ConnectSafely Live

ConnectSafely’s CEO Larry Magid and Secretary of the British Children's Charity's Coalition on Internet Safety's John Carr talk about internet safety for kids in the UK and newly regulated laws to protect children from inappropriate content and the proper education.

ConnectSafely’s CEO Larry Magid and K-12 Education Director Kerry Gallagher talk about media literacy aimed at young children and teens. Kerry talks about approaching media literacy in the classroom as an educator while Larry approaches it as a journalist. The podcast also gets into current events and how they can be handled in the household.

In addition to their roles at ConnectSafely, Larry is the CBS News Radio Tech Analyst and Kerry is Assistant Principal for Teaching and Learning at St. John’s prep in Danvers, Mass.

ConnectSafely CEO Larry Magid speaks with Michelle DeLaune, senior VP and COO of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) about the center's work and new technology being used at Facebook to very quickly identify and remove child sexual abuse images, commonly referred to as "child ography."

The technology uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to identify likely images that violate Facebook's child nudity or sexual exploitation of children policies. In a blog post, Facebook Global Head of Safety, Antigone Davis, wrote that the company is  using "artificial intelligence and machine learning to proactively detect child nudity and previously unknown child exploitative content when it’s uploaded." Davis told Reuters that the technology "helps us prioritize” and “more efficiently queue” problematic content for the company’s trained team of reviewers." She said that the company has removed.

Facebook said that it had removed 8.7 million pieces of content on Facebook, "99% of which was removed before anyone reported it."

Facebook and many other tech companies have long used photo-matching software called Photo DNA to identify new copies of existing sexual abuse images. Photo DNA was developed by Microsoft and made available, in cooperation with NCMEC, to other tech companies.

In addition to discussing NCMEC's work with Facebook, DeLaune also talked about NCMEC's other work, including its prevention programs, and offers sound advice to parents on how to keep their own children safe and what to do if they or their children encounter sexual abuse images.

 

Amazon has made a big push when it comes to products for kids. There are special kid-friendly versions of the company's Amazon Fire tablets and its Echo Dot speakers that offer parental controls, lots of extra kid content and even a special "no questions asked" two-year warranty" to protect them from child-induced damage. Amazon also offers FreeTime Unlimited,  a monthly subscription that offers thousands of content titles for children ages three to twelve years old.

To find out more about the service, its background and how it handles safety and privacy, ConnectSafely.org CEO and CBS News Tech Analyst Larry Magid spoke with Amazon FreeTime Director and General Manager Kurt Beidler

ConnectSafely CEO Larry Magid speaks with Michelle DeLaune, senior VP and COO of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) about the center's work and new technology being used at Facebook to very quickly identify and remove child sexual abuse images, commonly referred to as "child ography."

The technology uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to identify likely images that violate Facebook's child nudity or sexual exploitation of children policies. In a blog post, Facebook Global Head of Safety, Antigone Davis, wrote that the company is  using "artificial intelligence and machine learning to proactively detect child nudity and previously unknown child exploitative content when it’s uploaded." Davis told Reuters that the technology "helps us prioritize” and “more efficiently queue” problematic content for the company’s trained team of reviewers." She said that the company has removed.

Facebook said that it had removed 8.7 million pieces of content on Facebook, "99% of which was removed before anyone reported it."

Facebook and many other tech companies have long used photo-matching software called Photo DNA to identify new copies of existing sexual abuse images. Photo DNA was developed by Microsoft and made available, in cooperation with NCMEC, to other tech companies.

In addition to discussing NCMEC's work with Facebook, DeLaune also talked about NCMEC's other work, including its prevention programs, and offers sound advice to parents on how to keep their own children safe and what to do if they or their children encounter sexual abuse images.

The podcast runs 14 minutes.

 

ConnectSafely CEO Larry Magid speaks with Michelle DeLaune, senior VP and COO of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) about the center's work and new technology being used at Facebook to very quickly identify and remove child sexual abuse images, commonly referred to as "child ography."

The technology uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to identify likely images that violate Facebook's child nudity or sexual exploitation of children policies. In a blog post, Facebook Global Head of Safety, Antigone Davis, wrote that the company is  using "artificial intelligence and machine learning to proactively detect child nudity and previously unknown child exploitative content when it’s uploaded." Davis told Reuters that the technology "helps us prioritize” and “more efficiently queue” problematic content for the company’s trained team of reviewers." She said that the company has removed.

Roblox is more than just a gaming platform. It's a place where people -- often young people -- develop and share their games and it's getting very popular. To find out more about the service, its background and how it handles safety and privacy, ConnectSafely.org CEO and CBS News Tech Analyst Larry Magid spoke with Roblox Founder & CEO David Baszucki

The After School App enables high school students to interact with fellow students at their high school. It amounts to a social network within the walls of their schools. During the app's early rise to prominence, there were some well publicized cases of cyber bullying which was ironic considering that one of the reasons Callahan created the app was to have a safe space for teens to interact without having to deal with the type of bullying he experienced as a teen. Over time, Callahan and his staff have updated the app with numerous safeguards based on that early feedback. In this free wheeling conversation, Callahan talks about some of his early experiences and how they helped shape After School. He also comments on some the issues facing all social media today.

Larry speaks with Scott Petry about Authentic8's secure cloud-based browser

Larry speaks with Shireen Mitchell (@DigitalSista) about women of color and tech and as consumers as potential tech workers.