1. MySpace, Facebook and Other Social Networking Sites

2. What is a Social Networking Site?
A social networking site is a website where individuals can set up an online profile, describe their interests, and add links to other profiles
Generally, users are able to post personal information, including photographs, videos, and blog entries
3. Social Networks
4. Types of Social Networks
1.Profile-based
Examples = Facebook, MySpace
2.Content-based
Examples = Flickr
3.Multi-user virtual environments
Examples = Second Life, WoW
4.Micro-blogging/presence updates
Examples = Twitter, FourSquare
5. Popularity of SNS
The National School Boards Association study of 9 to 17 year olds found that:
They spend almost as much time on social networking sites and other websites as they do watching television (9 hours vs. 10 hours)
96% reported using some form of social networking technology
Vs.
6. Popularity of SNS
The Pew Internet Research Group found that
73% of 12 17 year olds use social networks
(82% of 14 17 year olds; 55% of 12-13 year olds)
93% of teens 12 17 go online
7. Popularity of SNS
Most Popular Social Network Sites (as of 10/05/10)
#1Facebook 550 million monthly visitors
#2MySpace90.5 million monthly visitors
#3 Twitter89.9 million monthly visitors
Most Popular websites overall (as of 10/05/10)
#2Facebook
#10MySpace
8. Why SNS?
Make connections
Socializing
View content and find information topic information, videos, music, photos, etc.
Create content and express themselves using video, music, photos, etc.
And on and on and on . . .
9. Risks
Privacy
Inappropriate content
Cyberbullying
Strangers
Reputation
10. Safety Tips
Teach students to keep personal information personal
Students should never give out their
social security number, address, phone number or family financial information
11. 12. Safety Tips
Talk with students about choosing user names that dont reveal too much personal information
It is inappropriate and dangerous for children to use their name or home town as their name
Most user names made up of personal information are easily deciphered which can lead perpetrators to a students identity or location
13. Safety Tips
Advise students to be careful what information they put on their profile that is available to the public
Pieces of information are likes pieces of a puzzle they can allow someone to figure out a students name, location, etc.
14. 15. 16. Safety Tips
Talk with students about only posting information that is appropriate for the entire public
Anyone can see individual web pages including teachers, public, police, college admission officers or potential employers
What is posted today may be harmful in the future
17. 18. Safety Tips
Discuss protecting other persons information by not posting anything without that persons permission
Students should also check their friends profiles to see whats posted there
19. Social Networks & Privacy
Most afford varying levels of privacy
Only people that you choose can see your information
Restrict visibility to registered members or members of certain groups
Public everyone can see your information
Many social networking sites allow some sort of customization of privacy
20. Facebook Privacy and Minors
Until their 18th birthday, minors:
Dont have public search listings created for them
Visibility of their information is limited to friends of friends and networks, even if they chose to make it available to everyone
* Does not apply to name, profile picture, gender and networks, which are visible to everyone so real world friends can recognize them
21. Safety Tips
Encourage students to customize the privacy settings available rather than accepting the default settings
Many times the default settings allow too much information to be shared publicly
22. Facebook Recommended Settings
23. My Customized Settings
24. MySpace Privacy Settings
25. Safety Tips
Students should be aware that posting inappropriate photos could lead to damaged reputations and unwanted attention
26. 27. 28. Safety Tips
Remind students that once information is posted online and deleted or modified, the original will never be completely deleted
Older versions can exist on someone elses computer
29. Safety Tips
Warn students against adding strangers as friends people are not always who they say they are
Students should not add people as friends unless they know for sure who the person is
30. Safety Tips
Talk with students about respecting other people online
Students shouldnt say anything online that they wouldnt say face-to-face
31. Safety Tips
Encourage students to not respond to mean or harassing messages
Students should learn to ignore these messages and block or delete the person who sent them
Encourage students to speak with a trusted adult if the harassment continues
Inform students to save the messages as they could be used as evidence in determining if school policy or a criminal law has been broken
32. Blocking Someone on Facebook
Located on the upper right portion of your profile page
33. Blocking Someone on Facebook
34. Blocking Someone on Facebook
35. Blocking Someone on Facebook
Located on the bottom left portion of the persons Facebook profile page
36. Blocking Someone on Myspace
Usually located underneath profile picture
Located on bottom of profile page
37. Blocking Someone on Myspace
38. Tips for Facebook
Control whats public
Your friends list is public by default
39. 40. Tips for Facebook
Protect Your Photos
41. 42. Tips for Facebook
Protect Yourself from Applications
Many applications share your personal information with others
The Wall Street Journal reported that ten of Facebooks most popular applications share users personal information three of those were also found to share users friends information (10/18/10)
43. 44. 45. 46. Tips for Facebook
Keep your friends from sharing your information
47. 48. 49. Tips for MySpace
Private profiles
Every profile has the option of being private
This means that only you and those you have added and approved as friends can see the details of your profile, including your blog, photos, interests, etc.
