SNAPCHAT
MINIMUM AGE: 13
WHAT IS IT?
Photo-messaging app that allows users to send photos, videos to their friends. Snapchat stories are images or videos that users share with their followers - they disappear after 24 hrs. Snapmap shares your location every time you log in.
SAFETY TIPS TO CONSIDER:
Users can control who sees their story in privacy settings - support.snapchat.com/en-GB/a/privacy-settings2
You can turn on ‘ghost mode’ to hide your location, by clicking on the top right settings icon withn Snapmaps
and select it from the options.
WHAT WE SAY:
Treat with caution.
Ability to send ‘disappearing’ images, has led to Snapchat has been used for sexting. Images can be screenshoted or recorded with another device, meaning they become permanent, perhaps against the wishes of the sender. A concern that strangers can contact young people directly by sending images and requesting to become ‘friends’. You can set your privacy settings so that you only receive Snapchats from ‘friends’ rather than ‘Everyone’. SnapMaps allows snapchat ‘friends’ to see where your child is. The locations are quite accurate, even revealing the street you’re on. It is advisable that your child’s geo-location should be kept private by disabling location for Snapchat in settings or switching on ‘ghost mode’.
WHAT IS IT?
Photo-messaging app that allows users to send photos, videos to their friends. Snapchat stories are images or videos that users share with their followers - they disappear after 24 hrs. Snapmap shares your location every time you log in.
SAFETY TIPS TO CONSIDER:
Users can control who sees their story in privacy settings - support.snapchat.com/en-GB/a/privacy-settings2
You can turn on ‘ghost mode’ to hide your location, by clicking on the top right settings icon withn Snapmaps
and select it from the options.
WHAT WE SAY:
Treat with caution.
Ability to send ‘disappearing’ images, has led to Snapchat has been used for sexting. Images can be screenshoted or recorded with another device, meaning they become permanent, perhaps against the wishes of the sender. A concern that strangers can contact young people directly by sending images and requesting to become ‘friends’. You can set your privacy settings so that you only receive Snapchats from ‘friends’ rather than ‘Everyone’. SnapMaps allows snapchat ‘friends’ to see where your child is. The locations are quite accurate, even revealing the street you’re on. It is advisable that your child’s geo-location should be kept private by disabling location for Snapchat in settings or switching on ‘ghost mode’.
