Facebook and American States combat Cyberbullying and Sexual Predators..
What would you do to safeguard children that may be involved with your social networked site? Well, Facebook, in conjunction with the power of the judicial system of 49 states, have decided on the following changes to help combat cyberbullying and sexual predators: A quick cut and paste to show the listed initiatives… See the full article here.
-Ensure companies offering services on its site comply with its safety and privacy guidelines.
-Keep tobacco and alcohol ads from users too young to purchase those products.
-Remove groups whose comments or images suggest they may involve incest, pedophilia, bullying or other inappropriate content.
-Send warning messages when a child is in danger of giving personal information to an adult.
-Review users’ profiles when they ask to change their age, ensuring the update is legitimate and not intended to let adults masquerade as children.
Just a thought…what present day institution that is directly involved with children would be the ideal conduit to address cyberbullying and predators and halt this “Big Brother ” mentality?
Here come the vid screens.
Two weeks ago my students’ Friday writing assignment was about Facbook and social networking sites.I questioned them about the information they were providing on the web, what networking sites they belonged to and whether they were worried about safety. The answers were varied but what surprised me was how many parents had the students’ passwords and were able to look on the students’ account. I thought this was a great idea and allowed the parent to moniter the information on the sites.
I am interested to know how many parents thee were (rough percentage). That really surprised me! A again, if the parents are aware, one effective answer to the problem.