Do you and your children realize that nothing you write via e-mail, Facebook and similar social media is private? Instead it has the potential of going public. When you write, what you consider a private e-mail to someone, you can be surprised to find they have posted it publicly on Facebook, etc.
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There may be nothing wrong with the e-mail, but has more private details than you feel the world should know. It also has the potential of offending any people you may have mentioned.
Some people have no qualms about airing their clean and dirty laundry, their innermost feelings, family secrets, their financial challenges on social sites where the whole world has access. Even if you’ve only admitted specific people as your friends, posting to them, replying to them expands the circle of people who have access to your information. Also, those friends may decide to make it more public without your permission.
So…teach your children that if they want privacy, they need to be very careful about what they post and to whom they post. Young people, as well as older, don’t seem to realize the ramifications of the Internet and how it can spread information you don’t want made public or in the way you may have expressed it to a close friend or relative.
The same goes for text messaging. You may find that someone is posting your private texts to them on social media. They simply want to share, but perhaps it isn’t something you want shared with everyone. They really should ask your permission because, by copyright law, you own what you wrote and pictures you took. However, most people are ignorant of this.
The lesson seems to be….THINK before you write to ANYONE or post anything. What you write and pictures you take may reach the world without you wanting them to.
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