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Safebook: How to stay safe online

Infographic says parents should join Facebook if cyber-bullying is to be tackled. What do you think?

ADULTS MUST LEARN how social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter work if cyber-bullying is to be tackled successfully, according to Fuzion Communications.

Following the tragic deaths of Erin Gallagher and Ciara Pugsley, the public relations company says that parents and teachers must help children:

  • Set up their personal accounts properly
  • Maintain their privacy settings
  • Connect with “friends” safely
  • Think about what they post
  • Post appropriately
  • Spot and deal with inappropriate behaviour
  • “Unfriend” and Block certain users
  • Report Bullying

It also says that children should

  • Only connect with friends
  • Not share their password
  • Keep their settings private
  • Be kind to others

It developed the following infographic, which offers guidelines on what social media users should and should not do when using Facebook and similar sites.

Over to you: Have you ever been bullied?>

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    Mute john smith iv
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    Oct 21st 2021, 7:35 PM

    I stopped reading at “85% of jobs available in 2030 haven’t been invented yet”. There’s slightly more than 8 years left in that prediction and I doubt if it’s anywhere near true. The prediction itself is 5 years old so we should be close to 40% new jobs never before heard of. (And probably that’s 100% in the private sector because government hasn’t changed much since the 19C.)

    Maybe covid slowed it down.

    My prediction for 2030 – there will be construction workers, shop workers, plumbers, electricians, drivers, nurses, port workers, chefs, waitress, government workers, accountants, real estate agents, accounts and office workers in general (most of whom will be doing what they do now). I’m sure there will be some new jobs, too

    The tech industry is full of hype.

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    Mute Vonvonic
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    Oct 21st 2021, 7:56 PM

    @john smith iv: Totally agree. F$(k coding. Science and nature all the way.

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    Mute Patricia O'Reilly
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    Oct 21st 2021, 10:48 PM

    @john smith iv: naw, they might change the names but they’ve already been invented ,, people are getting more niche that’s all. We are still going to need plumbers electricians etc.. still need farmers , doctors the world has always moved on.. even without us on it..

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    Mute Rob Gale
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    Oct 21st 2021, 8:02 PM

    Stick to farming. Energy crises are guan be common.

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    Mute Nick Caffrey
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    Oct 22nd 2021, 9:44 AM

    We also need artists jewellery makers, cabinet makers, singers, songwriters, writers, poets, philosophers, naturalists, palaeontologists, dreamers, inventors, sculptors, architects, blacksmiths, farriers.
    It’s a bad idea to focus on STEM as if those subjects were an end in themselves.

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    Mute Ignorant Carbon
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    Oct 22nd 2021, 10:09 AM

    @Nick Caffrey: While I wholeheartedly agree we need people in all of those roles, the reality is that digital skills are hugely beneficial or maybe even required for most of them going forward.

    Many design and craft roles can use digital skills to support or improve their business.
    The ability to programme in a language like Python opens vast new landscapes of expression to artists, jewelers and architects.

    The best explorations of the limits of digital tools like CAD, CNC machines and 3D printers that I’ve seen are by artists and craftspeople thinking outside the box.
    In fact there are ongoing projects in Ireland looking opening opportunities at this area (Craft 4.0 and iAtelier)

    Digital skills are not just STEM, they can be part of STEAM with arts in the mix.

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