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to the According to Washington Post, cyberthieves to access sensitive relationship for lifelong.
President Obama spoofed himself accou nts, create fra udu lent
in a Buzz Feed video. The video has identities, and compromise careers. . Children and the internot
been viewed almost 53 million times! Carefully categorize the list of As with everything in the
Of course, there is an ugly side friends, families, office workers virtual world, parents need
of social media. We have to be and so on. Don't publish your to understand how their children
careful what we post, there may be phone number to public unless it's are interacting on social networking
u nfortunate consequences. Don't important or necessary. Let you sites, and be sure that our children
share the super private messages, pages wall be secured and needs not know what to do if they have
pictu res and relationsh i p matters. to be able to posted by anyone else. experienced a bad or dangerous
Be aware of cybercrime laws of the lssues of family and friends needs situation.
country and protect yourself because to be managed and be careful on Below is some information for
your single post or message may take what you share so that people don't parents about social networking
to you inside the prison. feel bad of having the problems on websites: chat sites for teenagers,
posted news photo or videos. what they are and how they're
. Manage Your Social Media accessed, potential dangers to be
Privacy Settings . lnformation About Your aware of and how to protect your
We share a wealth of Current Job or Work-related child while they visit such websites
information about ourselves on our Projects like Facebook.com, ClubPenguin.
social media platforms. We snap Talking about work-related things com, Poptropica.com, Habbo.co.uk,
perfectly posed selfies, check in at on social networks is a bad idea. Neopets.com, and Stardoll.com.
happy hours, tweet at our friends, Even an innocent status update ln my opinion, the value far
and announce the arrival of bouncing about how mad you are about outweighs the risk. Use social
new babies. The benefits and joys of missing a deadline on a project could networking effectively a nd positively
social media are numerous, but there provide valuable information to your to establish new relationships,
are privacy risks to consider as well. competitors that they could leverage strengthen existing ones, innovate,
Social media users tend to against your company. learn, collaborate, and have fun. But
overshare life details in order to Don't share the things that beware of the risks so you can do
feel connected to friends, family, hurts the coworkers and friends your best to steer clear of them and
and coworkers. But these private of your office specially the painful think before you click!!

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