Internet Safety
Great Sites
Help Tips for
Reporting Offensive Profiles To Social Networking Sites
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Compiled by Patti Agatston, Ph.D.
Prevention/Intervention Center
2/15/07
MySpace:
1.
MySpace provides a link in their help center to report offensive
profiles. You can also enter this url to get to the help page that has a link
to report harassment or threats:
www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.faq&Category=6&Question=6
2.
Educators can report an “imposter profile” that targets them on MySpace.
This is also under the help center and frequently asked questions. The link for
educators to report fake profiles targeting faculty members is:
www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.faq&Category=6&Question=39
3. Parents
can request that their child’s profile be removed. The link to make that
request is on the parent safety tips page. Here is the url:
www.myspace.com/Modules/Common/Pages/SafetyTips.aspx#
4.
Anyone can report inappropriate content. This information is also on the
help page. The link is:
www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.faq&Category=3&Question=27
Facebook:
1.
Abuse can be reported by e-mailing Facebook directly at
privacy@facebook.com. There is also a link provided under the security
page of Facebook. The security page link is:
www.facebook.com/help.php#cat25
Scroll down to the
security section and click on the link to report abuse.
2. If someone is harassing/libeling you, Facebook gives the following
recommendations:
“We
suggest that you block the person by listing his or her name in the "Blocking
People" box at the bottom of the My Privacy page. If this does not resolve the
problem, please write an email to info@facebook.com from your login email
address. We will need to know your name, login email address, and school. Also,
please provide the name and school of the person who is harassing you along with
a description of the situation.”
3. Use the e-mail
info@facebook.com to report any other information that you think should not
be posted.
Xanga
1. Schools and parents can contact
Xanga for help at the following url:
http://help.xanga.com/contact/parentcontact.htm
2. Xanga also provides a link to
wiredsafety’s cyber abuse hotline for severe cases of cyber bullying or other
abuses such as cyberstalking, identity theft and child
exploitation. The link to wired safety’s cyberabuse hotline is:
http://www.wiredsafety.org/911/index.html
Youtube
The guidelines for uploading appropriate
videos are posted on Youtube’s community guidelines. Here is the link:
http://youtube.com/t/community_guidelines
Anyone can flag a video as inappropriate. If
Youtube reviews the video and finds it to be inappropriate, the video is shut
down. If they decide to terminate the user’s account the user is prohibited
from ever having another account on Youtube.
Check your zip code for Pedophiles
How to check where they surfed
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Check
the history, if the history is blank then ask why they cleared it.
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Check
the Temporary internet files.
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Click on tools/internet options/settings/view file.
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This
will give you a list of all of the graphics and cookies downloaded onto
your computer.
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Click on a couple and see if they are appropriate.
Run a Spyware blocking program
My House Rules
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No chat
rooms
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If you
feel threatened, come get the parent to help save the conversation (if you
get mad and exit, all the data is gone).
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We don’t
talk about other people, our feelings, or personal information on-line –
ever, end of story.
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Warning
- Other kids can sign on with other people’s accounts and pretend to be
someone different – be aware of out of the ordinary questions.
Articles and fact sheets about youth culture
Send questions or comments to Jeff
Inman
jeff.inman@cobbk12.org
Page last updated on
11/12/09.
