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by Larry Magid The BBC is reporting that a 15 year old Dutch boy, identified as “Jinhua K” has been sentenced to a year in jail and 3 years of psychiatric evaluation after being convicted of killing a school girl “over a row that … Continue reading →

Facebook has added “Expecting a Baby” to its list of things you can add to Family & Relationships.  If you opt to use this feature you can specify (or not) the baby’s gender and due date  along with “who with,” “location” and … Continue reading →

by Larry Magid Scroll down for podcast interview with mobile security expert and Lookout CTO Kevin Mahaffey  If you’re like most parents, your kids already have a cell phone or are chomping at the bit to get one. And, increasingly, teens … Continue reading →

UKnowKids, a company that helps parents monitor what their kids are doing on the web and with mobile phones, is on a mission to educate parents and children about the dangers of “SWAT-ting.” The term, which gets its name from … Continue reading →

By Larry Magid There are lots of companies that build Internet filtering products and while most do a pretty good job of keeping kids away from porn, none are perfect.  MetaCert,which claims to have labelled nearly 630 million pornographic web … Continue reading →

by Larry Magid The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued a revised set of proposed rules (PDF) regarding the implementation of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). When implemented, this will be the first time the FTC has revised the rules since … Continue reading →

This post first appeared in the San Jose Mercury News by Larry Magid A recent survey by Opinion Matters on behalf of GFI Software found that many people don’t fully understand how to protect their data and privacy in the event their … Continue reading →

(This post is adapted from Larry’s Daily News column of July 18, 2012) by Larry Magid Like other engineers at Facebook, Arturo Bejar, a mathematician by training, is helping to build new products to encourage users to communicate and share. … Continue reading →

Adapted from an article that first appeared in the San Jose Mercury News by Larry Magid A lot was written about the DNSChanger scare last week, including several articles about how over-hyped it was. I tried to downplay the risk, but some … Continue reading →

Here’s an interesting slide show with some data about how teens (and adults too) are using social networking, cell phones and other technologies. And here’s a summary from CNET. Teens 2012: Truth, Trends, and Myths About Teen Online Behavior View … Continue reading →