As we celebrate digital citizenship week, there will be a lot of discussion about good online behavior, including treating others with respect. And that’s certainly a [...]

Lots of people love to use the term “digital citizenship,” and while Mike Ribble doesn’t claim to have coined the term, he is often closely associated with [...]

Digital Trust Foundation seeking proposals on online privacy, safety and security A new foundation, born out of a lawsuit regarding Facebook’s Beacon project, is giving [...]

I’d like to add National Cyber Security Awareness Month to the 4th of July, Memorial Day and Veterans Day as yet another patriotic holiday. And while we’re at [...]

By Larry Magid Attendees at the UNCRC day of discussion listen to recommendations In 1989 the United Nations passed an important human rights treaty. The Convention on the [...]

(Istanbul, Turkey)  Censorship is very much on the minds of attendees at this year’s Internet Governance Forum in Istanbul. One reason, of course, is because the [...]

I’m writing this column on a flight to Istanbul and then on to Geneva for two United Nations conferences.  Istanbul is the site of this year’s U.N. Internet Governance [...]

by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the San Jose Mercury News Teaching methods, in some schools, haven’t changed much since this picture was taken (Creative Commons [...]

Ask.com, which is owned by IAC/InteractiveCorp., has acquired Ask.fm, a Latvia-based question and answer site that has come under criticism because of past incidences of [...]