has a special talent.
For me, the best thing to know yourself is be yourself. Being yourself is celebrating you, as an individual - learning to express yourself and be happy with who you are. For some people, it's learning to love yourself, for others, it's not hiding who you are or changing things about you to fit in. If you can do it, you will realize within no time what things that are you enjoy in doing it and have a great passion in it.
Here are some pharases that I find interesting to be shared :
"It is possible at any age to discover a lifelong desire you never knew you had."
"Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it."
"Try to discover
Then, the counsellor answered him by saying that it is normal for a human - wanting to know what the future holds and how our lives will turn out is a human obsession. It is a fact that most of people know what they want and they aim for it and they can know what they will be next. But, there are still several people who still in their searching mode of their hidden talent. All that we need is time to discover what we are good at. Some person know their talent since they was a child. However, not everyone is like that. It is a part of journey of discovering what we are good at. Just have to believe that everyone has a special talent.
For me, the best thing to know yourself is be yourself. Being yourself is celebrating you, as an individual - learning to express yourself and be happy with who you are. For some people, it's learning to love yourself, for others, it's not hiding who you are or changing things about you to fit in. If you can do it, you will realize within no time what things that are you enjoy in doing it and have a great passion in it.
Here are some pharases that I find interesting to be shared :
"It is possible at any age to discover a lifelong desire you never knew you had."
~ Robert Brault ~
"Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it."
~ Buddha ~
"Try to discover
The road to success
And you'll seek but never find,
But blaze your own path
And the road to success
Will trail right behind."
~ Robert Brault ~
Friday, January 8, 2010
Wow!
It been a very looooong time that I never open my blog. I can see that most of my friends are updating their blog regularly. Well, it is a fact that I'm not a type of person who likes to write. I'm really not so into this thing. And now, our Ms. Dil had asked us to maintain our blog. Then, that is what I'm doing now.
I find that it is difficult to find the articles about it in the magazine. But, fortunately, I managed to find it in the newspaper. So, after this, internet!!!! lol...
We cannot deny right, that most student prefer to search information in the internet rather than going through all the book which you need to read one by one. Ok, then. Hope that I am able to find all 15++ required articles for this topic. If you have any suggestion regarding this topic, feel free to leave a comment.
Just found this clip video about BTN. Quite interesting to listen to it.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
LIAR GAME
Just taking a break for a while before continue reading MPW..
The exam is just around the corner.. But I know I'm still not fully prepared for it..
So scared... Hope I can give my best in the paper.. Gambate qila! ^^
This afternoon I had watched a japanese drama together with my friends. It was an interesting story. It really needs us to understand the plot of the story really well. It is actually about how a swindler [a person who trick somebody to get their money] teached a very honest person or in my hometown they called this type of person as 'lurus bendul' how to cheat others in order to avoid from being deceived. The person is a girl who is too good for herself. She always be kind to others so she is easily being fooled by her friends.
Matsuda Shota played the role as the swindler in this drama and he looks really cool... First time I watch his acting in the Hana Yori Dango drama. Well, in that drama, HNY, he just played the side actor. But, in this drama.. Ops, wait a minute.. I think I didn't mention the title of the story yet right? Hehe.. So sorry.. Well, the title of the story is LIAR GAME. The winner of this game will be announced as the 'King of Liar' and of course the winner will be rewarded with a big sum of money. Back to my incomplete sentence, in this drama he played the main actor named Akiyama Shinichi. He is really genius in the story where he managed to read people mind and observed people's behaviour really well to guess what they will do next. It was really fantastic!
I think the credits should be given to the script writer and the director. They are really brilliant to come out with such a complicated and tricky concept in the story line. Wow!
Well, we still haven't finished watching the drama yet. Still got the final episode to go. But, we had to stop first because my friend still not finished downloading the last episode. Cannot wait to see the ending.. Who will get the title 'King of Liar'? and I think the most important is just want to know exactly why such game was organize? Can't wait to see it!
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
POST [A]
Just finished searching MIDI songs. It was really a tiring jobs to do. ~.~
Actually, we need to do our own website by using front page. Talking about ourselves there, our family and a little bit about our education background. I just trying to make as simple as I can. Really don't want to think too much complicated into that.
Well, lately I see that a lot of my friends always update their blog. Certain of them I can say that quite everyday they will post something to their blog. Good for them but.. Hey, what had happened to me??? Qila, please wake up!!! After the Raya post I never open my blog ever.. Bad me... =(
So, today I want to post something. And this is it. Yeah...!
Just want to say here that this week I'm going home!!! Hoho..
And... I will be back to INTI the next tuesday which means the monday is a holiday for me.. ^^
Actually, I have reason behind it. I want to send my parents to the airport. They are going to Mekah to perform Hajj [ : an obligation that must be carried out at least once in lifetime by every able-bodied Muslim who can afford to do so]. They will be there about 45 days. So, around early of december then they will come back to Malaysia.
Fortunately, it is the end of the year. So, most of my siblings will have the semester break. So, we can take care of our youngest sister who are just in standard 2. I really don't know whether she can stand to live without my parents for about a month and a half. Hope she won't miss them too much. Btw, my parents had promise that they will call her everyday. So sweet..
Hope that their pilgrimage there will go on without any difficulties. Amen... God bless them..
So, came to the end of my post today... let me end it with a quote:
Actually, we need to do our own website by using front page. Talking about ourselves there, our family and a little bit about our education background. I just trying to make as simple as I can. Really don't want to think too much complicated into that.
Well, lately I see that a lot of my friends always update their blog. Certain of them I can say that quite everyday they will post something to their blog. Good for them but.. Hey, what had happened to me??? Qila, please wake up!!! After the Raya post I never open my blog ever.. Bad me... =(
So, today I want to post something. And this is it. Yeah...!
Just want to say here that this week I'm going home!!! Hoho..
And... I will be back to INTI the next tuesday which means the monday is a holiday for me.. ^^
Actually, I have reason behind it. I want to send my parents to the airport. They are going to Mekah to perform Hajj [ : an obligation that must be carried out at least once in lifetime by every able-bodied Muslim who can afford to do so]. They will be there about 45 days. So, around early of december then they will come back to Malaysia.
Fortunately, it is the end of the year. So, most of my siblings will have the semester break. So, we can take care of our youngest sister who are just in standard 2. I really don't know whether she can stand to live without my parents for about a month and a half. Hope she won't miss them too much. Btw, my parents had promise that they will call her everyday. So sweet..
Hope that their pilgrimage there will go on without any difficulties. Amen... God bless them..
So, came to the end of my post today... let me end it with a quote:
---It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don't say it.---
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