The ConnectSafely Report with Larry Magid

Without reaching any conclusions, the US Surgeon General's advisory questions whether kids can be harmed by social media

Google has a tool that helps keep children from finding inappropriate content

Criminals are using AI to clone the voice of the supposed kidnapping victim to make the call even more convincing.

Your host was a victim of a virtual kidnapping scam. No one was in actual danger and no ransom was paid, but it was still frightening,.

What you need to know about ID theft

TikTok's Tracy Elizabeth, who is also a parent, has some general advise for parents about kids use of any apps.

We asked ChatGTP to write an AI safety guide

A six country survey, from Supachat parent company Snap, of thousands of teens and adults found that more young adults have online safety concerns than teens

Google's Nest Hub, Pixel Watch and Fitbit trackers have features designed to monitor your sleep and make recommendations on changes to promote better sleep

Many people blame mental health issues on the internet and social media. But there are other factors and there are healthy ways to use social media. Some say that social media is like tobacco, but it may be more like chocolate --potentially beneficial when used appropriately.

More than a thousand tech leaders and researches, including Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and Tesla CEO Elon Musk have called for a pause on sophisticated AI development to consider safety protocols.

Mozilla, the nonprofit behind the Firebox browser, is investing $30 million in trustworthy AI.

While chatbots like ChatGPT can be used by students to create content that isn't there own, an educator who knows their student can tell, said ConnectSafely Education Director and Assistant Principal for Teaching and Learning at St. John’s Prep Kerry Gallager. Gallagher recommends that educators teach responsible use of AI

Larry asks ChatGPT for advise about online privacy

If you're part of a family with an Amazon Echo device, consider using voice profiles so it knows who is talking to it and gives age-appropriate responses

Humans aren't the only ones who can pass on misinformation. Machines -- especially those using AI -- can do so as well.

We speak with Dana Miller of the National Criminal Training Justice Center about how teenage boys can be impacted by sextortion: exchanging nude or sexually explicit image with someone they think is a female and being asked to pay money to keep the images from being distributed.

We speak with Meta's Director of Youth Policy Nicole Lopez about Meta's hidden words feature that helps blocks offensive content on Instagram and Facebook

The National Center for Missing & Exploited, with the help of Meta, has released Take it Down, an online tool that enables young people to request that a nude or sexually explicit image of them be removed from online sites and apps.

TikTok now defaults teens to 60 minutes a day. They can override that default, but if they do, they'll be prompted when they hit 100 minutes. The service is now giving parents the ability to set screen limits and view app time usage if they're using Family Pairing, which requires the teen to opt-in.

Calahan Walsh from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children says that some people groom children online are known to the child so it's not about "stranger danger" but how that person is acting.

Dr. Sameer Hinduja, co-director of the Cyberbullying Research Center talks about the importance of open communications and not blaming or punishing your children if they come to you with a problem they encounter onliine

ConnectSafely's Youth Advisor Trisha Prabhu, who is the creator of the ReThink Words App, says that taking a moment to pause before you say something -- perhaps even a joke that could be taken the wrong way -- goes a long way towards making the internet a kinder and more civil place.

Utah's SB 152 would require parents to provide their government-issued ID and physical address in order for their child or teenager to access social media. The bill bans teens under 18 and even bans minors from being online between 10:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m., empowering the government to usurp the rights of parents to supervise and manage teens’ screen time.

The deadly beating of Tyre Nichols by Memphis police officers is one of many horrific events that young people have been exposed to on TV and on the internet. In this ConnectSafely Report for CBS News Radio, we speak with Dr. Mitchell Prinstein, Chief Science Officer of the American Psychological Association.