{"id":13999,"date":"2025-02-26T08:55:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T13:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/18fbf770e8.nxcli.io\/?p=13999"},"modified":"2025-02-21T15:57:47","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T20:57:47","slug":"a-guide-to-social-media-safety-and-dangerous-social-media-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.napolilaw.com\/es\/article\/a-guide-to-social-media-safety-and-dangerous-social-media-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"A Guide to Social Media Safety and Dangerous Social Media Challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Like,\u2002share, repost, tag, and follow are sufficiently generic words that are used while using social media. Unfortunately, terms like hacking, leaks, stalking and mental health have also become standard terms used when using social media apps like Instagram\u2002or TikTok.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It can be fun to share glimpses of our lives online, but sometimes we tend to overlook the real dangers that can accompany this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Keeping Your Data Safe Online<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We reveal so much of\u2002ourselves on the web, but there may be times when we overshare without even realizing it. So, how can you keep your information safe online? Here are a few steps to take to ensure you aren\u2019t inadvertently exposing your personal data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Review your app settings:<\/strong> Did you know that the majority of social media apps allow you to select who, and what can access certain parts of\u2002your device? Sometimes, apps ask to use your\u2002email, contacts, photo library, microphone, etc. Some apps might even ask to store the data they use throughout your\u2002phone. So, the next time\u2002you download yet another app, make sure you take a minute to read what it \u201crequires\u201d access to before clicking \u201caccept.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Limit what you post with details on your social media:<\/strong> People online will search your social media as a way of identifying you or even\u2002attempting to impersonate you. To protect your safety online, avoid listing any personal information such as\u2002your full name, age, email address, and phone number.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Turn\u2002off your location:<\/strong> Again, make sure you\u2019ve checked in the settings of your app that your location is not being recorded. Online stalkers may use the information you are\u2002providing to see what your patterns are and, in some cases, track down your actual location.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Do not open spam:\u2002<\/strong>Trust your instinct. Do not respond to a\u2002message from a stranger online, just delete it. Report and block account(s) to the platform if the\u2002spamming continues.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Keep your login or passwords to yourself:<\/strong> Just like your personal\u2002information, do not share your login and passwords. Unless\u2002the information is required to sign into your social media, no one else needs to know it but you. Ensure that the passwords you use\u2002are complicated, and do not use your name, and your date of birth.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Anti-virus software:<\/strong> Though\u2002often, we get careless and click on spam DMS or emails. Keep\u2002hackers at bay by securing your accounts and devices with anti-virus software.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Are Your Kids Safe Using Social\u2002Media?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Setting boundaries such as limiting screentime and reviewing platform settingss for impressionable children and teenagers can help reduce the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Poor mental health:<\/strong> A study revealed\u2002that teenagers spending over three hours a day on social media were twice as likely to suffer from poor mental health, such as depression and anxiety.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Content exposure:<\/strong> Children or adolescents exposed to extreme, inappropriate, and harmful\u2002content are at increased risk of engaging in self-harm and committing suicide.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Body dysmorphia:<\/strong> Consuming certain\u2002online content can cause children to form warped perceptions of their body image. An\u2002online survey found that 46% of kids aged 13\u201317 felt worse about themselves because of social media.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Overuse and addictive social media use:<\/strong> Algorithm promote scrolling behavior in kids for longer periods than you might imagine which can contribute to overuse\u2002of social media Scrolling too much, however, can interfere with important\u2002healthy behaviors and can even lead to behavioral dysregulation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Unsafe Dangerous Social Media Challenges<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One recent challenge circulating on social media urged people to cook chicken in a mixture of acetaminophen, dextromethorphan and\u2002doxylamine \u2014 the active ingredients in NyQuil and other common over-the-counter cough and cold products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/consumers\/consumer-updates\/recipe-danger-social-media-challenges-involving-medicines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boiling a medication<\/a> can make it much more concentrated and change its properties in other ways,\u201d officials from the Food and Drug Administration said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEven if you are not eating the chicken, cooking it will expose you to its vapors, which could carry high levels of these drugs into your\u2002body. It can also damage your\u2002lungs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The agency also highlighted a TikTok challenge that dares users to hallucinate\u2002by taking high doses of the over-the-counter antihistamine diphenhydramine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dubbed the \u201cBenadryl Challenge,\u201d it references reports the FDA received\u2002of teens winding up in hospital emergency rooms or dying following participation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Social Media Addiction Litigation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For a free consultation with an experience Napoli Shkolnik attorney, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.napolilaw.com\/en\/contact-us\/\">Cont\u00e1ctenos<\/a> hoy.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like,\u2002share, repost, tag, and follow are sufficiently generic words that are used while using social media. 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