Articles by larry

Like Google, Facebook and Microsoft, Apple has disclosed — in very broad terms — the types of information requests it has gotten from governments.  In its  November 5th Report on Government Information Requests the company said […]

Washington, DC: Every fall around this time, people from government, the tech industry, non-profit groups and academia gather in Washington for the Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI) annual conference. Over the last few years, the conference has […]

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Bali, Indonesia — I’m at the Internet Governance Forum (IGF #IGF2013) in Bali where I’m participating in a workshop on child protection vs. child rights. As a child safety advocate, I’ve long argued that young people […]

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[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/115835477″ width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] I had a frustrating time upgrading two machines to Windows 8.1 and, based on the comments on my Forbes blog, I’m I’m not alone. Read more at Forbes.com

Facebook announced today that it’s changing its policy to allow teens to post publicly. Prior to today, Facebook members aged 13 through 17 were only allowed to post to a limited audience that maxed out […]

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[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/114814971″ params=”” width=” 100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] Click for Larry Magid’s 1-minute CBS News & CNET segment about Facebook dropping the search setting Facebook has eliminated a setting called  “Who can look up your […]