over 31% of students had posted personal information and pictures on social media. |
Often, the number of followers we have can be an indicator of popularity and online influence or power. Although it can make us seem more interesting to have more online followers and "friends", sometimes these unknown individuals can represent a risk to us. Our digital world requires us to think of "stranger danger" in a very similar way to strangers in the "real world". |
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On each social media platform you have, go to your Privacy Settings. Read through each option and change everything you can to make things private or for friends only.
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Go to your "Followers" or "Friends" list and alter who has the ability to follow you.
Adjust the restrictions of individuals as needed. |
Catfishing is defined as:
"a slang term used to describe someone who assumes false accounts of social networking sites for the sake of developing online relationships with strangers". The scary part of catfishing is that it can be very difficult to know who is sitting behind the computer and communicating with us online. For more information, check out the link below. |
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Snapchat has the "Snap Map" where users who have followed each other can see where friends are Facebook allows users to "Check In" when posting Instagram users can "Share Location" when posting iPhone users have the "Find my Friends" function. If both users have iPhones, you can see where individuals in your contacts are Google Maps users can "Share my location" |
Cleaning Up Location-Sensitive Information |
Cleaning up and fixing your location settings in apps will improve your safety. Go into your phone’s Privacy Settings and:
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