Kids and Social Media - Some Alarming Facts

{. Kids and Social Media } Over 5 million Facebook users are under the age of 13 Access to Smartphones made 42% of tweens post "risky" pics on Instagram Only 18% have posted pics that they later regretted sharing And 78% of parents helped by creating them the accounts Nearly 80% of Pinterest users are female 20% of tweens have an account and use Vine Out of which, 24% are aged between 8-14 years Only 11% of Vine users are aged between 18-30 years 16% of tweens consider Twitter as their favorite social network 35% of tweens use Snapchat on a mobile phone On Snapchat, 6 out of 10 tweens have been cyberbullying or sexting victims 75% of their tweets are either derogatory or self-centered Sources THE HUFFING TON POST PEW RESEARCH Forbes Mashable * uknowkidsi CENTER Smart Tools for Digital Parents