AfterSchool
- What Parents Need to Know about the After School App – KidsPrivacy
- After School anonymous message board app – BeWebSmart
ASK.fm
- What parents need to know about ask.fm – KidsPrivacy
- Ask.fm: A Guide for Parents and Teachers – Webwise
- Social cruelty on Ask.fm & the whack-a-mole tendency – NetFamilyNews
Clash of Clans
- What Parents need to know about Clash of Clans – KidsPrivacy
deviantART
- What Parents need to know about deviantart – KidsPrivacy
- CommonSense Media’s Review of deviantART – CommonSense Media
- DeviantART’s Help Center -Deviant ART
FACEBOOK
- What to Watch Out For if Your Child is on Facebook – KidsPrivacy on Familoop
- 10 essentials for protecting privacy on Facebook – KidsPrivacy
- A Parents’ Guide to Facebook 2012 – Anne Collier and Larry Magid of ConnectSafely.org
Facebook Groups
- How Teens Are Using Facebook May Surprise You – KidsPrivacy
GOOGLE+
Parents Guide to Google+ – Anne Collier and Larry Magid of ConnectSafely.org
INSTAGRAM
- Instagram is more than a photoshop app – KidsPrivacy
- Instagram – Is It Okay for Kids? What Parents Need to Know – Mary Kay Hoal, Yoursphere
KIK
- What parents need to know about Kik – KidsPrivacy
- Kik’s Smartphone Safety Tips for Parents – A Platform for Good
Omegle
- Omegle – Have a chat with a Random Stranger – KidsPrivacy
- CommonSenseMedia’s review of Omegle – CommonsSense Media
- What is Omegle?– BeWebSmart
ooVoo
- What parent’s need to know about ooVoo – KidsPrivcy
- ooVoo App Guide – CommonSenseMedia
- High Tech Dad ooVoo Guide – High Tech Dad
- Do you ooVoo?May be your kids do – BeWebSmart
Pheed
- Pheed – the social network bringing it all together – KidsPrivacy
- Pheed Support Center – Pheed
- Pheed: The Next Social Craze for Teens? – Mashable
SNAPCHAT
- A Parent’s Take on Snapchat – Monica Vila, TheOnlineMom
- Snapchat – Common Sense Media
- Snapchat’s only privacy setting is a good friend – KidsPrivacy
TUMBLR
- Parents’ Guide to Tumblr – Kids Are All Right
- Tumblr : the new microblog on the block – KidsPrivacy
- Tumblr – Why Kids Love It and What Parents Need To Know – Mary Kay Hoal, Yoursphere
TWITTER
- So what is a tweet? What parents need to know about Twitter – KidsPrivacy
- Twitter Help Center – Twitter
- Parent Guide to Twitter – Education.com
VINE
- Vine App – What can you do in 6 seconds? – KidsPrivacy
- CommonSenseMedia’s review of Vine – CommonSense Media
Whisper
- What Parents need to know about Whisper – KidsPrivacy
- Inside the Angsty, Affirming World of Whisper – NYMag
- Secrets and lies: Whisper and the return of the anonymous app – CNET
Wishbone
- What Parents need to know about Wishbone – KidsPrivacy
- Wishbone App & Slingshot App Guide – SafeSmartSocial
Yik Yak
- Yik Yak is today’s Anonymous Burn Book – KidsPrivacy
- Yik Yak App Review – CommonsenseMedia
- Yik Yak app is wreaking havoc in schools: 11 things parents need to know – ChicagoNow
YouNow
- What Parents’s need to know about YouNow – KidsPrivacy
- What is YouNow? Social Media Safety Guide – Safe, Smart & Social
- Live video broadcasting apps Meerkat, Periscope, and YouNow – okay for kids? – BeWebSmart
YouTube
- What parents need to know about YouTube – KidsPrivacy
BLOGGING
- Parents Questions and Answers about Kids & Blogs – KidsPrivacy
- Electronic Frontier Foundation – EFF has produces some great resources for bloggers on copyright and other legal issues.
- Should you let your child blog? This is one of the few guides that focuses on kids and blogging. The guide covers the benefits and safety concerns.
MORE INFORMATION
- FTC’s Social Networking Guide – FTC (Federal Trade Commission) is the consumer protection agency that enforces the Children Online Privacy Protection Act
- Young People and Social Networking Sites – Great guide from the UK
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