SAFE PRACTICESPresentation
CENSORSHIP
Suppression of speech or public communication.
COPYRIGHT
Laws granting the creator exclusive rights to the use of his or her intellectual property.
CREATIVE COMMONS
An additional license agreement from the owner of the intellectual property allowing creative use by another person.
CYBER-BULLYING
Using a computer and the Internet to harass, threaten, embarrass and humiliate another person.
FILTER OR FILTERING
Allowing only some information to flow to your computer or through your network.
FLAMING
Posting inappropriate, angry, and/or abusive comments about someone online.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Creations of the mind.
LIBEL
Written words or images which degrade or injure another person’s reputation or good name.
LICENSING
A written agreement between the owner/developer of software and the end user (you).
PHISHING
The attempt to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details through electronic communication.
PIRACY Illegal
copying or use of computer software and digital media such as music and movies.
SLANDER
Oral or verbal defamation of character by telling untrue things about another person.
SPAM OR SPAMMING
Unsolicited and unwanted email messages.