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Social networking sites are online communities where people meet to chat send instant messages, post picture and videos and blog. You might know these sites better by these names:

msn; windows messenger; My Space; Face book; Bebo; YouTube; MSN Spaces

Read on to understand more about how to manage your online safety while you are using these websites.

More Internet Safety Websites

• If you see something online that makes you scared, sad, or worried, tell an adult that you trust It might be your parents, an aunt or uncle, a coach or a teacher.

• If you’d like to meet someone in person, talk to your parents about it.

• MySpace is a lot of fun. You can catch up with friends, meet new people and share your favorite things with the world. You might even like it because your parents have no clue what you’re doing. So, cool, have fun, but remember that there are some dangerous things about MySpace and some scary people hang out there, too. The good news is that you can protect yourself. You’ve probably heard them before, but here are some simple tips for having fun and staying safe online.

• Setting your profile to “private” allows only trusted friends to view your information. You still have to be careful what you post, but it's less likely that someone creepy will view your personal profile.
• Stick with the profiles of people you know and trust. It makes it less likely you’ll run into someone who’ll try to hurt you, but it also helps protect you from downloading viruses and malware to your computer.
• If you wouldn’t show it to your parents or grandparents, it’s not ok to put it online. You may think it’s just for fun, but other people might get the wrong idea. Also, people can download those pictures, so they might haunt you for a long time to come.
• No matter how funny it may seem, don’t do it. Things you say about other people can hurt them now and in the future. Besides which, it’s just as easy for someone to do it to you!
• Your profile isn’t private. Colleges are looking to see what you’re doing online and so are businesses. As strange as it may sound, you could end up getting rejected from your top school because of things you post. If that doesn’t convince you, things posted on profiles have been known to break up relationships.
• Have you ever pretended to be someone else online? Have you ever said something that wasn’t true? It happens all of the time. Don’t believe everything you read. People pretend to be older or younger and sometimes guys pretend to be girls and girls pretend to be guys. You just can’t believe everything you read, even if you want to.
• It’s dangerous, plain and simple.
• Chatdanger
• The boy who loved IM
• Guide to Myspace & Social Networking

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