Number of Posts: 22
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Dear Coleen: My grandchild is exposed to sexually explicit web
Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 30.3.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | childhood, Snapchat, social media, threat
Summary | A concerned grandparent does not know what to do about their 8 year old granddaughter. Her mother poorly supervises her digital activities and is a bad example in promiscuity. The 8 year old girl has a Snapchat and various other social media profiles where she exhibits adult language as well as speaks romantically/sexually about male celebrities. An expert agrees that this behavior is indeed inappropriate for her age and that something needs to be done like get in touch with one of the many governmental and other help organizations.
Image Description | Getty image of a girl using a laptop.
Image Tags | computer/laptop, female(s)
Scary clown rumors, threats feed hysteria, leading to school lockdowns, arrests
Newspaper | Washington Post
Date | 6.10.2016
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | (mental) health, law, school, Snapchat, social media, threat
Summary | In the weeks running up to Halloween, many schools and colleges have had attack scares. Students heard over Snapchat or Yik Yak or some other social media platform that a clown was on the prowl at their school/college. These theats always ended up being false but students were worried and so were parents. Schools have to take such threats seriously. The police are being very clear that there are legal repercussions for false attack threats.
Image Description | Clown video and scary clown masks.
10 Tips For Keeping Your Kids Safe Online
Newspaper | Huffington Post
Date | 13.3.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | childhood, smartphone, Snapchat, threat, youth
Summary | Parents should keep an open line of communication with their children about the internet and its dangers. Since the parents pay the bills it is fair that they can decide on such things as screen time etc. but it can be good to negotiate such details with the children. It is important to teach children and youths about their digital footprint - even on Snapchat.
Image Description | Getty image of a girl using a laptop.
Image Tags | computer/laptop, female(s)
How A Money-Losing Snap Could Be Worth So Much
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 3.3.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | Snapchat, social media, youth
Summary | Snapchat is valued extremely highly on the market despite the fact that it is not making any profit yet. There are no concrete plans on how Snapchat wants to secure profit except that it has plenty of users - the vast majority of the American population aged 18-35. Finance experts disagree on Snapchat's worth. Most think it is not nearly worth its current market price but others see it as promoting a new mode of communication where users substitute language with images.
Image Description | Upside-down Snapchat logo with gold coins stacked on top.
Image Tags | logo, Snapchat
Snap Makes a Bet on the Cultural Supremacy of the Camera
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 8.3.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | GIFs, language threat, Snapchat
Summary | Snapchat is showing us the future: communication is switching to more visual modes of communication such as photographs, videos, GIFs, funny filters. Linguist Gretchen McCulloch has argued that Snapchat filters constitute a new mode of phatic communication. We have seen the primacy of text gradually broken up in the past decade. This does not mean, however, that the written language will disappear altogether. Text is still very important for conveying accurate information concisely.
Image Description | GIF with anthropomorphic cameras and emojis dancing around.
Image Tags | camera, emojis, gifs
Snapchat Discover Takes a Hard Line on Misleading and Explicit Images
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 23.1.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | Snapchat, threat, youth
Summary | Snapchat is making greater ethical demands to news publishers on the Discover page. News media posting on Snapchat's Discover page are asked to only post material that is fact-checked and objective and to refrain from using sexually explicit or violent images that are not newsworthy for shock value. In response to a complaint about minors being exposed to inapproriate material on Snapchat, Snapchat ask media outlets who publish on their platform to put age-restrictions on their posts so that mature content is only seen by people who have signed up as adults on Snapchat.
Image Description | Screenshot of the Snapchat Discover page.
Image Tags | smartphone, Snapchat
Snapchat's new rules for media
Newspaper | Los Angeles Times
Date | 24.1.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | Snapchat, threat, youth
Summary | One concerned mother is sueing Snapchat into reglementing media content on their Discover page so that minors do not see posts that are not age-appropriate for them. Many news media outlets that post on Snapchat's Discover page for large sums of advertising revenue use clickbait strategies involving overly sexual or violent content. The plaintiff wants Snapchat to shield minors from such content.
Image Description | Black and white image of a man doing a phonecall and looking at a Snapchat icon on a shop window.
Image Tags | male(s), smartphone, Snapchat
Warning teenagers over ‘sexting’
Newspaper | The Argus
Date | 12.8.2014
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | law, sexting, Snapchat, threat, youth
Summary | Sexting is becoming an increasing problem among youths in Southern England. Charities that work with teenagers (mostly girls) who have been victimized by having their nude selfies shared without their permission. There is a crucial difference between face to face flirtatious encounters versus on new media: men are reported to be much more forward on digital channels and that they very quickly request nude images. There is a lot of pressure on male participants in sexting to obtain nude images which almost counts as social currency among their male peers. The police are also not handling the situation well according to prevention organizations as they tend to criminalize the victims of sexting as sex child pornography offenders.
Image Description | Portrait of person mentioned in article and photograph of a woman holding a smartphone.
Image Tags | female(s), male(s), smartphone
There’s an obvious reason why young people don’t use Snapchat for sexting.
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 6.1.2014
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | sexting, Snapchat, youth
Summary | Snapchat's reputation as being designed specifically for sexting does not make much sense, as its designer has been arguing all along. At first look it may seem that way because sent pictures self-destruct within seconds. That, however, is enough time to do a screenshot, so women do not trust it enough to use it for sending nude images. Men, on the other hand, do not like sextin on Snapchat precisely because it is difficult to save the pictures. So on second thought, the app is really not useful for sexting. It is a good alternative for social media because one's mundane content does not remain there to embarrass one later.
Image Description | N/A
Growth in Snapchat use sparks cyberbullying and sexting fears
Newspaper | Irish Examiner
Date | 27.2.2014
Language | English
Country | Ireland
Topic Tags | sexting, Snapchat, threat, youth
Summary | A recent survey says that 80% of 13-year-olds and 90% of 15-year-olds use Snapchat in Ireland. This rapid upsurge must be reflected in online safety prevention particularly because Snapchat is known to be used for teenage sexting. Sexting among minors is illegal as it qualifies as manufacturing and distributing child pornography. It is important that parents explain to their children that despite the self-destruct function on Snapchat, their content can still be stored by the recipients by screenshotting the snaps.
Image Description | Photograph of a girl/woman's torso holding a flip phone.
Image Tags | female(s), hand(s)
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