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Ask Trish: Personalized GPTs

“Hi Trish, I’m wondering what personalized GPTs are. I know what ChatGPT is, but what are personalized GPTs?”

Safer Internet Day Grants for Educators & Community Groups

ConnectSafely is offering grants of up to $1,000 to help educators and community organizations implement a student program, classroom activity or family night for Safer Internet Day, an annual global celebration where everyone is empowered to use technology...

Ask Trish: The Pressure to Post

Hey Trish, Some of my friends post literally all the time. It makes me feel like I should too, especially because I’m not as active on social media. What’s the right amount of posting?

Ask Trish: Follow Requests

I get follow requests from ppl I don’t know, or ppl at my school that I haven’t really talked to and I never know whether I should accept or not. How do u know who to accept?

Ask Trish: Cyberbullying Myths

Hey Trish, Sometimes I’ve heard people say cyberbullying can be good for you by making you less weak. What do u think?

Snapchat Launches Family Center

The new tool allows teens to opt-in so that their parents have insight into how they’re using the popular platform.

Free Up Storage, Save Money with Gmail, Google Photos

One thing you can do is go through your inbox to get rid of unneeded messages by clicking on the box (or round icon on a phone) to the left of each message and then deleting all checked messages. These go into a trash folder where they remain for 30 days, though you can manually empty it if you want.

Ask Trish: Sextortion Facts

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!”

Parent Guides

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Wellness and Safety

Meta Opens Horizon Worlds Metaverse App to Teens

Meta Opens Horizon Worlds Metaverse App to Teens

https://youtu.be/T3BtOHhdoFU ConnectSafely CEO Larry Magid speaks with Meta Reality Labs executive Hannah Gallagher about Meta's move to open Horizon Worlds to teens and how parents can help teens navigate social VR safely.

Protecting Mental Health on Instagram

by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News Listen to "Instagram and teen mental health" on Spreaker. Larry Magid talks with experts on this 1-minute CBS News ConnectSafely Report A recent Wall Street Journal article revealed internal Facebook...

Ask Trish: Anti-Hate 101 with Ask Trish

“Tell us more about your work as an anti-hate activist and what myths you’d want to bust or lessons you’d want to share.” Totally! First off, let me say that this is such a good question (thanks for asking!). As a brief overview: I first got into this work when I was...

Google Simplifies Controlling Your Information in Search

by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News Have you ever searched for your personal information on Google?  You might be shocked by what you find. I’m not just talking about your name – just about everyone Googles themselves from time to time. But you...

Podcasts

Why Teens Love TikTok

On Thursday, April 23rd, ConnectSafely's Larry Magid and Kerry Gallagher spoke with Jeff Collins and Lavanya Mahendran about all things TikTok, including how people are creatively using the service during this period plus TikTok's new safety features....

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Videos

1. Generative AI for Families

2. Smart Digital Parenting: Navigating Screens with Children & Teens

3. New Gaming Research

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