SafetyWeb helps parents know their kids’ online presence
by Larry Magid Except for rare situations where children are taking extreme risks, I’m not an advocate of spying on your kids. But there is a difference between [...]
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Togetherville brings social networking to children
Thanks to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, social-networking sites like Facebook and MySpace are off-limits to kids under 13. That’s not to say that [...]
Video: Coniguring Facebook Privacy including Instant Personalization
Video on how to configure Facebook Privacy settings including opting out of the new Instant Personalization [...]
Facebook privacy settings are too complicated
At an April 21 developer event, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a new program called “instant personalization” with partner sites to bring personalization to other [...]
Hemanshu Nigam goes from MySpace to his own space
by Larry Magid This article first appeared on CNET News.com After four years as chief security officer at MySpace, Hemanshu Nigam is leaving his full-time job to start a new [...]
Facebook Skirmkish with UK Police Agency
I flew to London a couple of weeks ago with the intention of catching a flight to Spain for a tech conference, but British aviation officials changed my plans by grounding [...]
Kingdom of Bahrain tackles Internet safety
Larry taking a camel ride after first day of conference by Larry Magid I’m in the Kingdom of Bahrain in the Persian Gulf this week, attending an online safety conference [...]
Trying to negotiate a truce between Facebook & UK Police agency
LONDON–Thanks to the volcanic ash pouring out of Iceland, I had some extra time in London last week, giving me an opportunity to try my hand at shuttle diplomacy [...]
Curriculum teaches digital literacy and citizenship
by Larry Magid This post originally appeared on CNET News.com In my more than 15 years in the Internet safety field, I’ve seen a lot of programs designed to teach [...]
Let’s not create a cyberbullying panic
(Credit: Chesi-Fotos via Flickr Commons) Recent stories in the press about teenage cyberbullying and real-world bullying are sickening. It’s hard to know how much [...]
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