by Larry Magid When it comes to privacy and security, I’m reminded of folks who drive to the airport without their seat belt on and then worry about the plane crashing. Likewise, when we’re online, there are things we can control and things we can’t. For example, we...
Although still not widely recognized in the US, Safer Internet Day is nevertheless “official” now, with participation from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of Education (DOE). Though marked by Net users in schools, nonprofit...
The FTC’s aim is to sync a 1998 law up with current media and technology but it won’t be effective until COPPA’s also synced up with the regulatory conditions they create. By Anne Collier The US Federal Trade Commission’s revisions to the COPPA Rule announced...
by Larry Magid Several years ago, my site SafeKids.com, developed a Family Contract for Online Safety and every few months I make sure it’s up-to-date. The idea of a contract, or series of pledges, is to get everyone in the family on board as to what it means...
Thanks to my ConnectSafely.org co-director Anne Collier for her thoughtful post about cell phone tracking that concludes “most parents don’t really need software to parent.” I of course agree. What she said about tracking apps, tracks (no pun intended) what...
by Anne Collier I suspect two reasons why people (mistakenly) think cyberbullying is on the rise are… 1. Its increased visibility: Cruel words and behaviors are unprecedentedly public now, because of the social Web, so that’s what’s actually growing – the...