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Teens say they've experienced bullying on the app or know someone who has — but they have no plans to stop using it.
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While studying for her Algebra exam, Hayley*, 18, noticed she had 16 missed calls from her best friend. Upon answering, she was informed that her boyfriend shared topless photos of her on his personal Snapchat story. In less than an hour, the photo had circulated to most of her classmates. Hayley said, “I felt really anxious, hurt, and betrayed. Ever since that photo was shared, my self-esteem has not been the same.”
Hayley immediately confronted her boyfriend. He claimed that he thought it wouldn’t get back to her because “[he] always paid close attention to the people both watching and screenshotting the story.” He had felt protected by the same function that had made Hayley so vulnerable. Still, content that should have remained private was spread across the internet. Hayley told him this was a violation of her privacy and the consequences of his actions were unforgivable.
Snapchat, launched in 2011, was originally designed to streamline confidential communication between friends. Today, according to a spokesperson for Snapchat, the app reaches 90% percent of all 13- to 24-year-olds in the US with more than 203 million daily active global users. According to a Pew Research poll, about 35% percent of 13 to 17 year olds say they’re active on Snapchat more than any other social media app. It’s no secret that Snapchat continues to shape the way young people communicate with one another, but it also has another impact — it also shapes the way they bully each other.
In the weeks following her private photo being shared, Hayley’s peers continued to turn to social media to gossip about the photos. In group threads on Snapchat, they also discussed her breakup with the boy who shared the photos. Hayley said that on any given school day, she gets more than 50 messages on Snapchat — but when “drama like this happens” she receives far more. “There is something about Snapchat that feels private, so people say things they wouldn’t say to anyone’s face,” Hayley said. “We are the most real with each other, but also the cruelest to each other. I don't think I’ll ever get over what happened to me on Snapchat.” Although Snapchat certainly isn’t the only private messaging platform (see: TBH or Sarahah ) to appeal to young people, Snapchat draws millions of teens together by allowing them to communicate through expiring messages that simultaneously notify users when their messages are screenshotted.
Samantha*, 17, said, “I feel the closest when talking to my friends on Snapchat because I can say what’s on my mind. I don’t have to be self-conscious.” Ben*, 18, spoke to a similar sentiment: “I find Snapchat cathartic.” It is the nature of these messages that make young people feel comfortable sharing their deepest thoughts and feelings. However, the disposition of self-destructing words can also incite hate, harassment, and bullying. Out of 10 teenagers who talked to Teen Vogue, only one claimed they had not been on the receiving end of harassment on Snapchat. Nine reported instances where their private messages had been shared without their consent. Grace*, 18, said, “I screenshot Snapchats by taking pictures on my computer of my phone and then I just send those pictures to my friends. This is the way my friends and I get away with sharing Snaps.”
Of course, Snapchat isn't the only platform young people are cyberbullied on. A 2017 study found that more young people reported being bullied on Facebook and Instagram than on Snapchat. Still, Snapchat remains the domain of young people, which might make it harder for parents to understand when bullying is taking place.
Although some parents and teachers are aware of the severity of this issue, many still don’t seem to understand how the platform functions, according to the teens we spoke to. Tess*, 17, said, “All our parents have Instagram, but I don’t think any of them could use Snapchat if they tried.” Hayley added, “My parents don’t even know what Snapchat is, so when even if I told them what happened, they wouldn’t understand why they couldn’t see the mean messages.” In the past, features like mSpy and Snapchat Parental Control , which allows parents to turn on privacy features or watch their children’s Snapchat messages, have grown in popularity, but these features don’t actually help parents understand the platforms enough to support young people.
Snapchat is actively putting resources into making the platform a safer place. A spokesperson recounted via email that users can immediately report instances of harassment in the app. This same sentiment is plastered across the Snapchat’s corporate website , claiming that any users can file a report and anticipate a response within 24 hours. They have also partnered with Ad Council and launched an interactive campaign last October in support of Bullying Prevention Month . This initiative featured filters, stickers, and Snap Ads to raise greater awareness around bullying. However, the young people Teen Vogue talked to were not aware that Snapchat offered resources for support. Samantha explained, “I am really excited to hear that there are resources available on Snapchat because I didn’t even know that [Snapchat] knew we bullied each other on there. I usually just talk to my friends about my feelings for Snapchat on Snapchat. I’m definitely going to use these resources more now.”
Despite bullying, young people don’t seem to have intentions to leave the platform any time soon. “I would never delete the app because it’s where we all go to communicate,” Samantha said. Tess agreed, “I’m scared that by leaving the platform, I’d be leaving all my friends behind too.” It’s important to remember that although these messages might feel private, they still have the potential to be shared and leave long-lasting damage. If you’re being bullied or harassed on the platform, you are not alone and there are many resources available to help support you.
“As much as I am hurt by the ways my friends use Snapchat, it really is the way we connect to each other,” Hayley said, “I think intimacy is why we are so attached to it. There is no other social media platform quite like it.”
