Privacy settings
Each social networking site has ways to change your privacy settings. This means you can control who can see what information and block people.
You need to do this within your kids' facebook page so you'll need them to log on first. Once logged in on Facebook the privacy settings button is in the top right hand corner.
Click on it and you can change how people see your profile, stop them from seeing photos, or block people completely.
On Myspace the privacy settings button is also in the top right hand corner, above the adverts.
On Bebo you can read the full privacy policy before you sign up to it, or the privacy settings button can be found in the top right hand corner as well.
More help and advice
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