by Larry Magid Imagine walking into a shopping mall and having a person follow you around, writing down every window you peer into and taking notes on each item of [...]

Facebook will employ face recognition software to make tagging easier (Credit: Facebook) Just a few hours after Time magazine anointed Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg [...]

If anyone from my local police department’s dispatch center is reading this, please accept my apologies. I called 911 by mistake recently as I was recording my CBS News [...]

By Larry Magid Now that “Black Friday” and “Cyber Monday” are history, maybe it’s time to start thinking about a new day, “Compassionate [...]

A Parents’ Guide to Facebook (PDF) is a  booklet and online resource that  provides parents with the the tools they need to help their teens optimize privacy and [...]

A lot has been written lately about and cyberbullying and bullying in general. And, like every writer who covers this subject, my colleagues at ConnectSafely.org and I have [...]

On Monday, the Wall Street Journal reported that many of the most popular Facebook application developers, including Zynga Game Network whose apps include FarmVille, Texas [...]

by Larry Magid This article first appeared on CNET News.com Last week, Facebook announced its new Groups feature, which is designed to limit some of your communications to a [...]

Common Sense Media’s “Protect Our Privacy – Protect Our Kids” campaign Common Sense Media on Friday announced the results of a survey showing that [...]

by Larry Magid This post first appeared on CNET News.com There has been a lot of concern about young people posting too much information about themselves online, but a study [...]