Raising Responsible Digital Citizens
By Dr. Eli Shapiro
I began exploring the norms of responsible technology-related behavior, and how that definition evolves with technology, while doing my doctoral dissertation on cyberbullying in 2012.
I realized...
The Digital Citizenship Project Establishes Strategic Partnership With Israel Based NetSpark
The Digital Citizenship Project, an international organization dedicated to teaching digital responsibility in the age of technology, has partnered with Israel-based NetSpark, the global premier device filtering solution company.
“This...
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US-Israeli software firm Quali said on Tuesday it raised $22.5 million in a private funding round led by Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP).
The company’s existing investors, including Dell Ventures, Kreos...
MSH STEM Team Wins NYU ITEST Robotics Competition
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16 House Republicans Urge Twitter CEO to Ban Hamas
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Twitter Joins Facebook Banning Holocaust Denial
BY BEN SALES
(JTA) — Twitter will now ban posts that deny the Holocaust.
Bloomberg News reported Wednesday that a Twitter spokesperson said posts that “deny or distort” violent events including the...
TikTok to Crack Down on Antisemitism Ahead of US Election
BY BEN SALES
(JTA) — Following the lead of Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, the video platform TikTok announced that it is expanding the range of hate content that it will ban...
Israeli Tech Giant Sets Sights on $8B Offering
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Education Ministry to Train Israeli High Schoolers to Be ‘Hackers’
The Education Ministry is set to launch a training program for 12th-grade high school students with the aim of turning them into computer hackers.
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Facebook to Ban Holocaust Denial
(JTA) — Facebook announced that it will now ban any posts that deny or distort the Holocaust, a landmark change from its previous policy.
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