Dutch Tragedy: Don’t Call it ‘Facebook Murder’
by Larry Magid The BBC is reporting that a 15 year old Dutch boy, identified as “Jinhua K” has been sentenced to a year in jail and 3 years [...]
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Should expectant parents share the news on Facebook
A new optional “life event” lets you tell the world you’re expecting Facebook has added “Expecting a Baby” to its list of things you can add to Family [...]
Smartphone Guide for Parents of Tweens and Teens
Guide advises parents and safe use of smartphones by Larry Magid Scroll down for podcast interview with mobile security expert and Lookout CTO Kevin Mahaffey If [...]
SWAT-ting Could Get Kids Into Serious Trouble
Using tools like SpoofCard to disguise your identity could get in you trouble if you’re “SWAT-ting.” UKnowKids, a company that helps parents monitor what [...]
MetaCert Builds Tools to Block Porn on Networks and Devices
By Larry Magid There are lots of companies that build Internet filtering products and while most do a pretty good job of keeping kids away from porn, none are perfect. [...]
Unintended Consequences of FTC’s New COPPA Children’s Online Privacy Rules
by Larry Magid Source: Federal Trade Commission The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued a revised set of proposed rules (PDF) regarding the implementation of the [...]
Cell Phone Safety: Protecting Privacy, Data and Kids Too
This post first appeared in the San Jose Mercury News by Larry Magid A recent survey by Opinion Matters on behalf of GFI Software found that many people don’t fully [...]
Facebook’s Arturo Bejar Builds Tools to Encourage Compassion
Facebook engineer Arturo Bejar (Photo by Jordi Bejar) (This post is adapted from Larry’s Daily News column of July 18, 2012) by Larry Magid Like other engineers at [...]
Putting Techno-Panics into Perspective
Adapted from an article that first appeared in the San Jose Mercury News by Larry Magid A lot was written about the DNSChanger scare last week, including several articles [...]
Teens 2012 Report from Pew Internet and American Life Project
Here’s an interesting slide show with some data about how teens (and adults too) are using social networking, cell phones and other technologies. And here’s a [...]
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