by Larry Magid Common Sense Media just published a report that paints a mostly positive picture of social media’s impact on teens’ social and emotional [...]

by Larry Magid The conviction of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky on 45 counts of sexual abuse of children has, once again, put child sex abuse on [...]

by Larry Magid This article appeared in the San Jose Mercury News When you go to download Skout on an iPhone, the tagline is “flirt, friend, chat,” and you’re [...]

Nationwide, 32.8% of students had texted or e-mailed while driving a car or other vehicle on at least 1 day during the 30 days before the Centers for Disease Control [...]

Two years ago — long before there was much public discussion about Facebook admitting children under 13 — I had the opportunity to interview Mark Zuckerberg. But, [...]

Facebook has made some changes to what it calls its “data use policy,” which is essentially the same as its privacy policy. The company has also added a [...]

Facebook, like all sites with user content, has had to battle against people using the service to post and distribution illegal child pornography.  In my CNET News post, I [...]

by Larry Magid When Consumer Reports writes about home appliances, it tells you their strengths and weaknesses but I’ve never seen any dire warnings about how you can lose [...]

Embracing Digital Youth sponsoring a free cyberbullying webinar on April 26th at 7:00 PM ET A free two hour webinar, scheduled for April 26th at 7:00 P.M. Eastern Time, will [...]

This sweet song,  recorded by 14 year old twins Mary & Brianna Ferraro, was written when they were 11. Take a listen (and look) and scroll below the video to read the [...]