Safe Usage Guidelines

Safe Social Media Usage Guidelines: Tips and Best Practices for Using Social Media Platforms Safely. Table of ContentsThe Importance of Safe Social Media UsageGeneral Tips for Safe Social Media UsageWhat to Share on Social MediaWhat to Avoid Sharing on Social MediaBest Practices for Using Social Media Platforms SafelySafeguarding Your Mental Health on Social MediaEducating Others About Safe Social Media UsageConclusion …

Making Your Young Teen Safe on Facebook. Now your tween is a Teen, they fall into the Facebook guidelines of 13, as the minimum age to operate a Facebook account.  Many teens see joining Facebook as a passage into adulthood. Parents see it a little differently. So how do you ensure they can use it safely? Even for an adult, Facebook’s privacy …

Want to Disable Facebook Facial Recognition? Facebook is acquiring facial recognition firm Face.com, for an estimated $60 million. Facebook already uses Face.com’s facial recognition technology to help it put a name to faces in photos uploaded to the social network. Now, with the acquisition of Face.com, the technology is coming in house. So what does Facebook facial recognition actually do? …

Setting ‘Safe’ Mode for YouTube. YouTube is popular with both kids and adults, but some of the content is not quite appropriate for young ones to view. YouTube’s Safety Mode does a great job of filtering out videos that some parents may consider inappropriate for their children. Thankfully, YouTube already does a fairly good job of removing any inappropriate content …

Children and Social Networking Ten Must-Know Tips for Parents. Social networking is a huge part of all of our lives these days. In New Zealand, there are over 2 million users on Facebook alone. It may be to connect with old friends, keep in touch with existing friends or promoting a business, but social networking sites prove valuable.Whether it’s Twitter, …

Underage Users on Facebook. Some of us may not realise that Facebook has an age restriction when going through the process of creating a profile.  Part of that process asked for your age.  If the user is under 13 years old, Facebook will not allow the profile to be created.  The minimum age is 13. Yet this is easily bypassed, by changing the …

Are You Concerned About Formspring dot me? Formspring is a question and answer-based social website, launched in November 2009. The site allows its users to set up a profile page, from which anyone can ask them questions. The questions and their given responses are then published on the user’s profile page. The questions can be asked with a user’s name …

Kids Give False Information to get on Facebook. With the eminent demise of Bebo (www.bebo.com) , children are creating profiles on Facebook at a younger age.  Facebook requires a user to be at least 13 years of age but children are giving false information about their age to allow them to create a profile. In some instances, children as young …

How To Manage Your Kids on Facebook. Given that the popularity of Bebo is on the downward trend, and that in a few years it may be gone forever, Facebook is ever more popular. Unfortunately, this popularity is resulting in younger members. A user should be 13 years of age at least, to create a Facebook account. Yet children are getting around this by …