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China Cracks Down on Porno Texts

January 25, 2010

Heated debate has emerged over China’s latest round of censorship efforts, as authorities in Beijing and Shanghai are shaping up to suspend the text messaging function on cell phones caught transmitting pornographic content. Of course, the problem with this censorship … Continue reading →

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National Program to Address the Dangers of Sexting

January 21, 2010

Sexting is a dangerous thing for teens to do on cell phones, says the Canadian Centre for Child Protection. The Centre has just launched a website called textED.ca that will function as a part of a pilot project to educate … Continue reading →

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Dirty Texting in China

August 12, 2009

China is cracking down on offensive text messages, especially in the Henan province. One discovered offensive or sexually-oriented text message could land the sender in jail for five days. More text messages increase the sentence, with three dirty texts landing … Continue reading →

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Text Messaging and Cell Phone Etiquette

September 2, 2008

Common sense often fails to prevail where it is needed the most. Yesterday we talked about text messaging and how it is becoming a part of everyday life, even to the extent that text message shorthand is showing up on … Continue reading →

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The Text Message Revolution

September 1, 2008

For many kids, getting back to school means learning new ways to sneak text messages and cell phone calls past teachers. And for most teachers, getting back to the battle means finding new ways to bust kids with text messages … Continue reading →

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