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Facebook launches friend-tracking feature

Posted by GuardChild Comments Off on Facebook launches friend-tracking feature

(CNN) — Your phone always knows where you are. And now, if you want, your Facebook friends will always know where you are, too. Facebook is introducing a mobile feature called Nearby Friends that taps into that steady stream of location information so friends can track each other in real time. The idea is to  [ Read More ]

Categories: Blog, Facebook

Girls, 15 and 11, in contact with 27-year-old suspect through Kik, Facebook and SnapChat

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A Vinton County man has been charged after setting up sexual encounters with a Scioto County juvenile, and soliciting nude photos of two girls. Arrested was Brian Scott Sibley, 27, of Vinton, Ohio. Sibley has been charged with one count of attempted rape, a felony of the second degree, two counts of unlawful sexual conduct  [ Read More ]

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How can I prevent my teen from using Kik?

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With access to your teen’s iPod, iPhone or Android phone, you can uninstall Kik and use the device’s built-in parental control settings to restrict the ability to install applications. On iPod and iPhone, these are called restrictions, and on Android, these are called filters. For more information about enabling restrictions on iPod and iPhone, see  [ Read More ]

Categories: Blog, Kik

Apple the brand of choice for U.S. teens

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Over 60 % of teenagers already own an iPhone and excitement is growing over the much-rumored launch of an ‘iWatch.’ That is according to the latest installment of investment bank Piper Jaffray’s biannual “Taking Stock with Teens” report which polls the younger generation on everything from fashion taste to choice of social networking apps. In  [ Read More ]

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Sexting teens can face lifelong consequences

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A freshman girl sends topless pictures of herself to a boy through an instant message. The boy shares the pictures over the computer with some friends. Both end up expelled from school. This incident came to light through a court case filed more than a decade ago against Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day  [ Read More ]

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