Category Archives: Child safety

Larry Magid’s presentation at CUE 2012 (Computer Using Educators) Annual Conference, March 17, 2012

Online Safety 3.0: From Fear to Empowerment
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It seems that just about everyone is talking about the Kony 2012 video that’s received more than 70 million views since it was posted last week.  It’s part of a campaign by the non-profit group Invisible Children to bring awareness to the evil deeds of rebel leader Joseph Kony who’s Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) has been terrorizing Ugandans and people [...] Continue reading →

Just about every parent in America knows about PBS Kids. They’re the folks who bring shows like Sesame Street, Curious George and Arthur to TV sets.  But PBS also has smart phone, tablet and web apps for kids 2-8. At  the giant South by Southwest Interactive (SxSw) geekfest in Austin on Friday, the non-profit media [...] Continue reading →

By Larry Magid Panelists talk about how to protect children without censoring the Internet in Qatar I’m in the Persian Gulf state of Qatar for a two-day conference where representatives of government, non-profits and businesses from throughout the Middle East will join their counterparts from other regions to discuss “Promoting Online Safety and Cyber Ethics in the [...] Continue reading →

This post is adapted and expanded from one that appeard in the San Jose Mercury News on March 5, 2012 by Larry Magid There has been a lot of work over the past few years to combat online and offline bullying. Olweus Bullying Prevention Program has been providing great resources for years. The Gay, Lesbian, [...] Continue reading →

I will post more later, but here’s my 1 minute CBS News segment about Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation.  I was honored to be at the launch event and, along with my ConnectSafely.org co-director Anne Collier, the day-long symposium that… Continue reading →

I will post more later, but here’s my 1 minute CBS News segment about Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation.  I was honored to be at the launch event and, along with my ConnectSafely.org co-director Anne Collier, the day-long symposium that… Continue reading →

This post appeared in the San Jose Mercury News on February 27, 2012 by Larry Magid I might be overly optimistic, but I hope this will be remembered as the month digital privacy rights finally started to become real. Last Wednesday, California Attorney General Kamala Harris announced an agreement with Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Hewlett-Packard and Research In Motion [...] Continue reading →

When it comes to social media privacy, there is some good news from the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project. It shows that Americans are increasingly thinking about their own privacy and reputation management. Which, at the end of the day, is the most protective factor of all. A new report, Privacy management on social media [...] Continue reading →

by Larry Magid It’s too early to know if either of these will make a difference, but back-to-back announcements from the California Attorney General and the White House give me some hope that we may finally be entering a period where people can have at least some control over their personal information. On Wednesday, California [...] Continue reading →