If you or someone you know is being bullied, tell someone right away or call the bullying hotline to speak with a professional.
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PUBLISHED: January 13, 2007 at 12:00 a.m. | UPDATED: August 29, 2017 at 2:42 a.m.
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PICO RIVERA – Cesar Bobadilla signed up for a MySpace account nearly three years ago, when the site was just starting to become popular.
“All my friends were getting it,” said the 17-year-old El Rancho High School student, “and they were telling me to get it so we could talk more often.”
Bobadilla said the social networking site was an easy way to keep in touch with his friends. While once a big fan, he now says MySpace has become boring and predictable. Still, there are benefits to online communications, he said.
“You get to talk to your friends even if they move to another state,” he said.
According to a survey released by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, teenage use of social networking sites is increasing. In the study, released Jan. 7, 70 percent of teen girls, ages 15 to 17, had profiles, compared with 57 percent of boys in the same age bracket.
Seventy-million people use social networking sites like MySpace or Facebook. These sites allow users to create profiles and post photos or journals and build a personal network of connections.
Researchers expected the results to be even between the genders. Older teen girls, however, are perceived as leaders in communication-style tools, said Amanda Lenhart, a senior research specialist at Pew.
“Girls are more likely to e-mail, text message and use the cell phone,” Lenhart said.
The Pew Survey of 935 youths ages 12 to 17 found that 55 percent said they used social networking sites. Researchers said that teens use the sites to manage friendships, and with older teen boys, it’s a tool to make new friends.
Boys were almost twice as likely to use social networking to flirt – 29 percent of older boys, compared with 13 percent of older girls.
Karen Sternheimer, a sociologist at USC, said that teen boys will find other ways to interact with friends through sports or playing a computer game together.
Teens today are using the social networking sites much like the telephone was used 15 years ago, Sternheimer said.
“It’s easier for parents to control when you’re on the phone,” she said. “You could be chatting with five to 10 people online.”
The survey also reported that teens are taking steps to protect their privacy. Two-thirds of teens said they only allowed friends they know to access their profile.
Others, like Bobadilla, simply refrain from posting too much information.
“I don’t really put personal stuff out there,” Bobadilla said. “So it’s not private. It doesn’t need to be.”
Gail Prosenko was concerned when her 17-year-old daughter, Sarah, a Glendora High School student, posted a profile last year, but has become fan of the sites now. Prosenko trusts Sarah won’t talk to strangers she meets online, but she still keeps a watchful eye of her online activity.
“I tell Sarah to be careful and then she rolls her eyes,” Gail Prosenko said.
“We have had exchange students from Brazil and they have shown us pictures of their family and life on the sites. It’s amazing,” Gail Prosenko said.
Adult behavior on social networking sites show they are at an increased risk of becoming a victim of a cybercrime.
A survey by the National Cyber Security Alliance released in September found that 83 percent of adults said they downloaded unknown files or attachments.
More than half of adults received e-mails and requests of account information and 31 percent of those who received these e-mails responded to them.
Correspondent Laura Bucio contributed to this story.
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Much of the media coverage surrounding young people and online social networks has focused on the type and amount of personal information teens make available on these networks. Are they sharing information that will harm their future college or job prospects? Or worse, are they sharing information that puts them at risk of victimization?
We set out to examine how teens understand their privacy through several lenses: by looking at the choices that teens make to share or not to share information online, by examining what they share, the context in which they share it and their own assessment of their vulnerability. For many online teens, particularly those with profiles, privacy choices are made manifest in the information shared in a social networking profile. Of course, material shared in a profile is just one of a larger number of places where information is shared online – but it provides a snapshot into the choices that teens make to share in a relatively public and persistent online environment.
“Just pictures. And not obscene pictures. Like if my Mom saw it I wouldn’t care. I’m really careful with that whole MySpace thing. I’ve heard of employers not hiring people because of it. So I just put things up there that if my Grandma or Mom saw it I wouldn’t care. It wouldn’t be a big deal.”
In order to understand these issues better, we asked a series of questions both in representative national phone surveys and in focus groups that gauged teens’ sense of privacy relating to sharing personal information. We wanted to understand how teens make decisions to share information both in online and offline contexts. Two scenarios were presented in our survey and focus groups: First, we asked teens about the kinds of information they might consider sharing with someone they had just met at a party or other social situation, and we followed with questions regarding the information teens have shared on an online profile.
For many teens, a first name is okay to post online since it is relatively generic. More than 4 out of 5 teens (82%) with online profiles post their first name to their profile. Photos are also frequently posted by teens to their profiles, with 79% of teens posting a photo of themselves and 66% posting photos of friends to their online profiles. When asked in focus groups whether they had any concerns about publicly posted photos, most teens said they were not worried about risks to their privacy. They felt that, for the most part, there was not enough information in the photos posted, even when combined with the information contained in the profile, to compromise their privacy or safety. Other teens told us that they had set their profiles to private or deliberately made their age younger to achieve a higher level of restricted access built into the social network they use. This allows them to protect their privacy while still sharing information with an approved group of friends.
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