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ThirdParent

@ThirdParent

Partnering with parents, families and schools to ensure safe and responsible teen and pre teen internet use. #digcit #digitalparenting #cyberbullying

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FB needs smarter watchdogs tcrn.ch/2sYbBV3
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Targeting @tiktok_us Snapchat is going after even younger users tcrn.ch/2QF9VOG
Share of teens who say social media makes them feel more… 👍 Included 71% 👎 Excluded 25% 👍 Confident 69% 👎 Insecure 26% pewrsr.ch/2KEISgd
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NEW survey from @pewinternet finds that a majority of teens credit social media with a host of positive impacts, including 81% who say these sites make them feel more connected to their friends' lives pewrsr.ch/2S89kBu
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FB and Instagram will finally start enforcing their age limits techcrunch.com/2018/07/19/fa…

Facebook and Instagram change to crack down on underage children | TechCrunch

Facebook and Instagram will more proactively lock the accounts of users its moderators encounter and suspect are below the age of 13. Its former policy

techcrunch.com
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Teen FB use continues to decline, YouTube use stays strong pewrsr.ch/2xvCRiY from @pewresearch
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Teen enters rehab over excessive social media use cbsloc.al/2H2Dtwa
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27% of teens have received a sext message bit.ly/2FdOptS
I just ate 2 hard boiled eggs. AMA
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The "experts" who vetted FB Messenger Kids were hardly impartial bit.ly/2Esr43Q

Facebook Funded Most of the Experts Who Vetted Messenger Kids

Equally notable are the experts Facebook did not consult: Two large nonprofits say they weren’t informed about the app until weeks or days before its debut.

wired.com
German court rules that Facebook privacy settings are illegal bit.ly/2EFqV0w
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Adults went online posing as students to document online challenges, risks read.bi/2mvSwHg
Underage social media is on the rise, according to @ofcom bbc.com/news/technology-4215…
Under-age social media use 'on the rise', says Ofcom

Under-age social media use 'on the rise', says Ofcom

Children are also increasingly using social media to access news, but most know some of it is fake.

bbc.com
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Finally, bipartisan federal bill outlawing #RevengePorn is introduced tcrn.ch/2k8RfY0
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Please join me in letting @AjitPaiFCC know that we need to preserve #NetNeutrality
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Snapchat has a child porn problem bloom.bg/2mFBtFf from @business
Obvious conclusion, but with data - young kids with cell phones more at risk of #cyberbullying bit.ly/2vXMqCg
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14% of private colleges have denied admission based on #socialmedia activity bit.ly/2xBos40

The 2017 Survey of Admissions Directors: Pressure All Around | Inside Higher Ed

Only 34 percent of colleges met new student enrollment targets this year by May 1, the traditional date by which most institutions hope to have a class set.That is a key finding of the 2017 Survey of...

insidehighered.com
Survey: young people think #socialmedia companies should do more about #CyberBullying bit.ly/2x78TAG
Social media companies should act on bullying, say young users

Social media companies should act on bullying, say young users

AROUND 80 per cent of young people think social media companies should do more to tackle cyber bullying, according to a study.

express.co.uk
Teen girls arrested after Snapchatting water park break in on-ajc.com/2sGWoKo
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