Oct 28, 2025
Download Quick Guide (PDF) What is media literacy, and why is it important? Media literacy is the ability to think critically about the information you consume and create. It includes the ability to distinguish between fact and opinion, and even false information, and...
Oct 23, 2025
by Larry Magid Alongside recently announced Teen Account protections, Meta is adding parental supervision tools to help families guide how teens use AI virtual “characters” that often have a unique “personality.” Parents will soon be able to...
Oct 14, 2025
by Larry Magid In a significant update to teen safety features, Instagram has announced that all users under 18 will now be placed into Teen Accounts that default to content roughly equivalent to a “PG-13” movie rating. The goal is to reduce teens’ exposure to mature...
Sep 23, 2025
By Kerry Gallagher In a recently published analysis of research that included over 122,000 adult participants, with ages ranging from their 40s to their 60s, 41% reported using electronic screens within an hour of bedtime. The research showed daily screen use before...
Sep 20, 2025
by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News Last week I did something unusual for me. I temporarily deleted the Facebook app from my phone and told my friends I’d be taking a break. Not forever, just long enough to clear my head. That decision wasn’t...
Sep 12, 2025
By Larry Magid Safey features for parents and kids Apple is rolling out its new iOS 26 operating system for iPhone and, as I cover below, there are a number of new features for all users. But before I get to those, I’d like to summarize features for parents,...
