Facebook settles a privacy lawsuit in the wake of its rocky IPO, a children’s social network plans to go mobile, and our CEO and editor-in-chief join the conversation about kids and touch-screen devices.

COMMON SENSE MEDIA IN THE NEWS

Touch-Screen Devices And Very Young Children

May 23, 2012, The Diane Rehm Show, WAMU/NPR

Parents are increasingly allowing their very young children to play with iPads, iPhones and other touch-screen devices. Please join us for a conversation about interactive applications and brain development.

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2012-05-23/touch-screen-devices-and-very-young-children

KidPads

May 23, 2012, On Point with Tom Ashbrook, WBUR/NPR

There’s a new babysitter, teacher, toy and pacifier in toddler town. And it’s the iPad. The smartphone. The closest high-tech touch-screen gizmo that a parent can hand to a child. Toddlers are the new touchscreen aficionados.

http://onpoint.wbur.org/2012/05/23/kidpads

Technology to keep kids learning year-round

May 23, 2012, Today Show

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/47534533#47534533

Should YA Books Be Given Ratings?

May 22, 2012, Andrew Losowsky, Huffington Post

In an internet age, not to mention a country in which the first amendment is so highly prized, it seems doubtful that a new restrictive code either should or could ever be applied to books of any kind. But that isn't to say that some form of guidance about content wouldn't be useful for parents, and teen readers alike. For that, I recommend turning to Common Sense Media. Others exist in the field, but this non-partisan group seems to offer the most sensible, free advice about the content of books, as well as movies, videogames, apps, TV and more.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrew-losowsky/should-ya-books-be-given-ratings_b_1537717.html

Google’s Eric Schmidt and the curse of constant connection

May 22, 2012, Ruth Marcus, Washington Post

Google executive Eric Schmidt offered some seemingly simple advice in his commencement address at Boston University last weekend: “Take one hour a day and turn that thing off.” This is odd coming from a man whose career has been based, with enormous success, on making it ever harder to turn that thing off.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/googles-eric-schmidt-and-the-curse-of-constant-connection/2012/05/22/gIQACNq8iU_story.html

PRIVACY

Facebook settles lawsuit over 'Sponsored Stories'

May 23, 2012, Dan Levine, MSNBC

Facebook has agreed to settle a lawsuit that alleged the site's "Sponsored Stories" feature publicized users' "likes" without compensation or the ability to opt out, according to a court document filed on Tuesday.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47534277/ns/technology_and_science-security/

Google Privacy Inquiries Get Little Cooperation

May 22, 2012, David Streitfeld and Kevin J. O’Brien, New York Times

After months of negotiation, Johannes Caspar, a German data protection official, forced Google to show him exactly what its Street View cars had been collecting from potentially millions of his fellow citizens.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/23/technology/google-privacy-inquiries-get-little-cooperation.html

ONLINE/SOCIAL NETWORKING

Children's social network Moshi Monster goes mobile

May 23, 2012, BBC

Moshi Monsters, the social network for children, is developing a full mobile version of the platform.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18174051

Teen suspended for anti-bullying video with fake suicide

May 23, 2012, Lisa Flam, Today Show

The high school freshman suspended for five days after she created an anti-bullying video and Facebook page about a fictional girl who commits suicide says she tried to explain her work to school officials to no avail.

http://moms.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/23/11828841-teen-suspended-for-anti-bullying-video-with-fake-suicide

New York legislation would ban anonymous online speech

May 22, 2012, David Kravets, Wired.com

Did you hear the one about New York state lawmakers who forgot about the First Amendment in the name of combating cyberbullying and “baseless political attacks?"

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/05/new-york-legislation-would-ban-anonymous-online-speech/

BUSINESS

Inside Fumbled Facebook Offering

May 23, 2012, Shayndi Raice, Anupreeta Das and Gina Chon, Wall Street Journal

Less than three days before Facebook Inc.'s initial public offering, Chief Financial Officer David Ebersman decided to boost the number of shares the company would offer investors by 25%, said people familiar with the planning. His main adviser at lead underwriter Morgan Stanley assured him there was plenty of demand, they said.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304019404577420660698374718.html

EDUCATION

Go Girls! National STEM Video Game Challenge Winners

May 23, 2012, Amy Kraft, Wired.com

Few things make me as happy as when kids design and make their own games. The National STEM Video Game Challenge, created by the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop in partnership with E-Line Media, encourages kids to try their hand at making games for the greater good.

http://www.wired.com/geekmom/2012/05/stem-challenge-winners/