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Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 9, 2014
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Page 3 - News tagged with panic
Abusing the internet trolls
Internet trolling is a matter of "moral panic", according to an assessment of this activity by Jonathan Bishop of the Centre for Research into Online Communities and E-Learning Systems in Brussels. Writing in the International ...
Social Sciences
Jan 3, 2014
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Transgender controversies can lead to 'gender panic,' study finds
When New York City moved in 2006 to make it easier for transgender people to revise the gender on their birth certificates, the proposal was widely expected to pass.
Social Sciences
Nov 5, 2013
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Piano plague in D minor
Why would 19th-century doctors want to ban piano lessons for girls? Did they truly believe that learning to play music could cause sexual and neurotic disorders? Or were there sociological reasons for picking on the piano ...
Other
Sep 5, 2012
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Panic was not the cause of the Love Parade disaster in Germany: study
The ETH socio-physicist Dirk Helbing has examined why the Love Parade in Duisburg, two years ago, ended in disaster. The conclusion of his study: Many factors contributed to the disaster, but according to his interpretation ...
Social Sciences
Jun 26, 2012
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Facebook panic button prompts surge in abuse reports
Facebook has seen a sevenfold increase in young people reporting suspicious behaviour online since it introduced a so-called panic button in Britain last month, investigators said Thursday.
Internet
Aug 12, 2010
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Facebook installs 'panic button' for children
Facebook has joined forces with a child protection agency to create a "panic button" application on its site, it was announced Monday, as the social networking giant finally gave in to calls to do more to protect youngsters ...
Internet
Jul 12, 2010
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Facebook urged to add 'panic button' for children
A British child protection agency said it has pressed Facebook to add "panic buttons" to its pages after the murder of a teenager was linked to the site.
Internet
Apr 13, 2010
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