by Larry Magid Contrary to what some people might think, using social media like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn actually correlates with being more social in the real world. [...]

by Larry Magid A lot of people are rightly concerned about their privacy in the Information Age. But before we react to every new product and technology, we need to focus on [...]

by Larry Magid Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s recent comment that children under 13 should be allowed on Facebook didn’t surprise me. When I asked him about this [...]

by Larry Magid This article first appeared in the 5/23/11 edition of the San Jose Mercury News There’s quite a bit of conflict and confusion over a proposed [...]

by Larry Magid I’ve been working in the field of Internet safety for 17 years and the deeper I get into it, the more I realize that Internet safety for kids and teens [...]

by Larry Magid You likely have heard about the intrusion of Sony’s PlayStation Network that affects about 77 million customers. In a  blog post Sony said  “we [...]

At the end of the day, we’re all responsible for our own safety on Facebook and on the Internet in general. Online companies can do things behind the scenes to try to keep [...]

The movie trust, which comes out on April 1st, is a dramatic and compelling look into the life of a family touched by an Internet predator. I thought it was a compelling [...]

A clinical report released on Monday by the American Academy of Pediatrics makes the claim that “researchers have proposed a new condition called ‘Facebook [...]

I thought we were past the days of “predator panic.”  Around 2006, when To Catch A Predator was on TV just about weekly, there were lots of news stories about [...]