Snapchat: Defined and Dethroned
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With Snapchat making the headlines a lot the past few weeks, uKnowKids (www.uKnowKids.com) thought it would be very helpful to decode this app for you and show you just exactly why using this app as a means to send nude or semi-nude pictures is a bad, bad idea. And why sharing intimate photos is a bad idea in general. Think this is a fool-proof way to sext? Think again.
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Snapchat
THINK before you snap.
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So, what’s the big deal?!
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Designer: Brigit Gilbert
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Snapchat is a photosharing application where users can sends photos to friends, acquaintances or even perfect StrangerS. The user can choose how many seconds the photo will be visible until it
(from one to ten seconds, maximum)
30MILLION
times snapchat is used every single day
1,000
4thSnapchat is themost popular free iPhone app!
Sending inappropriate pictures is a teens should take. Even with the built in safeguards that Snapchat has, there are still ways for people to spread and keep a permanent copy of pictures that could a reputation.
aNYONe RISK
RUIN
THINK before you snap.
NOT
Because of the self-destruction design of the app, users think it is a safe medium to send nude and semi-nude pictures. and with the majority of the users of Snapchat being teens and tweens, this creates a huge prob-lem, exposing young people to the dangers of sexting. The ceO evan Speigel has said that this app was not created with the intention of sexting, but teens will be teens...
SeLF DeSTRUcTS
onE in siX teens have received nude or semi-nude photos via text message.
There are many ways users can prolong the life of a picture that is sent via Snapchat. Users can take a screenshot of the image that you are sending (you will be notified) or they can take a picture with a camera or another phone.
HEY! Short Term consequences
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Unintended people seeing your photosHumiliation at schoolSuspension or expulsion from schoolA bad reputation
The image going viralDenial of college admission or job prospects
Conviction and jail timePossibly registering as a sex offender for life
Restrictions on living situations
photos sent EVErY second on Thanksgiving day alone
20% of teenagers that have sent nude or semi-nude images via cellphone or online.
What is Snapchat?
...defined and dethroned.
