Description:\u00a0<\/strong>A way to share your life\u2019s moments 140 characters at a time. It is one of the top-10 most popular websites globally. Registered users can read and post messages or \u201ctweets\u201d while unregistered users can only read messages. Twitter can<\/p>\n

Category:<\/strong>\u00a0Lifestyle<\/p>\n

APP Store age rating:<\/strong>\u00a017+ (a recent change \u2013 it was rated 4+ for years)<\/p>\n

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

Too Many Voices<\/strong> \u2013 the news is full of sports figures and celebrities who have used Twitter to \u201cvent\u201d and say regretful things. Twitter gives potential cyberbullies a fast way to say dumb and hurtful things. Additionally, anyone, regardless of whether or not they have a Twitter account, can access all of Twitter\u2019s content (tweets, pictures) through the public search feature. Twitter is full of p-graphy in the way of pictures and looping videosapp \u2013 see separate write-up).<\/p>\n

P-graphy is Everywhere<\/strong> \u2013 because parents perceive it to be \u201cjust\u201d words, it is flying under the radar in terms of p-graphic material but it is being used by more and more middle school students.<\/p>\n

My Reputation is Shot<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 since it\u2019s so easy to tweet whatever is on your mind, Twitter is an easy spot to do reputational damage to others and yourself, if not used carefully. Starting in February 2015, Twitter signed a deal with Google giving them access to half a billion daily tweets that will now show up in Google\u2019s search results.<\/p>\n

Unfiltered Browsing (problematic)<\/strong> \u2013 Recently, we discovered that users can access unfiltered internet searches through Twitter. The major search engines have a Twitter profile, and also have their URL\u2019s on their profile. Through these URL\u2019s in Twitter, e.g., google.com, yahoo.com, bing.com, users have unfiltered access to the web.<\/p>\n

Location Sharing<\/strong> \u2013 we share too much information about our location with the social media world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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