connectsafely slide show for ministry of communications and information technology (egypt)

A Parents Guide to Facebook

Anne Collier and Larry Magid

Co-DirectorsConnectSafely.org

Slides can be viewed & downloaded atConnectSafely.org/mcit

A living Internet

HuffingtonPost.com

Facebook’s footprint• Claims 800 million+ users worldwide• In every country in the world• In 70+ languages• 30+ billion new pieces of content per month• 250+ million photos per day• About 13% of US FB users are under 18 and

5% under 13 (the majority with parents helping them join)

How youth are using Facebook

• Comments, chat, “Likes,” photo-sharing,sharing news – social self-expression

• Collaborating on school work, hobbies• Seeking validation and support• Playing games• Exploring interests, identity, social status• Getting involved in local/global• Facebook use is very individual.

Risks in social mediaKey findings from a N. American lit review:• Not all youth are equally at risk• Youth most at risk offline are those most at risk online• What’s going on at home, at school, and in their heads are the best risk predictors• Social media can amplify existing problems, due to potential instant mass distribution• Reputation management is a key issue

The best safeguards• Ourselves and each other• Education is protection • Fact-based, not fear-based• Collaborative protection• From a control model to an agency

model• Using Facebook as a parenting tool

Teens & privacyIn U.S.

• 62% of teens profile is private – only for friends•19% partially private – includes friends of friends•17% say their profile is set to public so that everyone can see it

Source: Teens, Kindness and Cruelty on Social Network SitesHow American teens navigate the new world of "digital citizenshipPew Internet & American Life Project, November 2011•EU Kids Online, Sept 2011•+ Percentages are approximate

In Europe:

•More than 70% of European 9-16 year-olds have not set their profiles to public•20% of children whose profile is public display their address and/or phone number, twice as many as for those with private profiles.+•17% of 9-12 year olds and 33% of 13-16 year olds have more than 100 contacts on their SNS profile.+

Most kids don’t experience cruelty online

Source: Teens, Kindness and Cruelty on Social Network SitesHow American teens navigate the new world of "digital citizenshipPew Internet & American Life Project, November 2011

The new ‘Timeline’

Bigger “cover photo”

Summary of your life on Facebook through the years

Activity log

General privacy settings

Access general privacy settings by clicking the down arrow in upper right corner

And then clicking on “Privacy Settings”

System-wide settings

Control who you connect with

Tagging

Control those apps

Inline privacy controls

Whenever you add content, you can select the audience.

But be aware…Whatever privacy option you last selected

will remain in place until you change it.

Thank youLarry Magid & Anne Collier

anne@connectsafely.orglarry@connectsafely.org

Slides can be viewed & downloaded atConnectSafely.org/mcit