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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!”
Advice on Sexting, Sextortion and Revenge Porn
The safest way to avoid a picture getting into the wrong hands is to never take it, allow it to be taken, or share it. Sadly, there are cases (sometimes called “revenge porn”) where someone shares pictures meant only for them
Internet Ethics Amid Covid-19
Larry Magid and Kerry Gallagher speak with Irina Raicu, Director, Internet Ethics Program at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics/Santa Clara University, about ethics and Covid-19 contact-tracing apps.
Parent’s Guide to Teen Sextortion Scams
Huge increase in sextortion scams targeting teens, especially boys aged 14 to 17.
Ask Trish: Spoken Cyberbullying
Someone on Google Hangouts said a bunch of mean things to me. I was so hurt. What do I do when someone actually says mean things online?
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Symantec's Paige Hanson on How to Stay Safe Online
Podcast | ConnectSafely CEO and CBS News Tech Analyst Larry Magid spoke with Paige Hanson, Symantec’s Chief of Identity Education about all things security. They not only spoke about the threats, but what people can do to stay safe online.
Teens Stress Authenticity at First US ‘Kids Have Your Say’ Meeting
As part of the Kids Have Your Say project, coordinated globally by ConnectSafely, Insight , our U.S. partner, My...
Dire Warnings About Children Dying Because of Apps and Games are a Form of ‘Juvenoia’
We can educate children and families about the dangers that surely exist in the Internet world, without having to exaggerate the nature of the danger and the degree to which the Internet itself is a risk amplifying environment.
How to Avoid Succumbing to Fake Websites — Political or Otherwise
Microsoft’s revelation that websites controlled by a group with ties to the Russian government is not only a warning to political operatives from both parties, but to everyone.
Top 5 Questions about Creativity & Copyright
1. What’s protected by copyright and what isn’t? The U.S. Copyright Office says that copyright “protects original...
App Motivates Kids to Move
A new smartphone app, Goya-Move is “designed to get children off their mobile devices and moving again.”
Survey Shows Adults Lack Trust in Social Media
It’s been obvious for awhile that we’re starting to experience a tech backlash, with an increasing number of people expressing skepticism over whether our devices and social media are doing us harm. Some of this skepticism can be healthy when, for example, it leads to people tightening up their privacy settings or putting down their phones and stepping away from their computers for quality time with friends and family. But, as a couple of recent surveys have found, it’s also starting to cause people to think more about regulating technology companies.
The Good and Bad of Location Sharing
Two recent news stories about cell phone location services recently caught my eye. One was a positive development and the other quite negative, until it was at least partially fixed.
New iOS Lets Users Set Limits for Kids and Adults
By Larry Magid As the founder of SafeKids.com and co-founder of ConnectSafely.org, I’ve written volumes about parental...
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