By Larry Magid I’m writing this column on a train from Washington to New York. Both cities have been the subject of recent threats claiming to be from ISIS and I’d be lying if I said that I wasn’t just a bit on edge. I don’t know if the threats...
By Larry Magid A new study commissioned by the Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI) found that the majority of parents are “highly confident” in their ability to manage their child’s technology use, and “most feel they know a lot about what their...
It’s “the law” in most countries but kids still have very few digital rights There has been a great deal of talk about online child protection but precious little about children’s rights.There are laws on the books of the United States and...
By Maria Spencer Several weeks ago Congress unanimously passed a bill sponsored by Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) and Rep. Elizabeth Esty (D-Conn.) called STEM Education Act of 2015. This bill represents a small but significant...
By Sue Scheff No one is immune to online harassment. From high-profile celebrities to politicians of all ideologies and from all-star athletes to ordinary parents, everyone is vulnerable when it comes to cyberwarfare. Last year PEW Research revealed that seventy-three...
