Social Media — News & Popular Guides
Seniors Flocking to TikTok
When you think about TikTok, it’s easy to conjure up images of young teens lip-synching and horsing around in short videos they share with their peers.
Combating Domestic Violence While Sheltering at Home
Larry Magid and Kerry Gallagher speak with Rachel Gibson of the National Network to End Domestic Violence about how sheltering at home can affect domestic violence survivors and what survivors and supporters can do.
Resources for Coping, Learning, and Shopping While Stuck Home
There is never a good time for a pandemic, but the silver lining on this very dark cloud is that it’s happening at a time when we have the ability to communicate, learn and relax online. For millions of us, the internet has become our lifeline. If we have kids whose...
Ask Trish: The Pressure to Be Perfect
“I sometimes feel like the pressure to be perfect on social media...
Parent’s Guide to Snapchat
Snapchat is for fun and spontaneity, with text, photos, and videos deleting after viewing.
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Facebook is Cleaning Up Inappropriate Content But You Still Need to be Vigilant
by Larry Magid I’m about to report on some interesting numbers from Facebook regarding inappropriate material it...
How to Use Privacy Tools for Popular Services and Apps
After School "Anonymous" app After School does not have typical privacy settings because users do not have a profile...
Facebook Begins Notifying Users if their Data Was Accessed by Cambridge Analytica
Facebook is in the process of notifying users whether their personal information may have been accessed by Cambridge...
Stop Thinking About Screen Time
Few things stoke anxiety and confusion among parents like the topic of screen time. But experts are increasingly...
How to Control your Facebook Privacy and Apps
There have been a lot of news stories about Facebook privacy, including personal information being collected and provided to political campaigns. Some people are angry and there is now a movement to #DeleteFacebook.
Teens and Social Media — It’s a Mixed Bag
The recent school shooting in Florida and the example of the remarkable teens who are responding through activism have caused me to revisit an Atlantic article from September 2017 by San Diego state psychology professor Jean Twenge, whose title asks “Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?” The article went on to pretty much say “yes.”
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s 2018 Challenge: Fix Facebook’s Important Issues
Every year Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg takes on a challenge. One year it was to learn Mandarin. Another it was to...
Educator’s Guide to Social Media
Teach students to think before posting, be kind, and evaluate sources.
Internet Governance Forum tackles fake news, artificial intelligence and blockchain
For the past 12 years, the United Nations has sponsored the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), a “multi-stakeholder” event that brings together people from governments around the world along with tech executives, nonprofits and academics.
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