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SNAPCHAT APP DETAILS:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Snapchat description:\u00a0<\/strong>Users \u201csnap\u201d an image or video, add a caption, and send it to friends, who can view the photo for a specified period of time before it disappears. Additional features include the Discover section, where explicit magazine articles are displayed, the ability to video chat with up to 16 of your friends or 32 with just voice, share Stories (similar to Instagram), display your location on the Snapmap, sustain daily contact with your friends with a Snapstreak, and more. Along with Instagram, it\u2019s one of the two most popular social media platforms used by teens.<\/p>\n

Category:<\/strong> Photo & Video (in the App Store) sounds innocuous.<\/p>\n

APP Store rating:<\/strong> 12+ (\u201cinfrequent\/mild alcohol, tobacco, drug, mature\/suggestive themes, profanity or crude humor, Adult content and nudity\u201d).<\/p>\n

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WHAT PARENTS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT SNAPCHAT:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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• It\u2019s Life, Unfiltered.<\/strong>\u00a0Although Snapchat and Instagram have similar features, Snapchat wants to differentiate itself in one key way. It wants to be the raw, unfiltered version of you. Silly. Crazy. This is very different from the polished \u201cyou\u201d that exists in Instagram (unless your child has a\u00a0fake \u201cfinsta\u201d account).<\/li>\n
• Teen Addiction is their goal.\u00a0<\/strong>It\u2019s no secret that Snapchat wants kids to use the app as much as possible. They know \u201cthe more the teens play, the more the marketers pay\u201d\u00a0 \u2013 capitalism.<\/li>\n
• Discover<\/em> (a specific feature) is really bad. <\/strong>This section includes links to articles. Articles of the most disgusting and inappropriate content, There are channels that consistently air p-graphy.<\/li>\n
• There\u2019s a secret photo vault.<\/strong>\u00a0It\u2019s called\u00a0My Eyes Only<\/strong>\u00a0, where you can put embarrassing or explicit snaps, similar to a\u00a0photo vault. You have to type in a PIN code to access those memories, and if you forget your PIN, Snapchat says they won\u2019t recover the images.<\/li>\n
• There are too many kids making bad choices with the app.<\/strong> There\u2019s an endless stream of news articles where child predators use the app to communicate with kids, kids commit suicide because of something that happened in the app, kids live streaming horrific acts toward each other, etc.<\/li>\n
• There are no Parental Controls.<\/strong> Nothing on the phone (e.g., iOS Restrictions) has any impact on the app.<\/li>\n
• Here\u2019s how to delete your account.<\/strong>\n
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  1. You can’t delete a Snapchat account from within the app so you will need to go to\u00a0Snapchat.com<\/strong>\u00a0on a web or mobile browser<\/li>\n
  2. Go to\u00a0Support<\/strong>, located at the bottom of the web page under the Community\u00a0section<\/li>\n
  3. Once in the Support section, go to\u00a0My Account & Settings\u00a0<\/strong>->\u00a0Account Information\u00a0<\/strong>->\u00a0Delete My Account\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n
  4. Follow\u00a0 the link to the account deletion page<\/li>\n
  5. Enter your username and password and hit\u00a0log in<\/strong><\/li>\n
  6. Enter your password again and hit continue<\/li>\n
  7. Select\u00a0Delete my account<\/strong>\u00a0at the bottom of the page<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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