Helping Kids Survive Bullying and Other Trauma

Helping Kids Survive Bullying and Other Trauma

ConnectSafley CEO Larry Magid and K-12 Education Director Kerry Gallagher talk about how adults can support youth who have been affected by bullying. Why do some kids have a horrible time after being bullied while others are able to bounce back. The answer lies, in...
Helping Students Cope with Flood of Presidential Election News

Helping Students Cope with Flood of Presidential Election News

ConnectSafely CEO Larry Magid and K-12 Education Director Kerry Gallagher The Presidential election campaign is heating up. And with it will come lots of claims, counterclaims and, likely, plenty of inaccuracies.  In this conversation, ConnectSafely.,org CEO...
Facebook Strives to End Age, Gender and Location Discrimination

Facebook Strives to End Age, Gender and Location Discrimination

In response to litigation by the  National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA), the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the Communication Workers of America (CWA) and other parties, Facebook is making changes to its ad policy to no longer discrimination based on age,...
Vaccines, Autism and the First Amendment

Vaccines, Autism and the First Amendment

by Larry Magid | This post first appeared in the Mercury News The messy thing about our First Amendment is that it protects nearly all speech, not just pleasant speech or even accurate speech. There have been no Supreme Court cases about our right to sing in the...
Online Romance Scam Losses on the Rise. How to Protect Yourself

Online Romance Scam Losses on the Rise. How to Protect Yourself

by Larry Magid Just in time for Valentine’s Day,  the Federal Trade Commission published a post saying that in 2018, there were more than 21,000 reports “about romance scams with reported losses of $143 million,” up from  8,500 reports in 2015, with...