1. Children and Social Media
Justin Kings
@newsleader

2. What percentage of 10-12 year olds in the UK use at least one social network?
78%
98%
Source: ComRes for CBBC, 2016
1 in year olds on social say they’ve been bullied or trolled
A third have made friends they have never met
70%+ felt “happy” using it
2 in 5 teenagers admit to spreading gossip
A quarter say they’ve used social media to say something unkind or rude about someone else

3. Their reasons to use social media are the same as ours
Free and easily accessible
Continuous channel to talk to friends
Ability to share pictures and videos
Millions of things to entertain you at anyone time
The chance to command an audience and be ‘liked’
Most social networks require
you to be at least 13

4. Facebook
49% of year olds say they use it (ComRes for CBBC, 2016)
A billion daily users worldwide
As a user, you can control who sees what
What is your child sharing?

5. Instagram Post pictures and 15 second videos Publicly
Privately to individuals and groups of individuals

6. NOTHING ON SOCIAL MEDIA IS PRIVATE

7. Snapchat Share pictures and videos with up to 50 individuals
BUT they only have 5-10 seconds to view before the content disappears
BUT it can be screen grabbed

8. You Tube heroes Often deal with sensitive or teen issues
Is your son or daughter a fledging You Tuber?

9. The next big thing – Live streaming

10. Kids are the early adopters
Pic: lynnmarentette on Flickr
Keep up to date
Websites like mashable.com can help
On the CBBC Newsround website,
videos to help kids stay safe online