The European Parliament adopts a vote to block children under 16 years old to access social media sites such as Facebook, and instant messaging applications like WhatsApp or not, it is always important to educate your kids about the dangers that lurk on the Internet.
In this article, we offer some tips on how to increase security on your child's smartphone to protect when accessing social media sites, and useful resources for Parents and legal guardians to refer to in order to keep children safe online.
Increase security on social media sites
Facebook
Advise your child to accept that friendships friends they know personally and remove the facial marking.
Increase security on the Facebook account of your child by going to "Settings" and on the left hand side you will see a number of tabs, including "confidentiality" that you can set to limit amount of personal information your actions of the child.
If you are not sure what information your child shares and, see Facebook Privacy Watcher which color code your entries.
Twitter
Twitter is automatically set to the public so that people can tweet to millions of people worldwide, but it also means that all messages , videos or links your child's actions can be seen by everyone -. and more disturbing everyone can "follow" your child and see what they share
See guidelines Twitter on how to Tweets protect your child .
Instagram
As with many applications, the default setting is public on Instagram. To change this, go to settings in the application, and go to "private account". This means that all pictures are not public, and all the disciples must first be approved by your child.
Parents and legal guardians must also keep in mind as quizzes such as those found on Facebook vacuuming up all kinds of personal information can potentially be sold to third parties.
is a useful application Minormonitor , which runs on Mac and PC and protects children against cyber bullying and other dangers on Facebook and Twitter - it is more Free download security
Cyber first! Tips on how to keep your children safer online
- Educate your children about the dangers of certain sites, cyberbullying and pirates, and downloading and games. Let your child know that they can talk all they are concerned or feel uncomfortable. Teach responsible online behavior. Do not talk to strangers online.
- Do not share passwords with anyone other than the parents or legal guardians. Establish a strong, Secure Password and ensure that a different password is used for every online account.
- Install firewalls, anti-virus software and if you have young children, exchanging Google search bar to Google Safe Search , which filters content explicit.
- Using a VPN on your child's smartphone. A VPN hides your real internet location and transmits all the data you send and receive via an encrypted tunnel, data retention and personal communications from your child away from cyber criminals, hackers and other third parties.
- Make sure your child always connects out of email, social media and other online accounts.
Useful resources for parents to help keep their children safer online
I Spy With My Little Eye: Things That Spy On Me - order your free educational manual to understand the dangers that come with intelligent household products and so-called "Internet of things". The book teaches families to play the game of guessing secular exclusively with products and gadgets that could actually be spying on them
Onguardonline -. This is an excellent resource for everyone to learn how to stay safer online
MyLookOut -. Gives advice and information to help parents educate their children about smartphone security
Kidsmart a. tons of information for parents and guardians to learn all about the Internet, as well as good advice on how to use smartphones, tablets and game consoles safely and responsibly.
iKeepSafe is full of great tips and tricks for everyone to learn to keep safer online
There many dangers lurking on the Internet, including phishing scams, farcing -. a new social media identity theft scam, and the many chat rooms that can expose your child to inappropriate content, but will be a bit of effort - we can all help ourselves not only to stay online safer, but also our children
If you have any tips on how to keep your child safer online, please let us know by posting here on our blog.
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