Internet/Social Media Safety

1.What risks are associated with sharing your information via a social network?
There are people who will take advantage of the information. And try and manipulate you into sharing more. There can be unwanted contact, threats and odd behaviors towards others and from others.

2.What are steps you can take to protect your computer?
Constantly checking for viruses. Make sure you are the one in charge of the computer.

3.Define online grooming
Using the internet to manipulate and gain the trust of a minor, or other, as a step towards sexual abuse, etc. It is where the groomer may appear as a trusted peer or caring older person, when it is not the instance at all.

4.Which 3 of the "guidelines for young people" do you think are most important?
 -Keep personal information with yourself
-Keep your security software up-to-date
-Be smart when using a cell phone

5. How much access should parents have to their children's social networking sites?
I think that parents should be able to look at their child's social network site with out the youth feeling like they have something to hide. They should be able to be "Friends" and see what the child is posting.

1.What can you learn from Amanda's tragic story?
To watch what you put on the internet, and who is watching. Make your social media's private so you can see who is watching your stuff. To not let bullying go unnoticed. To not share what shouldn't be on the internet, or with people you don't fully know.