Better Business Bureau shares how to protect youth online
JACKSON, Tenn. — As your children head back to school, there’s a checklist you need to know about to protect them on the internet.
With the advancement of technology, it’s getting more difficult for children to distinguish the difference from what’s real and what’s fake. Scammers and predators can take advantage of those many exposed opportunities parents fail to secure.
“We know now, with the kids being online, they’re talking to strangers so you want to make sure that your child is not giving any personal information to that stranger they may be talking to,” said Toddnetta Trice, communications specialist with the Better Business Bureau.
The Better Business Bureau makes it clear that predators are finding more convenient ways of attacking the younger generation.
“With AI technology your child could possibly be talking to a grown man or a woman with a voice change up, so you want to definitely let your child know, ‘Hey, these are the ways you can be targeted as a child and as a teenager being online’,” said Trice.
Advertisements in certain social media apps like TikTok are not always authentic site and steal your information with just one click. When you stumble upon potential imposters here’s a few things to look out for.
“You want to make sure that you’re telling your kid to look for those grammatical errors, stolen logos, because they may be selling shoes and using Nike logo’s or no contact info. So, you definitely want your kids and you’re teenagers aware of online shopping with the imposter websites,” said Trice.
Trice tell us you can only control what’s at your disposal, so she encourage parents to be intentional discovering online privacy and even presenting their children with examples of warning signs to watch out for.
“With your kids, when it comes to TV gaming on their telephones or their tablets, make sure that you have a privacy safety on there so they’re not targeted by different advertisements and they also don’t come across anything that may be a little bit–that’s not in their age group,” said Trice.
You can report scam attempts to the Better Business Bureau and it will process that information by generating who all has been scammed by that particular site.
If you or a family member have experienced any unusual inconsistencies that could potentially be a threat, you can submit a concern through the Better Business Bureau scam tracker app.
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