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    Snapchat: Message Is Transmitted, We Cannot Guarantee That The Message Content Will Be Deleted in Every Case."

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    Snapchat is an app that allows users to send photos to friends that disappear after a set period of time. Users can choose how long recipients can view photos, from 1 to 10 seconds, before they disappear. While the app is meant for users 13 and older, screenshots can easily be taken within seconds and shared elsewhere. This may give young users a false sense of security when sharing embarrassing photos without considering potential long-term consequences if the photos are screenshot and shared more widely. Parents should monitor who their children are connecting with and discuss internet safety and consequences of sharing online.

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    Snapchat is an app that allows users to send photos to friends that disappear after a set period of time. Users can choose how long recipients can view photos, from 1 to 10 seconds, before they disappear. While the app is meant for users 13 and older, screenshots can easily be taken within seconds and shared elsewhere. This may give young users a false sense of security when sharing embarrassing photos without considering potential long-term consequences if the photos are screenshot and shared more widely. Parents should monitor who their children are connecting with and discuss internet safety and consequences of sharing online.

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    Snapchat is an app that allows users to send photos to friends that disappear after a set period of time. Users can choose how long recipients can view photos, from 1 to 10 seconds, before they disappear. While the app is meant for users 13 and older, screenshots can easily be taken within seconds and shared elsewhere. This may give young users a false sense of security when sharing embarrassing photos without considering potential long-term consequences if the photos are screenshot and shared more widely. Parents should monitor who their children are connecting with and discuss internet safety and consequences of sharing online.

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    Snapchat

    What is SNAPCHAT?
    Snapchat is an app used to send photos to friends. Once viewed, the photo self-destructs in a matter of
    seconds.

    How Snapchat works.


    Snap a picture – most popular photos are “selfies” (picture of yourself) and select a friend or group of friends
    to send it to. Whoever you send a picture to must also use Snapchat. Before sending, you choose how long
    the picture will be available for viewing, from 1 to 10 seconds. When your friend receives the “snap” they
    must press and hold to view the picture. When the time is up, the picture disappears.

    So what is the concern?


     The app is not intended for users under 13
    and is rated 12+ in the iTunes app store.
     Most devices these days allow a
    screenshot/grab which can easily be done in
    seconds meaning it could be shared with
    others (although you will be notified by the
    service of any screenshot-taking).
     It is tempting, particularly for teenagers, to
    send any kind of picture believing that it
    cannot be shared or saved nor that pictures
    won’t end up tagged and forever associated with you like on Facebook. The usual (healthy) inner
    voice of restraint may be passed over in lieu of impulsive sharing.
     Snapchat may offer a false sense of security for young people who think they can send an
    embarrassing picture without consequences.
     Snapchat’s own privacy agreement allows for the fact that a picture may not be immediately
    deleted from their servers “Although we attempt to delete image data as soon as possible after the
    message is transmitted, we cannot guarantee that the message content will be deleted in every
    case.”

    Managing the risk in Snapchat


    In SETTINGS you can change the option from “Everyone” to “My Friends to only allow friends (those you
    have added to your list of Friends in Snapchat) to send you “snaps”.

    You can use restriction settings to make sure it can’t be downloaded by the younger set.

    You can also block a friend from sending pictures to you. (Maybe you added a friend and they start
    bombarding you with pictures all day long and you cannot get them to stop….well block ‘em and they’ll
    stop). To block someone find their name in your list of friends, swipe to the right, click Edit and click Block.

    You may find that Snapchat is already in heavy rotation on your child’s mobile device so you should review
    their list of friends. Are there any you don’t know? Any older friends? Remove unknown names. The
    unfortunate reality is that 20% of teens have sent or posted nude or seminude photographs or videos of
    themselves.
    Ongoing discussions with your children about internet safety and the consequences of sharing is a must.
    If it’s not Snapchat it will be the next new app on the block!

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