Threats to children security in social networks

Abstract

Recently, social networks have become an inherent part of children's lives. Younger generation, which is a big fan of socialnetworks are rarely aware of the consequences of their excessive and hyper communicative openness in virtual space. The number ofchildren who are regular users of social networks, increased by introducing Wi-Fi technology and a new form of access to the Internetfrom mobile phones, smart phones, laptops, gaming consoles, tablets, etc. Parents because of their lack of knowledge on the issues ofchild safety on the Internet tend to see nothing wrong in the fact that their child has a page on social networks. However, issuesrelating to the safety of the younger generation in social networks require urgent coordinated solution. The article focuses on therelevance of personal information culture development – children, parents, teachers, as the key solution to this problem; it isidentified the main threats to the children security in social networks; conducted a comprehensive analysis of their and their effects.