50. 51. 52. Tips for MySpace
Pre-approve your comments
The default setting for comments on MySpace profiles does not require comments to be approved prior to appearing on your profile
53. 54. 55. Tips for MySpace
Block another user
If a user that you do not know or want to interact with contacts you, you have the ability to block them from future contact
Also, if you feel this person may be a threat to yourself or others, immediately notify a trusted adult or law enforcement and report the user to MySpace through the Contact MySpace link at the bottom of every page
56. Blocking Someone on Myspace
Usually located underneath profile picture
Located on bottom of profile page
57. Blocking Someone on Myspace
58. Tips for MySpace
Change the Online Now status icon
Turn off the online now status icon so other users cant see when youre on the site and when youre not
59. 60. SNS Privacy Policies
Make sure you read the privacy policy of the SNS you are joining or have already joined to know what information is being shared
61. 62. Excerpt from Facebooks Privacy Policy
Some of the content you share and the actions you take will show up on your friends home pages and other pages they visit.
If another user tags you in a photo or video or at a place, you can remove the tag. You can also limit who can see that you have been tagged on your profile from your privacy settings.
Even after you remove information from your profile or delete your account, copies of that information may remain viewable elsewhere to the extent it has been shared with others, it was otherwise distributed pursuant to your privacy settings or it was copied or stored by other users.
You understand that information might be reshared or copied by other users.
Certain types of communications that you send to other users cannot be removed, such as messages.
When you post information on another users profile or comment on another users post, that information will be subject to the other users privacy settings.
If you use an external source to publish information to Facebook (such as a mobile application or a Connect site), you should check the privacy setting for that post, as it is set by that external source.
63. Find out what you are sharing on Facebook
64. Find out what you are sharing on Facebook
65. Other Sites
Chatroulette
Allows people around the world to see each other and chat via text or audio.
Users can click next to skip from person to person, never knowing what the next image will be
Children could be exposed to violent andsexual images
66. Other Sites
Stickam
Another site where users interact via unmoderated live Webcam chats
Again, children can be exposed to inappropriate material
Stickam's privacy policy suggests that the video content that users post to the site can be recorded, repurposed, and commercialized by anyone
67. Other Sites
Hot or Not
Users can upload photos and have them rated
Sometimes this is used to cyberbully or harass someone
Children can be exposed to inappropriate content
68. 69. Other Sites
Formspring
Can link to Facebook and Twitter profile which allows you to invite online friends to ask questions or post comments, without having to identify themselves
Comments and questions go into private mailbox, where user can ignore, delete or answer them only answered questions are posted
Users can choose not to accept anonymous questions but that doesnt always happen
70. Other Sites
Formspring
Allows users to anonymously ask questions for others to publicly answer
Anonymity is what draws people users can anonymously tell someone how they feel about them or something they feel they should know
Can ask questions that would otherwise be too embarrassed to ask BUT, they can also fill a users inbox with hate mail, harassment or other inappropriate statements