Aug 8, 2022
Snapchat is launching Family Center, a tool that allows teens to opt-in so that their parents have insight into how they’re using the popular chat app and who they’re interacting with. It’s opt-in on both ends, which means that the teens must agree. Snapchat’s Family...
Jul 28, 2022
By Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News I’ve been a Gmail user since it was launched in beta in 2004 and have received well over a million emails during those 18 years. I’ve only read a fraction of them and the overwhelming majority of...
Jul 26, 2022
By Trisha Prabhu Me last week, reading some recently published articles about sextortion, and thinking to myself: “This issue is too important not to discuss with youth, too. They deserve the facts!” *Trigger Warning: This blog post contains potentially distressing...
Aug 1, 2023
By Trisha Prabhu “So Twitter is now X? What does that actually mean? What’s going on?” Hi there, and welcome back to another week of Ask Trish! Happy August! (Can you believe we have just 5 months left in 2023? This year has truly flown by.) I hope you’re all well...
Jul 14, 2022
by Larry MagidThis post first appeared in the Mercury News One of the most common questions in my household is “do you know where my phone is.” Sometimes it’s easy to locate but if not, and my wife’s phone is nearby, I’ll simply call it...
Jun 23, 2022
How it works and why it matters by Larry Magid Listen to “Instagram experiments with age verification technology” on Spreaker.Larry Magid speaks to Yoti executive Julie Dawson about how age estimation technology worksIn 2008, I served on the Internet...
