The Importance of Privacy Settings

Social Media has given us the opportunity to connect and share with people across the globe. In fact this is the most basic premise of Social Networking channels. But with this comes responsibility .  Think about it, Would you open your door to any given stranger and let them into your life without knowing anything about them? Probably not. so why do we allow this to happen  online? You need to be careful with the information you share online and how you protect it. There are many combinations of privacy settings on social media platforms, you must read these individually

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Social Media Week 2014, What we will be doing!

Day one of Social Media Week is almost over, today we focused on launching our #youngmindsonline campaign. We launched our Young Minds Online Survey & a fabulous new Young Minds Online Logo, we also shared facts and a blog post listing out the importance of protecting Your Online Reputation and to top it all off we made it on Galway Bay FM News before the day had even began! Pat on the back to us! We are going to continue our celebrations of Social Media Week and campaigning for Young Minds Online for the rest of the week and here is what

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A Survey of Young Minds Online

As part of our celebrations of Social Media Week #SMW14 we are launching our survey of Young Minds Online in the Republic of Ireland. We are inviting teens and tweens to complete our survey which will give us a better understanding of the habits of young people on social networking sites. Please share this survey with a teen or tween you know. We do not ask for names, addresses or contact details, so it is completely anonymous. We will share the results of the survey on our Blog and also on our social networking sites. Click here to take survey

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Senator Backs Campaign to Protect Young Minds Online

“Social media studies should be part of school curriculum” – Senator Hildegarde Naughton   Galway-based Senator Hildegarde Naughton is backing a campaign to protect young minds online and is calling for social media studies to be introduced into the school curriculum. Her comments come on the first day of Social Media Week 2014 (#SMW14, 17-21 February). “I will be asking Minister for Education Ruairí Quinn to consider introducing a programme such as Young Minds Online into the school curriculum. The issue of cyber-bullying and protecting young minds online comes up frequently during the course of my work and I feel very

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