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Magid is CEO of ConnectSafely.org and, for 20 years, served as the on-air technology analyst for [[CBS News]] He is also a frequent contributor to BBC, NPR and other broadcast outlets.
 
In 1981 Magid was hired to secretly write the manual for the [[IBM PC]] version of [[EasyWriter]], so he was among those aware of the computer's existence before its August 1981 debut.<ref name="magid20010809">{{cite news | url=httphttps://articleswww.latimes.com/2001archives/la-xpm-2001-aug/-09/news/-tt-32245-story.html | title=The Start of a Love-Hate Affair With a Computer | work=Los Angeles Times | date=2001-08-09 | accessdateaccess-date=10 January 2015 | author=Magid, Lawrence J. | authorlink=Larry Magid}}</ref> His technology columns and reviews appear regularly on CNET [[News.com]], [[Forbes.com]], [[Huffington Post]] and in the ''[[San Jose Mercury News]]''.
 
Magid served the board of directors of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and now serves on an advisory board. In 1994 he wrote the first popular publication on Internet safety called ''Child Safety on the Information Highway'' for the [[National Center for Missing and Exploited Children]]. That was followed in 1998 with ''Teen Safety on the Information Highway''. Both publications have been revised and reprinted many times. He serves on the advisory boards of [[PBS Kids]], the [[Family Online Safety Institute]] and the Congressional Internet Caucus, The Hub (children's TV network) and the [[Facebook]] Safety Advisory Board.
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