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New Tool Helps Young People Remove Explicit Online Images

March 3, 2023

 by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News   Non-Consensual sharing of intimate images (NCII) can be devastating no matter what the victim’s age. But any sharing of nude or sexually explicit images […]

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Section 230: Supreme Court grapples with definition of publisher

February 23, 2023

by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act is a great unifier. Congressmembers from both sides of the aisle agree that it should be […]

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Safer Internet Day a Great Time to Review Online Safety

February 4, 2023

by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News What are your plans for this coming Tuesday? That’s a rhetorical question, but whatever they are, I have one more thing to add. Feb. 7 is […]

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Paradigm shifts of yesteryear, today and tomorrow

January 27, 2023

by Larry Magid This post first appeard in the Mercury News It doesn’t happen often, but every once in a while there’s a major technology paradigm shift with new products or services that vastly change […]

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Looking back on 2022 and ahead to 2023

December 29, 2022

by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News This year wasn’t a good year for tech, but it was a momentous one. The tech-heavy Nasdaq, as of Wednesday, declined about 31% for […]

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Sharing Your Legacy and Animating Your Ancestors

December 9, 2022

by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News Listen to “Sharing your legacy and animating your ancestors” on Spreaker. Larry speaks with GoodTrust cofounder, Daniel Sieberg. Abraham Lincoln died in 1865, but […]

Article

Shop Safely this Holiday Season

November 26, 2022

by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News If you’re like most people, you’re thinking about scooping up some of those bargains we hear about between Thanksgiving and the end of the […]

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Surveys Shed Light on Teen and Parent Feelings about Social Media

November 23, 2022

by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News It’s relatively rare to get new research on teens, parents and social media but three surveys dropped this week. One was from Pew Research, another […]

Article

How to speed up home internet

November 10, 2022

by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News One of the most common complaints I get from readers and friends is that their home internet is slow or unreliable.  Like a chain, […]

Article

New phones have amazing cameras

November 3, 2022

by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News If you’ve ever seen me in a Zoom call or on TV from my home office, you may have noticed that my backdrop includes […]

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