Share Safe Social

We want you to be safe on-line, so here are a few tips about using social media to keep in mind from CommonSenseMedia.org

• Use privacy setting.
• Limit the audience of a post (only to family, for example).
• Create a closed, invite-only group on social media service such as Facebook.
• Turn off your phone’s GPS.
• Consider using a nickname for your kids.
• Think about using photo-sharing sites such as Google Photos and Flickr that require users to log in to see pictures (unlike on
• Social media, where all your followers can see them).
• Don’t include your kid’s friends in photos that you post.
• Don’t include any personally identifiable information, such as your home address, signs, your kid’s school.
• Be careful if you share custody. It can be emotionally difficult for exes to see photos of their kid when they’re not included.
• Be prepared for feedback of all kinds: not everyone will share the same view of the photo and online comments can lead to misunderstandings.