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...American Group. "You're going out of business because the company ran into bleak times, or was run wrong. We get hired to fix the problem. We're not the cause." Liquidators need to motivate a sales force that's about to lose their jobs. That's no easy task. "It's a depressed atmosphere," says Fried, a freelance liquidator hired by the Great American Group. He's running sales at two Circuit City locations in New York City. "When a sign goes up that the store is closing, it's an emotional day. When the sign goes up that...
...purpose was to consider those technologies that industry and end users—including parents—can use to help keep minors safer on the Internet,” wrote Dena Sacco, a clinical fellow at the Berkman Center and co-director of the Task Force, in an e-mailed statement...
...task force looked at both dangers associated with the Internet—such as sexual solicitation and bullying—as well as various technologies used to prevent these problems, such as age and identity verification...
...conducting a literature review of past research, the report found that a lot of risks encountered by youth online are similar to those encountered offline. The task force said that it is often the social circumstances of these minors and not the social networks themselves that facilitate these issues...
...effectiveness of 40 different technologies used to protect minors online, including filtering and auditing and text analysis, were also assessed by the task force. And while hopeful about future innovations, the task force emphasized not relying on technology alone to prevent these risks. They found that many of the technologies were “point solutions rather than broad attempts” to preventing these dangers...