Talking Back to Facebook

The common sense guide to raising kids in the digital age
by james p. steyer
isbn: 978-1-4516-5734-0
www.commonsense.org

Notes:
In Facebook; go to privacy settings and opt in under privacy settings to approve tagged pictures (this is not the default setting)

Privacy issues are a huge growing concern for us. Large corporations... feel empowered to collect and use your personal information as they see fit.

Do not track kids bill is stalled in congress... Would ban behavioral marketing and geolocation monitoring of youngsters without a formal and explicit opt-in by their parents... In addition would require technology giants to create and distribute and eraser button for kids, teens and hopefully all consumers.... No thirteen year old should have to live the rest of his or her life with the consequences of some poor, impulsive decision that was shared online.

The universal industry standard for all privacy decision by consumers should be opt in - as opposed to the confusing opt out.

Benefits of digital media; improving educational opportunities, social connectedness, democracy and civic engagement.

To the guys who run silicon valley and the tech industry, data is virtuous...golden...king.... lets you analyzed and predict human behavior more efficiently....Engineers solve math problems, yet they often don't recognize the human consequences of their work.

research shows that watching 2 dimensional videos, programs and dvds distracts kis under two from the way their brains really learn - by physically interacting with you and other loving three-dimensional human beings...Infant learning requires social interaction.

Parents need to limit media, do their homework and choose age appropriate media, be aware that marketers are aggressively targeting your child, not let your preschooler thing your smartphone or ipad is a toy, don't share names if you post pictures and check your privacy setttings.

research suggest that when kids spend more than two hours a day in front of a screen.... they are at greater risk for attention, learning and behavior problems.