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Anna** : Privacy - Social Awareness **

Question- · //Privacy// – Does one notice when behaviors of others compromise the privacy decisions of others in the group? Does one understand what information, if divulged, can lead to identity theft? Does one know how to validate friend requests and build networks of friends in safe ways? = = =**__Privacy Research__**=

" By adjusting your profile settings, carefully considering the content of your videos, and controlling online interactions you can protect yourself and your privacy on YouTube." -about.com

Steps for Youtube Privacy: "1. [|Keep Your Videos Private]" (Limit who sees your video on Youtube) "2. Set Your Videos to "Unlisted" (If you don't want to limit your video views, set as unlisted so it is impossible for people to find your address and things about you. ) "3. Watch the Content of Your Videos" (Watch to make sure that you don't have any personal information before posting your video.) "4. [|Edit Your Account Profile"](You have the ability to choose what information you're going to show on your account. You name, address, lifestyle, age, personal information, etc.) "5. [|Adjust Your Account Privacy Settings"] (You can control who you want to share your videos and messages with. Like if you didn't want just strangers to see your video.) "6. [|Control Comments, Ratings and Responses]" (There are people who would put in a comment that is mean, and insulting. You can use a setting that allows you to look, and approve comments before posting. That way if someone calls you a bad name, you could block that comment.) "7. Manage Where Your Videos are Seen" (Since your video can be viewed almost anywhere, adjust your settings so you can avoid your videos seen by strangers, and can't be shown on News Broadcasts on the T.V.) "8. Activity Sharing" (Sometimes your activity can be shown on your account and viewed. You can use a setting so nobody can see that.) "9. Check Your Account Status" (You want to check you account status to make sure that you didn't post any personal information accidentally.) "10. Report any Bad Behavior" (Report anybody who harasses you, threatens you, violating privacy, or just being inappropriate...) The quoted information steps above are from []


 * __ Siegchrist, Gretchen. "YouTube Privacy Settings." //about.com//. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Apr 2012. . __**

Many kids use the popular social website called Facebook. On Facebook, you have what's called a "wall". That "wall" is yours, you can do anything. When it comes to your wall, you can post information, pictures, where you are and more. You can also post status updates, where you post what you're thinking, what you doing, what's going on in your life,etc... But what kids don't know about posting these things on Facebook can be very dangerous. If you don't change certain __**privacy settings**__, you could be allowing to let strangers look at your Facebook wall and profile. That means that they would have access to looking at your information, what you look like, where you are, and more. Would you want some random person to know things about you? Would you want a stranger looking at a photo of you? I wouldn't want that... But at the same time, you would like to share this information with your friends. You can share this information with friends, without having to worry about those strangers knowing any information about you. All you have to do is change your **__privacy settings.__** If you're wondering what that is, your privacy settings is located on the top right under account. It allows you to choose if you want only your friends or the whole public to view what you post on Facebook. (not copied and pasted from any website.)

Another thing is don't use any chat websites that allow you to be shown with you webcam. You would be video chating with strangers. To some that use those websites, think that they are becoming "friends" with the strangers they video chat. Some say to meet up at the mall, but they don't realize that any person could be deathly dangerous. They may seem nice, but they could be as dangerous as any other robber, or worst.

Google's new Privacy Policy- On March 1st, a new privacy policy was changed in Google. That privacy policy has made people upset with it's new terms.

Some Social Websites-
 * Facebook
 * Myspace
 * Twitter
 * YouTube

=Identity Theft:= Identity theft is a very serious thing. Your identity could be stolen by using any social website. When you're entering your personal information, such as name and age, you have to watch what you're saying. You want to make sure that you are not posting your full name, your real address, your real age, etc.

Social Awareness Research:
These are some topics of Social Awareness-

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 * Terrorism
 * Child labor
 * Child abuse
 * Early age marriage
 * Suicides
 * Right of education
 * Equal education world-wide
 * Govt. duty for citizens
 * Citizen responsibilities for nation
 * Spiritual quotient for social development
 * Freedom of expression
 * Effects of movies, video games, and internet on children
 * Orphanage
 * Old aged homes
 * Criminal activities
 * Duty of police
 * Law and order
 * Unemployment
 * War and domestic violence
 * Medical and insurance facilities to poor
 * Religious fights
 * Fraud gurus and blind faith
 * Equal respect to professions
 * Ethics for politicians
 * Ethics for Govt. job
 * Transparent political structure"
 * This infromation is from this website
 * -[|__**http://www.gurutalks.com/2010/11/top-social-awareness-topics-of-national-and-international-levels**__> >]
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Movie Note (some sentences may not be relevant to project topic) - 39% of males that use chat rooms are asked by the person to meet them somewhere. But the teenager didn't realize what this person could be about... That person could have been a criminal.

Lots of kids use chat websites. Sometimes they find someone who they really trust talking to. They become "friends", building up to "best friends", and even building up into a deeper relationship. They person the teen talks to, ends up making big mistakes like telling them that they would meet up with him or her somewhere. Or telling lots of personal information. Lots of times, the person that they were chatting to gets your phone number and can show up at your house, unexpectedly.

Cyberbullying is very big. It's one of the main things that cause teenage suicides. That's why when you're on the internet, you need to watch what you're saying. Don't spill out a personal issue told by a friend on the internet. Don't call one a bad name. Those names and peresonal things become a thing for other teenagers to gossip about. Simple things can become a big thing. People can make worse rumors out of the simplest name or problem.

Tessa's Big Mistake
My name is Tessa. I'm just what you call a normal girl. I love friends music, and most of all singing. But when i had my idea on trying to become a famous singer, posting that video was a bad choice... One day when i was walking with my friends from school, I over heard them talking about the singing phenomenon Justin Beibor. They would not be quiet about him! They would say "Oh he's sooo cute!" or "He's such a good singer!"... I had __**never**__ taking a liking to him, and it annoyed me that my friends wouldn't stop talking about him. But one thing they said... Just opened up my ears. A brilliant idea... They talked about how he first started singing, and playing instruments was all on video, posted on the internet... I could post a video... A video of me singing!