What tween girls encounter on Instagram.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is real.

My 13 yo dd had pretty much this same story happen to her. Within 2 weeks of joining Instagram and Snapchat (to be connected to school friends and sports teams), she was getting dozens of terrible posts from lewd men.

I'm very tech unsavvy, so when I finally figured out how to check her phone and accounts , it had already gone too far and too many disgusting pics had come in.

She is very immature and also not good at tech, so doesn't know the difference between a public or private account, who follows who.

Anyway, we deleted her profiles, deleted her followers, deleted her accounts (all not very easy) and took away her phone for a cooling off period.

THIS ALL NEEDS TO BE REGULATED. THIS IS CHILD ENDANGERMENT AND PORNOGRAPHY. WHY CAN'T THIS BE STOPPED. I'm just a busy working mom- I can't figure this all out on my own.

Agree. It absolutely needs to be regulated. I’m keeping my kids off social media (12 and 9), but that doesn’t mean the government doesn’t have a job to do here! Eventually they will be on social media and I’d like them to be safe. Is that too much to freaking ask?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is real.

My 13 yo dd had pretty much this same story happen to her. Within 2 weeks of joining Instagram and Snapchat (to be connected to school friends and sports teams), she was getting dozens of terrible posts from lewd men.

I'm very tech unsavvy, so when I finally figured out how to check her phone and accounts , it had already gone too far and too many disgusting pics had come in.

She is very immature and also not good at tech, so doesn't know the difference between a public or private account, who follows who.

Anyway, we deleted her profiles, deleted her followers, deleted her accounts (all not very easy) and took away her phone for a cooling off period.

THIS ALL NEEDS TO BE REGULATED. THIS IS CHILD ENDANGERMENT AND PORNOGRAPHY. WHY CAN'T THIS BE STOPPED. I'm just a busy working mom- I can't figure this all out on my own.

You should have helped her create the account and ensured it was private. Or else say no.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is real.

My 13 yo dd had pretty much this same story happen to her. Within 2 weeks of joining Instagram and Snapchat (to be connected to school friends and sports teams), she was getting dozens of terrible posts from lewd men.

I'm very tech unsavvy, so when I finally figured out how to check her phone and accounts , it had already gone too far and too many disgusting pics had come in.

She is very immature and also not good at tech, so doesn't know the difference between a public or private account, who follows who.

Anyway, we deleted her profiles, deleted her followers, deleted her accounts (all not very easy) and took away her phone for a cooling off period.

THIS ALL NEEDS TO BE REGULATED. THIS IS CHILD ENDANGERMENT AND PORNOGRAPHY. WHY CAN'T THIS BE STOPPED. I'm just a busy working mom- I can't figure this all out on my own.

You should have helped her create the account and ensured it was private. Or else say no.

DP. You are right, but the government still needs to regulate this to prevent children from seeing sexual content.

They do this with television. They need to find a way to do it with social media platforms.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is real.

My 13 yo dd had pretty much this same story happen to her. Within 2 weeks of joining Instagram and Snapchat (to be connected to school friends and sports teams), she was getting dozens of terrible posts from lewd men.

I'm very tech unsavvy, so when I finally figured out how to check her phone and accounts , it had already gone too far and too many disgusting pics had come in.

She is very immature and also not good at tech, so doesn't know the difference between a public or private account, who follows who.

Anyway, we deleted her profiles, deleted her followers, deleted her accounts (all not very easy) and took away her phone for a cooling off period.

THIS ALL NEEDS TO BE REGULATED. THIS IS CHILD ENDANGERMENT AND PORNOGRAPHY. WHY CAN'T THIS BE STOPPED. I'm just a busy working mom- I can't figure this all out on my own.

You should have helped her create the account and ensured it was private. Or else say no.

DP. You are right, but the government still needs to regulate this to prevent children from seeing sexual content.

They do this with television. They need to find a way to do it with social media platforms.

This might require parenting. Which is something that should not be regulated by the government.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is real.

My 13 yo dd had pretty much this same story happen to her. Within 2 weeks of joining Instagram and Snapchat (to be connected to school friends and sports teams), she was getting dozens of terrible posts from lewd men.

I'm very tech unsavvy, so when I finally figured out how to check her phone and accounts , it had already gone too far and too many disgusting pics had come in.

She is very immature and also not good at tech, so doesn't know the difference between a public or private account, who follows who.

Anyway, we deleted her profiles, deleted her followers, deleted her accounts (all not very easy) and took away her phone for a cooling off period.

THIS ALL NEEDS TO BE REGULATED. THIS IS CHILD ENDANGERMENT AND PORNOGRAPHY. WHY CAN'T THIS BE STOPPED. I'm just a busy working mom- I can't figure this all out on my own.

You should have helped her create the account and ensured it was private. Or else say no.

DP. You are right, but the government still needs to regulate this to prevent children from seeing sexual content.

They do this with television. They need to find a way to do it with social media platforms.

If you have HBO or cable, they can see anything pp.

It's up to the parents to regulate it. If you don't want her to have Instagram, don't get her a smartphone. If you aren't technology savvy, turn off that wifi.

It's not that hard to make a profile private on any social media pp. That option is there to provide some protection. Teenagers in my family have never had a problem because I know I have to do this along with them. It's sort of like not allowing them to get into an Uber by themselves, or slowly making sure they learn how to deal with the freedom to make decisions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is real.

My 13 yo dd had pretty much this same story happen to her. Within 2 weeks of joining Instagram and Snapchat (to be connected to school friends and sports teams), she was getting dozens of terrible posts from lewd men.

I'm very tech unsavvy, so when I finally figured out how to check her phone and accounts , it had already gone too far and too many disgusting pics had come in.

She is very immature and also not good at tech, so doesn't know the difference between a public or private account, who follows who.

Anyway, we deleted her profiles, deleted her followers, deleted her accounts (all not very easy) and took away her phone for a cooling off period.

THIS ALL NEEDS TO BE REGULATED. THIS IS CHILD ENDANGERMENT AND PORNOGRAPHY. WHY CAN'T THIS BE STOPPED. I'm just a busy working mom- I can't figure this all out on my own.

You should have helped her create the account and ensured it was private. Or else say no.

DP. You are right, but the government still needs to regulate this to prevent children from seeing sexual content.

They do this with television. They need to find a way to do it with social media platforms.

If you have HBO or cable, they can see anything pp.

It's up to the parents to regulate it. If you don't want her to have Instagram, don't get her a smartphone. If you aren't technology savvy, turn off that wifi.

It's not that hard to make a profile private on any social media pp. That option is there to provide some protection. Teenagers in my family have never had a problem because I know I have to do this along with them. It's sort of like not allowing them to get into an Uber by themselves, or slowly making sure they learn how to deal with the freedom to make decisions.

Agree. We have to teach them these lessons that our parents didn't have to teach us. Private accounts ALWAYS.

[Anonymous]

I don't understand how it only took 58 seconds and then there was a barrage of incoming messages. Was it the way it was posted or the username? How could it have happened so quickly?