Social media has forever changed our social and cultural landscape. There are 175 million tweets sent from Twitter every day in 2012. Monthly active Facebook users now total nearly 850 million. Are you able to review your child's social media participation and insure that they are being responsible and safe while online?
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15% of Americans have never checked their social networking privacy and security account settings. We also offers online classes to assist parents in navigating their child's social media accounts and insuring they are practicing internet safety.
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Social media sites provide people with an easy way to stay connected with family members and friends, but these sites can also serve as a way for predators to learn about unsuspecting victims. Burglars when interviewed admitted to using social media sites when choosing their targets.
YouTube is a popular place for people to post videos and it is often used to post videos of fights, vandalism, etc. With video cameras integrated with nearly every cell phone, criminal behavior is caught on tape and shared every day and YouTube can be used to glean much information.
Facebook crimes ranging from scams to online bullying are on the rise, and they are getting more sophisticated experts warn. These types of crimes are designed to use your own actions or weaknesses against you. It is important to utilize proper security settings.
We are a world connected to the internet. Most teens are on their cellphones from the time they wake up to the time they go to sleep. A parent can never really keep a 24 hour watch on their child and it is important to not only understand social media, but to be proactive in monitoring your child’s social media presence.