{"id":9626,"date":"2019-02-20T14:28:26","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T14:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/screentimelabs.com\/?p=9626"},"modified":"2022-03-18T05:09:36","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T05:09:36","slug":"how-to-protect-your-childs-identity-on-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/screentimelabs.com\/blog\/how-to-protect-your-childs-identity-on-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Protect Your Child’s Identity on Social Media"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Impersonation And Identity Theft<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are two distinct issues here. Identity theft, as it’s commonly discussed, is stealing documents such as credit cards, Social Security numbers, and other identifiers used by stores and financial institutions and making transactions or decisions in your name. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Impersonation is opening a profile in someone else’s name, usually taking pictures of them either from their social media profile or from public sources such as school websites, and pretending to be them on the internet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This distinction is important because identity theft is a crime, while impersonation may not be. There’s no specific law stating that it’s illegal to pretend to be someone else, fictional or real, on social media or elsewhere on the internet. It’s not even illegal to access someone else’s social media profile under certain circumstances, such as if you accidentally leave your social media profile open in a public place. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This limits the options of law enforcement, although if the impersonation is used to commit another crime, such as fraud by soliciting donations, for example, they may have more latitude.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, impersonation is against the terms of service of most social media platforms, and you can take decisive steps against it. You can start with the basics like built-in iPhone parental controls, but you can and should do more.G<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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