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Social Discovery: What Parents Need to Know

September 30, 2012 // 0 Comments

by Larry Magid One of the hottest new trends is social discovery — websites and smartphone apps that help people meet new people. Although there can be some overlap, [...]

Parents’ Guide to Facebook 2012 Edition Now Available

February 2, 2012 // 0 Comments

ConnectSafely.org, the non-profit organization where I serve as co-director along with Anne Collier, has just released A Parents Guide to Facebook (PDF), a free 36-page [...]

Survey: Parents mostly savvy on kids’ Internet use

September 14, 2011 // 0 Comments

For many years I have said that the best way to protect children on the Internet is to develop the filter that runs in the computer between their ears and, based on a recent [...]

Internet safety video could win you $10K

March 16, 2010 // 0 Comments

Trend Micro giving away $10,000 to best Internet safety video (credit: Trend Micro) Computer Security firm Trend Micro has an offer for any teen or adult who cares about [...]

FTC advice on talking with kids about online safetyFT

March 15, 2010 // 0 Comments

The FTC's excellent Internet safety booklet "Net Cetera" The Federal Trade Commission has published an excellent guide for parents about helping kids and teens [...]

Web 2.0 schools – something more profound is happening

July 11, 2009 // 3 Comments

by Nancy Willard This is my first post at SafeKids.com and it was generated by a question from a reporter: “I am currently working on a story about the explosion of [...]

Should schools end Internet safety nights?

July 9, 2009 // 7 Comments

by Larry Magid Ever since I founded SafeKids.com back in the mid-nineties I’ve been giving talks at school events, typically on “Internet safety night.” For [...]

Online Safety Technology Working Group Convenes

June 15, 2009 // 18 Comments

by Larry Magid WASHINGTON — Last year, Congress passed the Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act,which called for yet another committee to study Internet safety. By [...]

Net safety task force says predation risk exagerated

January 13, 2009 // 0 Comments

by Larry Magid A long awaited report from the Internet Safety Technical Task Force concludes that children and teens are less vulnerable to sexual predation than many have [...]

Guest commentary: Don’t stop the dialogue!

December 31, 2008 // 0 Comments

By Hemanshu Nigam It’s New Year’s Eve, and your teen is all decked out and ready for a big party. She’s got her iPhone, BlackBerry, or some other cell phone [...]