Browsing Archive: October, 2010

Kids Give False Information to get on Facebook

Posted by WebSafety NZ on Friday, October 8, 2010, In : facebook 
With the eminent demise of Bebo (www.bebo.com) , children are creating profiles on Facebook at a younger age.

 Facebook requires a user to be at least 13 years of age but children are giving false information about their age to allow them to create a profile. In some instances, children as young as 9 or 10 are on Facebook.



In most cases, parents have no idea what their children are doing on the internet. Many of us assume our children are too well behaved to go behind our back and do somet...
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Social Location Apps Smack Privacy

Posted by WebSafety NZ on Sunday, October 3, 2010, In : social location apps 
If parents didn’t have enough concerns to worry about when it comes to keeping their kids safe on the internet, they do now. Subjects such as sexting, cyber bullying, stalkers, predators and privacy issues on social networking sites are topics we are still trying to get our head around.

 The latest technology that utilizes SMART phone GPS features are known as ‘social location applications’. These applications have the ability to ‘announce’ where we are to our ‘friends’.

Four Sq...
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Facebook in New Zealand

Posted by WebSafety NZ on Saturday, October 2, 2010, In : facebook 
Facebook in New Zealand is growing at an alarming rate. We now have almost 1.7 million users!

 Looking at the data more closely, it is great to see that over 45,000 of these users are 65 or older. I congratulate this group and it is a great way for them to not only embrace technology, but also keep in touch with family.



The results also show that 29,000 users fall into the age group of 13 or younger. Given that a user must be at least 13 to join Facebook, I wonder how many children are on F...
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