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Financial Post, Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ Reporter - Facebook awards Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ students digital citizenship research grant

Published: 13 February 2012

A group of Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ students are among the first recipients of a new Digital Citizenship Research Grants program developed by social networking giant Facebook Inc.

On Monday, Facebook announced that Define the Line, a bilingual website maintained by a group of education and law students at Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾, was one of four groups that will share a $200,000 research grant aimed at making the Internet a better place for young people. Define the Line was created by a team led by Dr. Shaheen Shariff, an associate professor at Âé¶¹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾, whose research focuses on youth and digital media.

The site is designed to help combat cyberbullying and to develop tools that help “enhance responsible digital citizenship.â€

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