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Through an empirical, secondary analysis of 588 teens (ages 12 - 17) and one of their parents living in the United States, we present useful insights into how parental privacy concerns for their teens and different parental mediation strategies (direct intervention versus active mediation) influence teen privacy concerns and privacy risk-taking and risk-coping privacy behaviors in social media. Our results suggest that the use of direct intervention by itself may have a suppressive effect on teens, reducing their exposure to online risks but also their ability to engage with others online and to learn how to effectively cope with online risks. Therefore, it may be beneficial for parents to combine active mediation with direct intervention so that they can protect their teens from severe online risks while empowering teens to engage with others online and learn to make good online privacy choices.

The article looks at how social media sites such as Facebook have changed the way teenagers view privacy. The authors argue that teenagers do care about privacy and have developed mechanisms that allow them to maintain their privacy while still participating in online environments. They also suggest that our understanding of online privacy should shift from an individual context to incorporate a "networked context".

The article identifies common archival issues (i.e., listing and cataloging) associated with archiving digitally created information, due to rapidly changing technologies used to create digital information. This makes it challenging to appropriately list and catalog the moral impacts created by the rapidly emerging technologies. The article (n.d.) states, "ever morphing nature of information technology is changing our ability to even fully understand moral values as they change. Lorenzo Magnani claims that acquiring knowledge of how that change confounds our ability to reason morally '…has become a duty in our technological world'" (section 1.1). The article alerts to impending moral and ethical dilemmas created by smart phone apps that will be soon be capable of streaming biometric data (e.g., vital signs, physical activity logs, caloric intake, etc.) and linking it with GPS tracking to identify geo-locators tied to fluctuations in biometric data via phone applications. The advantage of such technology can lead to promotion of more healthy lifestyles. However, streaming such sensitive biometric information (data) leads to privacy and ethical concerns that are not easily resolved. Other moral, ethical and privacy issues are created surreptitiously when browsing websites on the Internet. "Browser software records all manner of data about our visits to various websites which can, for example, make webpages load faster next time you visit them. Even the websites themselves use various means to record information when your computer has accessed them and they may leave bits of information on your computer which the site can use the next time you visit. Some websites are able to detect which other sites you have visited or which pages on the website you spend the most time on. If someone were following you around a library noting down this kind of information you might find it uncomfortable or hostile, but online this kind of behavior takes place behin

In this study, Meier, Schäwel, & Krämer (2020), examine the length of privacy policies found on social media platforms. Privacy policies give users the opportunity to inform themselves of the many ways their personal information may be used. Unfortunately, the lengthy and difficult-to-read are often skipped or unread by users. What if we were to shorten these policies? Would it make a difference? Meier, Schäwel, & Krämer determined that users that read a shorter policy did spend more time per word, trying to understand the ins and outs of the policy's text because it was shorter. Meier, Schäwel, & Krämer's findings showed that more users were engaged in the shorter policies. Policy length, as well as the inclusion of more user-friendly language will encourage users to be more inclined to understand situational privacy problems.

How teenagers weigh perceived risks versus benefits in what they reveal online. Many teenagers supply false information in order to protect their identity which makes online advertising less effective towards them. Also, study indicates that how savvy a teen is in regards to thinking critically about the intent of advertisements and the strategies companies use offline the more they were able to identify the same tactics online.

Some useful tips not just for teenagers, but for any users of social media looking to protect their privacy and online. I particularly liked the tip on modeling proper social media use for teens. The district I am in has blocked all social media sites (even Pinterest!) and so the students use VPNs to get around the blocks instead of allowing teachers and others to realistically demonstrate how to navigate social media sites in a healthy way it becomes something that is forbidden to be on.

Computer & Internet Lawyer journal article showing some of the complexities in court cases regarding intended audiences and privacy concerns. This case in particular was from a Myspace posting that was reported to police that involved a threat against a school, but was prosecuted using disorderly conduct charges.

Different ways for educators to protect student privacy when using online sources

The UNICEF Innocenti report on Child Safety Online shows that countries that have guidelines for social workers related to online child safety often have separate guidelines for law enforcement agencies, but lack a structured mechanism for the reporting of online abuse, referrals and coordinated actions. As mentioned above, there is still a need to strike the balance in policy between protection from all forms of violence, sexual abuse and exploitation, and the rights to information, freedom of expression and association, privacy and non-discrimination

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I thought this was an interesting topic based on what some of our discussion posts were about this week. - s.seeley

The 87% of respondents in this sample who say they had heard at least a little about the government's surveillance programs were asked a series of questions about whether they had changed some of the ways they use technology. This section of the report covers their answers.

I have this idea that maybe the digital age is a new thing and that it will evolve in some way naturally. Maybe this is an example? It's sort of dialectic: People say anything online, government watches, people curtail this. I think it's probably good that people curtail this!

A study into how teenagers and college students often view privacy settings on Facebook and their audiences on Twitter in terms of social identity without realizing how much can be datamined for advertisement purposes.

"The key factors involved in the decisions include reputation costs, direct business costs and non-compliance costs. Key security issues and risks such as network access, server and end-user device malware, application risks, and privacy risks were identified."

This article examines advertising in online environments and how children are encouraged to provide information in order to participate.

This article looks at the youngest users of technological media and the division between "digital natives and digital immigrants." Digital natives have a lower risk perception of friending and contacting people online. Education is suggested to understand the gravity of carrying out inappropriate online behaviors.