Category Archives: Media Appearances

The cover for Obscene Profits, written by Frederick Lane and published in 2000.

“Sex Robots and Private Data”: A Podcast Interview with Funny as Tech

A couple of weeks ago, I traveled to Grand Central Tech to record a studio interview for the Funny as Tech podcast on the provocative topic of “Sex Robots and Our Private Data.” The podcast is now live and available for download on iTunes. As you can hear on the podcast, there are a lot…

“The Nineties” on CNN Launches with “The One About TV”

Last night, CNN aired the first episode of its new documentary series, “The Nineties,” which focused on the changes that occurred in television during that decade. Among the major themes: development and then abandonment of shows aimed at an African-American audience, fragmentation of the television audience, increased vulgarity and nudity, a growing acceptance of gay…

“Are You Falling Into Cybertraps?” [Interview]

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of doing an interview with Carol McManus, who hosts The LinkedIn Lady Show on CKC Global Media. Our wide-ranging conversation covered a variety of topics from my two most recent books, Cybertraps for Expecting Moms & Dads and Cybertraps for Educators. We also touched briefly on one of my earlier…

“Social Media in the Legal Profession: Pitfalls and Landmines” [Interview]

A few years ago, I had the privilege of working with Attorney Craig Denney on a computer forensics case in Reno, Nevada. Attorney Craig has since moved on to become an Administrative Law Judge at the Social Security Administration. That’s in addition to his long-standing work as a judge for the 150th Legal Operations Detachment-Army…

“The Nineties” — CNN Announces July 9, 2017 for Documentary Premiere

Earlier this year, I traveled to Los Angeles to sit down for a two-hour interview with Herzog & Company, the production company working with actor Tom Hanks and Playtone on a new documentary called “The Nineties.” It is the latest installment in a series that has so far covered the 60s, the 70s, and the…

“The Nineties” — My Interview with CNN for Its Upcoming Documentary

Just about twenty years ago, in the wake of the passage of the Communications Decency Act, I began researching what would become my first mainstream book: Obscene Profits: The Entrepreneurs of Pornography in the Cyber Age. It was published by Routledge (now part of Taylor & Francis) in 2000 and remains one of the only…

Interview with Good Morning America [Media]

On Thursday, May 26, Good Morning America aired the latest segment in a series that it has been doing on teens and technology. Entitled “What Your Kids Don’t Want You to Know: Teens Exploited Via Technology,” the piece “examines how some teens are coerced or blackmailed into sending explicit pictures or video to a predator.”…

Interview with WITI Fox 6 News (Milwaukee) [Media]

Last week, I had the pleasure of doing an interview with WITI Fox 6 News anchor/reporter Ben Handelman (@BenHandelman) about a recent spate of educator sexual assault cases that have arisen in Milwaukee area schools. The opening of his piece lays out the scope of the problem: MILWAUKEE — They read like many texts written…

KSNV (News3 Las Vegas) Schedules Televised Panel Discussion on Educator Misconduct (Media) [Updated 2016-05-31]

NBC affiliate KSNV (News3 Las Vegas) will be taping a panel discussion next month about the issue of educator misconduct in the state of Nevada and across the nation. I am pleased to announce that I have been invited to participate in the panel discussion. I will update this post with additional information regarding panel…

“A Sickness of Silence” — Recurring Panel Discussion with Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse [Interview]

Earlier this fall, I had the pleasure of appearing on a podcast hosted by Cheri Roberts. The show, called “Challenging the Rhetoric,” is an interesting weekly show in which Roberts leads “an engaging analysis of the week’s current news and events.” Recently, Roberts has created a spin-off program called “A Sickness of Silence,” a special…