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.