Is our safety jeopardized because of Facebook ?

What can accepting friend requests from strangers result in?

• Identity theft• Abduction

Identity theft

Identity theft is one of the most widely committed crimes in the

world, affecting millions of people a year in varying degrees

of severity.

Abduction

A crime linked to Facebook is reported to police every 40 minutes. Last year, officers

logged 12,300 alleged offences involving the vastly popular

social networking site.

Solutions:• Make sure that you only accept

people that you know• Delete everybody from your

friend list that you don’t personally know

• Don’t always tag your whereabouts

• Don’t upload pictures/videos that can put you in trouble

• Make sure that all your posts are available only to your friends

Resources:• http://www.zajenata.bg• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCWRI2qiPiA• http://lifestyle.allwomenstalk.com/ways-facebook-causes-pr

oblems-for-users-that-you-cant-ignore/4/

• http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2014/11/great-classroom-poster-on-facebook.html

• http://www.cracked.com/article_19973_the-8-creepiest-cases-identity-theft-all-time.html

• http://www.huffingtonpost.com/adam-levin/7-ways-to-avoid-identity_b_2634967.html

Created by: Alexandrina and Mariya 11”A” class

Thank you for your attention !