Nov 17, 2017
By Larry Magid The picture of Al Franken appearing to grope a sleeping fellow USO entertainer should serve as a warning to everyone. It’s easy to take (or be in) an inappropriate picture and it’s equally easy to share it online. But, as Franken found out,...
Nov 14, 2017
By Larry Magid This post first appeared on Forbes.com The Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI) convenes its annual conference on Thursday, when internet safety experts from around the world will meet at the Newseum in Washington DC to talk about making the online...
Nov 10, 2017
by Larry Magid(scroll down for CBS News and KCBS News Radio segments on IBPA conference) This post first appeared in the San Jose Mercury News I spent three days this week at the International Bullying Prevention Association in Nashville, where several hundred...
Oct 27, 2017
Whatsapp is rolling out a new feature that lets you take your foot out of your mouth. But you better hurry. Messages must be deleted within 7 minutes and there is no guarantee that the person might not have seen the message by the time you delete it. To delete a...
Oct 12, 2017
You might think that you have to be an adult to be an identity theft victim, but that’s not the case. Children are also at risk. One reason is most kids have squeaky clean credit ratings since they have never taken out credit. Another is that identity thieves...
Oct 8, 2017
By Larry Magid VATICAN CITY — For three days last week, about 150 experts in technology, child safety, medicine, mental health and theology gathered in Rome at the Child Dignity in the Digital World Congress to talk about how to keep kids safe online and protect...
