Facebook has brought more people in than anyone has before. Their popularity and fame has grown more than any other website before them. With so many people, and participants their privacy rules are notoriously lax. The privacy policies are difficult for many to understand and even for those that do make sense of it, the constant changes are giving many a harder time than most would expect.
With all of these changes and ‘updates’ some are raising concern about the younger generation’s use of the website. With so many pieces of information readily available, what assurances do parents have that their children’s privacy is being watched out for? While not many will argue that the parents are in charge of what their kids view online, others do argue that a website should still watch out for it’s users.
While younger kids aren’t supposed to be able to log in to the website, they do and have. While many are finding afterwards that any problems that arise from that sharing (and often, over sharing) won’t be dealt with due to what seems like a brick wall from the website.
Making sure your children understand what is, and isn’t appropriate to post (publically or not) and who they should and shouldn’t add can make a difference in the risks they face online. Look up information about the dangers, and what your children can do to avoid them.
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