By Kerry Gallagher There is a lot of news about TikTok and the legislation that would require the company to change ownership. The legislation gives TikTok one year to find a U.S. buyer, so the app isn’t going away anytime soon. It’s important to keep ourselves...
Privacy & Security — News & Popular Guides Why You Should Review Your App Privacy Settings Chances are you have a lot of apps on your phone, and there’s a good chance that there are some you’re not using or maybe not even aware of. Family Guide to Parental...
by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News On Tuesday, President Biden signed a law that would require ByteDance, a Chinese company, to sell TikTok within the next year or face a ban in the U.S. TikTok has said that it will fight the law in court,...
In this second episode with Jeff Jarvis, Larry and Jeff discuss regulation, encryption, the dangers of techno-moral panics, and Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which has been quite controversial in the United States. Find out more in this follow-up with...
Google+ is literally Google with a plus. The “+” is the social networking piece it adds to all of Google’s other services, including Web search, Gmail, and YouTube – which makes the complete package even more attractive to young people. In this...