Ah the wonderful
world of social media! It provides us
with amazing opportunities to keep in touch with friends and family both near
and far. However, as members of social
networking websites, our information is readily accessible and our privacy may
be at stake. Have you ever sat down to
think about the types of information you are allowing others to have simply by
being a member of a social media website like Facebook or Twitter? What kinds of things do you post about in
your blogs? Do you post pictures of
yourself? What kinds of images are you
allowing others to see?
Take a look at the following video:
In
a blog of 300 words, reply to the following questions:
- Are you a member of a social networking website? Why or why not?
- Have you checked your privacy settings lately? Who can see the information that you put
out there?
- What kind of information are you allowing others to have access
to? Have you thought about this
before?
- What kinds of things are safe to post? Unsafe?
List some unsafe information that you should keep to yourself and
not allow others to see online.
- How can we become more responsible users of social network
websites? Why is this so important?
