Be aware of your children on social media

[stwat]

I was looking through my twitter feed, as you do. I noticed a follower had posted a picture, which I clicked on. A rather provocative picture to say the least. I posted in jest, 'Careful as someone will photoshop that into a porno pic'. The reply from the poster shocked me to the core and horrified me.

'um, I'm only 11'.

What the ****? Kids are posting **** like this and worse on the web. There are sick ****s out there that take advantage of these young developing brains. Please check on your children's computers phones and tabs etc as they could easily be taken in and controlled by peados.

 

[oldguy57]

And surely this is one good reason (if any were needed) not to go near Twitter et al with a million mile long bargepole - I dont care how embedded in society this rubbish already is. I guess its an age thing.

 

[Rory]

I think anyone who is an employee is off their heads using Twitter, Facebook or anything similar. And kids need to realise that future employers will search for them.

 

[mat8n]

I don't do any social media apart from linkedin(which i don't class as such).

I hate it all with a passion.

 

[oldguy57]

^^^Amazing how many people ignore this good advice. My friend is a manager and catches many employees out who have pulled a sickie and then are seen on Twitter facebook etc in the pub on the beach etc. Doh! The issues around potential harm to young children are of course much more serious.

 

[brucemillar]

For those who don't. Google your name once a month or so. You may be surprised what you find that you didn't know about yourself and what others may be finding out about who they think is you.

This is one of the reasons for the recent law changes that allow you to ask Google to hide/remove info about you.

 

[grober]

Perhaps this is an example where the technology has outstripped the maturity of those using it. The problems many parents face is that they are totally unfamiliar with how these internet server based websites function meaning they are reliant on their children to tell them how it works. :fail This leads the children to think they know more about this stuff than their parents. While this is true at the technological familiarity level and gives them confidence beyond their years sadly in terms of the complex nature of how humans function and interact in the adult world [ often not in a good way! ] they are totally naive. How parents can educate them about this without the loss of their childhood is extremely difficult.

 

[scumbag]

what's twitter?

 

[Deleted member 6183]

what's twitter?

Really?

I don't use it either but I would expect most people who read the papers and use the internet to know of twitter.

 

[Bellow]

Perhaps this is an example where the technology has outstripped the maturity of those using it. The problems many parents face is that they are totally unfamiliar with how these internet server based websites function meaning they are reliant on their children to tell them how it works.

Ch4 News this week spoke to teenage Girl Guides. They were saying their parents obsess over the old bogey men of drink, smoking, and drugs and are completely oblivious to the real pressures the girls felt - most of which related to visual image (body weight primarily).

The old cannabis canard holds more terror for parents than than the prospect of their children being intercepted by paedophiles in a position to blackmail. Time to get real.

 

[Deleted96908]

The old cannabis canard holds more terror for parents than than the prospect of their children being intercepted by paedophiles in a position to blackmail. Time to get real.

Sort of, but it is a sad fact that the Internet is both wonderful and vile. Just like life really.

It's not just the Internet though is it, when it comes to peadophiles. Folks are becoming increasingly distrustful of any target group, middle aged men especially. I recently had a situation whereby just me and my teenage son were home and he wanted to bring his girlfriend to stay for the night, with just the two of us at home. No chance! For so many reasons.

And let's not even mention the dangers of taking a long lensed camera to youth football matches. Ask permission to take photos and parents get suspicious. Don't ask permission to take photos, and ... parents get suspicious.

Strange as it may sound, I had less hassle photographing my teenage daughter's football team than I did my son's. Perhaps it's just me

 

[Deleted member 65149]

I was looking through my twitter feed, as you do. I noticed a follower had posted a picture, which I clicked on. A rather provocative picture to say the least. I posted in jest, 'Careful as someone will photoshop that into a porno pic'. The reply from the poster shocked me to the core and horrified me. 'um, I'm only 11'. What the ****? Kids are posting **** like this and worse on the web. There are sick ****s out there that take advantage of these young developing brains. Please check on your children's computers phones and tabs etc as they could easily be taken in and controlled by peados.

I thought that there were age restrictions on joining most social media now. But as I can't see the point of Twitter I wouldn't know. Anyhow, I'm sure the age control on joining is easily fooled. But if I'm right about the age restrictions, perhaps swat should report the "11" year old. Or perhaps it was really an adult trying to entrap paedophiles? So should stwat be concerned that one of his followers may be thinking of him this way. Whatever, it certainly is a minefield out there now and one that we all need to be wary of and strive to educate our children about and protect them from.

 

[Alex225]

I have Facebook and some work friends on there but would never put anything compromising up on there. We have had employees of the firm fired for the content of their Facebook though, photographing official documents to moan for example. Luckily I lock mine down to friends only and I'm not an idiot about!

As for kids and this kind of thing, well my daughter is 2 in September. So pretty young, doesn't mean that if she gets hold of an iPad she can't locate the Netflix app and find Pepper Pig to watch. To the point where you can't let her near your iPhone either. Very clever but in years to come I'll be making sure she's not online getting in trouble as it can be so dodgy.

 

[scumbag]

Really?

I don't use it either but I would expect most people who read the papers and use the internet to know of twitter.

I guess what I am really saying is that some people just must have everything, so they get facebook, (and Bebo when it was working) accounts, myspace and twitter and then just expect everyone else to use them too. Then when they walk about, or meet mates, they spend time twittering away to the devices rather that twittering away to each other.

So I have just not bothered. I have facebook which allows me to stay in touch with mates around the world, and leave it pretty much at that.

Mind you, I have not bothered reading a paper in 20 years either......strangely, I have never missed any news, nor anything important even when I don't use these new fangled media processes.....

email works, text works....I think the rest is wasted on me really.


Still, there you go. To answer your question......seems you sussed me.

 

[Piff]

Really?

I don't use it either but I would expect most people who read the papers and use the internet to know of twitter.

I have an account, established to have a go at a company ignoring a warranty claim. It was succesful.
Since then my account has been hacked & frozen - do I care

 

[Piff]

I have Facebook and some work friends on there but would never put anything compromising up on there. We have had employees of the firm fired for the content of their Facebook though, photographing official documents to moan for example. Luckily I lock mine down to friends only and I'm not an idiot about!

I seem to remember threads on here where members were winding up others and conspiring on facebook regarding their actions. Turned out what they thought was locked down to their friends could actually be viewed by all.

 

[Deleted member 6183]

I seem to remember threads on here where members were winding up others and conspiring on facebook regarding their actions. Turned out what they thought was locked down to their friends could actually be viewed by all.

Was funny.

 

[ghmahama]

The problem is these kids don't fully comprehend how permanent the Internet is either. Once it's there you can't get rid even if Google claim they can delete everything

 

[Piff]

Advised my 2 sons to "clean up" their facebook accounts before applying for jobs.
Quotes like "happiest drunk on the school ski trip" may not go down well with employers.

 

[ringway]

I opened the door to a pizza delivery guy yesterday.

"I think you may be at the wrong address because I haven't ordered a pizza."

"I know that mate, but Facebook is down, and Julie and Darren just wanted to show everyone what they're eating tonight.
Oh, also, they've asked me to say that their dog is still doing yellow poo near baby Katie's cot when they are out."