Question

Case Study 2: Guidance for a family member using social networking sites.
A family member, who just turned 13, wants to join Facebook, create a Twitter account and start texting his friends on a regular basis. For the purpose of this paper, let us assume you are willing to allow your family to participate in these social networking activities and the family member has agreed to use your advice to protect his or her privacy and security while participating in these social networking activities.
Describe the specific guidance and rules that your family member must adhere to for this activity to move forward. Be sure to provide specific settings for Facebook and Twitter as well as any guidance for texting with friends. Be sure to discuss how to detect, prevent and report issues such as cyber bullying, identity theft, and child predatory behavior. Be sure to justify your decisions bringing in possible issues if the guidance you provided is not followed

Answer 1

• Firstly, privacy settings have to be applied on these platforms. The profile shouldn’t be public but rather private and should only be visible to known people.
• Interactions with strangers should be minimal and should only be done when important and with the permission of the guardian.
• In case of any issue, the family member must report to the guardian and must share all the necessary details.
• Photos and other forms of content provided should be approved by the guardian.
• If the guidance provided by the guardian isn’t followed, then in such a scenario, at least three warnings must be given and after that still if such a scenario arises, then it should lead to the revocation of the accounts.