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Keeping children safe on social media

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lauramoore1976 · 08/11/2022 09:49

This podcast episode is GOLD! So many tips from child online safety expert, Jessica Chalmers.

I didn't realise that if you set up a social media account for an 8-year-old, then when they are 13, the platform will think they are 18 and potentially show them inappropriate content!

Theres some brilliant ideas in here on how to keep your kids safe. Highly recommend.

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/how-to-keep-children-safe-on-social-media-interview/id1588801270?i=1000585427144

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thelauramoore · 08/11/2022 11:08

Nope - this podcast is usually for freelancers, so not relevant to most people on mumset at all. This one-off episode is, however, is highly relevant to everyone here and should be listened to. Althought its clearly pissing off more people than its helping right now.

That doesn't answer the question I asked, with respect.

thelauramoore · 08/11/2022 11:11

PeekAtYou · 08/11/2022 11:08

You are wrong to think that SM is for kids. In theory, you can reduce the likelihood of them seeing something nasty but content slips through the net and algorithms sometimes go haywire and show random things. Some people know how to get round the controls until they are reported and make money in the mean time.

Take it from someone who has gone through this with older kids. You can't keep kids safe on SM and the SM know this hence the 13 years old recommendation. Once you let the genie out of the bottle and let kids on it, you are inviting adult content in their lives. My kids are older so the pressure to be on SM started in year 7 (age 11) but trust me, you can't keep them safe once you allow SM. Ime most underage people simply register with an incorrect birth year or they have an account monitored by parents and a secret account where they show their true selves. The latter is far more dangerous.

If you think that 13 year olds aren't looking at 18 year old content then you are naive. Sadly most kids will have seen porn by age 13 and just because you give them a locked down device, it doesn't mean that they don't see it on someone else's device or are watching stuff on other devices like tablets and games consoles. It's very easy to just make a secret account.

Plus you've got the problem of messages that disappear after being read eg Snapchat How do you monitor that when technology is working against you ?

This is EXACTLY why this podcast is so good. Jess shared so many tips to help arm your kids to deal with all these things. I agree you cannot entirely stop what they see, but you can educate them and help them understand what to do should they see something inappropriate or be contacted by someone they shouldn't be etc. Jess shares info about all of that in this episode.
Neither her nor I believe that social media is safe, the world isn't safe so that would be ridiculous to say. So perhaps this episode should have been called how to help your children stay safER on social. Too late now.

wibblewobbleboard · 08/11/2022 11:12

What is your affiliation with Jess and her podcast?

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thelauramoore · 08/11/2022 11:13

@wibblewobbleboard I dont have any affiliation with Jess? She hasn't paid me if that's what you mean?

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