Nearly 42% of kids have been bullied online and almost one in four have had it happen more than once.

Facebook Facts  There are more than 500 million active users.  50% of users log on to Facebook every day  The average user has 130 friends.  People spend over 700 billion minutes per month on Facebook. Activity on Facebook  There are over 900 million pages, groups, events and community pages.  The average user is connected to 80 community pages, groups and events  More than 30 billion web links, news stories, blog posts, notes, photo albums, etc. is shared each month.

 When you first make a Facebook account, the Privacy settings are set to Default.  To change these setting click the Account tab, and select Privacy Settings.  As you can see there are many different options; Everyone, Friends of Friends, Friends Only, Recommended and Custom  Click Customize Settings Button

 Once on your Customize Settings page you can see all of the different options  As you can see I have most of my “Things I share” settings set to “Friends Only”.  When you finish setting your preferences you can click the “Preview My Profile” button on the top right hand corner.

 On your Xbox 360 controller you will want to press the Xbox button.  This will bring you to the Xbox Dashboard  From here go to your right to “Profile”.  Now you will want to go to “Family Settings” and select it.

 Turn on “Console Safety”  There are many different options for keeping safe.

 From your Playstation menu you will want to go to the “Settings” tab, then scroll down to you see “Security Settings”  Once here you will now want to select it.

 Once here select BD “Parental Controls”. BD stands for Blu-Ray disc’s, which are movies.  Now simply turn On Restrictions  From this page you can now select an age for whom you are protecting.

 Once you have your BD parental controls set you can now skip back a page and select “Parental Control” for game restrictions.

 Level : Rated E for Everyone  Level : Rated T for Teen  Level : Rated M For Mature  Off : No Parental Controls, users can play any games.  Once finished you can now exit all parental controls.

 Cyber bullying has increased in recent years. In a national survey of year olds, twice as many children indicated they had been victims and perpetrators.  About 58% of kids admit someone has said mean or hurtful things to them online. Five out of ten say it has happened more than once. You can help stop Cyberbullying! By: Cody Fife