How The Police Use MySpace To Investigate Crimes

This is just an intro to what will be a continuing discussion here on SocialMediaSchools.com, but the following video shows how what you post online could get your BUSTED! 

Going back to the misconceptions many people have about the Internet and social media, the following video shows how the people that use social networking websites (such as Facebook and MySpace) are not always just kids. 

In addition to parents, teachers, staff and school administrators using the Internet to puruse and interact with people online, the police are also using social media websites to scope out, investigate, and sometimes arrest people who are performing illegal activities. 

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Dangers Associated With Children Using The Internet

The Internet contains an incredible number of high-quality, educational, and well-designed websites. With such a vast array of information available, most people recognize that surfing the Web is usually a source of great enjoyment and education. However, there is typically no supervision in the online world and it is sometimes difficult to know when positive online activity could become dangerous or harmful.

Therefore, it is important for one to understand what dangers currently exist… and then to educate oneself on how to both avoid and thwart such dangers in the future.

But before we start talking about solutions, we’ve got to point out the problems. So let’s start by taking a look at what it is exactly that has so many parents, teachers and school adminstrators are afraid of when it comes to children and the Internet.

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