Twitter Privacy Settings

Twitter is an
online news and social networking site. This is where you can share information
and have visibility of your community and the world around you.

There are tools provided so that you can enjoy utilizing Twitter
with confidence and regulate what you see and what others can see about you.

Changing your privacy settings

Select the cog-shaped image on your home page, choose
“Settings,” and then select the “Security and Privacy” tab to
have visibility of a list of choices for protecting your profile. Select the
“Protect MyTweets” box, and then select “Save Changes.” You will be asked
to confirm your password in order for the changes to be made.

Control what is visible to you

We have simplified the steps in order for you
to take action on a Tweet. Click the image at the top of any Tweet, to rapidly
access selections like unfollow, mute, block, report, and more.

Unfollow

Unfollowing is the easiest
action to take so as to stop viewing a person’s Tweets on your “Home timeline”.
One can follow that person again if you wish to in the future.

This option is accessible
from the ^ in the message.

Locate
a Tweet from the person you’d like to unfollow.
Guide
your mouse to be over their name.
Select
the Following /Unfollow button.

Mute

Muting an account will
mean that the account is no longer visible in your twitter timeline. It is a
good way of staying connected to someone without having to view all of their
tweets. They will be unaware that you have Muted the account and they will
still be able to send you Tweets directly and you will be notified when their tweets
make mention of you.

Unlike blocking or
unfollowing, Muted accounts do not know that you have muted them.

Muting from a profile:

Navigate to the
profile page of the account you want to mute.
Select
the “overflow” icon
Choose Mute from
available choices.

Block

Blocking an account
will curb the account’s ability to communicate with you. Blocked accounts will
not have visibility of your Tweets and you will no longer have visibility of
their tweets. The account holder will not receive notice that you have blocked
them, but will know if they attempt to view anything on your profile.

Blocking from a
profile

Navigate to the
profile page of the account you want to block.
Select the
more Image.
Choose Block from
the choices given.
Choose Block again
to confirm.

Report

If you feel that an
account is in violation of the Rules and Terms of Service of Twitter, you
should report the offence. This could be violations such as sensitive media,
impersonation, abuse, and spam. Reporting can be a little time consuming but
will ensure that it remains a great social media platform.

Visit here to report
violations. https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-report-violation

Control what others have visibility about you

Protect your Tweets

Protecting your
Tweets will only allow your followers to see them. If you protect your account,
you will be able to have the ability to decide if you wish for someone to
follow you. This will not affect any accounts that were already following you.

Navigate to Privacy
and safety settings.
Select the Tweet privacy
Tick the area adjacent
to Protect my Tweets
Select the Save button
You will need to
enter password at this stage

Photo tagging

Although this is a
good way of remaining in touch with others, you can choose to make this more
private and then decide who, if anyone should be able to tag you.

To Tag people in a
photo

Select “Tag
people,”
type in a name, or
username,
Select Done.

Discoverability

Locating friends and
others can enhance your experience. It is as easy as using a phone number or
email. You may however wish to change your settings in order to not be
discovered so easily.

Open your Privacy
and safety settings.
At the Discoverability section, the
following choices are available:

            – Allow people to locate you from your email

            – Allow others to locate you from your phone

            – Click on either
Select Save.

Sharing your location

The platform allows
you to decide if you wish to include your location with every Tweet. This could
be helpful but unfortunately you do not know all of your followers and this
could expose you to danger. You must therefore be very wary of sharing your
location. Location is not enabled by default.

How to remove
location data

Log in to your twitter
account
Navigate to Privacy and
safety settings.
In Privacy, search for Tweet
location.
Select Delete location information.

For more and all
settings please refer to the following site:

https://help.twitter.com/en

SNAPCHAT PRIVACY SETTINGS

Snapchat is an app that
allows you to share photo’s and videos. The content that you post on the platform
disappear within a few seconds of viewing. The video and photo content is labelled
a “snap.” Snapchat allows you to set the duration that the Snap can be seen. The
receiver of the Snap has to allow the snap to be visible before it disappears

Snapchat has more than 100
million daily users and about 50 million of those users are in the 13 to 17 year
age range, making the understanding of Snapchat privacy imperative to parents.

Snapchat Privacy for Parents

Instruct your children
that photo’s or videos that they do not want to be in the public domain should
not be sent to anyone. There have been incidents of hacking on Snapchat which
could compromise the privacy of the snap

It is possible to take a
screenshot of the images / videos that are intended to be short lived even
though most people think the Snap will disappear.

Never allow any content
from strangers.

As a default rule, only
‘Friends’ that you have added on Snapchat can directly contact you or have
visibility of your Story.

If you wish to alter your
privacy settings, this is what you must do:

Select the settings button in the Profile screen to launch Settings
Navigate down to the ‘Who Can…’ area and tap an option
Select an option, then select the back button to save the selection.

You can choose from the
following:

Who Can Contact Me: Elect who can contact you directly.
Who Can View My Story: Elect who has visibility
of your Story. Select ‘Custom’ if you would like to block specific friends from
viewing your Story
Who Can See My Location: Elect who has visibility of
your location on the Snap Map. Your location will not
be visible on the Map until it is opened for the first time
Who Can See Me In Quick
Add: Elect who has
visibility in “Quick Add”.

A few things to remember:

Although you may select ‘My
Friends,’ the feature “Group Chat” means all people within that group will be
able to interact with you. To have visibility of the members of the group prior
to committing, just press and hold on the name of the group in the Chat screen.
If you select ‘My Friends,’ Snaps
sent from non-friends will not be visible to you — A notification will be sent
to you that you were added as a “friend”. You will then be able to view the
Snap if you “add” them as well.
If you were to select ‘Everyone’
for the category ‘Who Can Contact Me,’ all Snapchatters will be able to send
you snaps and view your snaps
If you decided to add a Snap to
your Story, and subsequently alter your settings so as to allow only friends to
have visibility of your Story, all other users could have visibility of prior
posts.

Top Tip:

If you wish to select that you get Snaps from
“Everyone” but notifications will only be sent to you when “Friends” are
snapping you, you are entitled to alter your settings in “Snapchat Settings” –
Notifications

Block or Delete a “Friend”

Delete a Friend

A person will have visibility to
all public snaps, but will not have visibility of your Private Charms or
Stories if you select to remove them from a friends list. They could still Chat
or Snap you however as this is dependent on your Privacy Settings

To remove a friend from your friends
list

Swipe to the
right to navigate to the Friends screen
Click and
hold on the chosen friend
Click ‘More‘
Click ‘Remove
Friend‘

Alternatively…

Swipe to the
right to navigate to the Friends screen
Click on a Chat with
the selected friend
Click settings in
the top-left corner
Click ‘Remove
Friend’

Note:
If you remove, block, or mute someone they will not be visible on the “Discover screen”.

Block a Friend

On blocking a friend, they will no longer have
visibility of your Story or Charms or have the ability to send you Chats or
Snaps.

To block a friend

Swipe to the
right to navigate to the Friends screen
Click and
hold on the chosen friend
Click ‘More‘
Click ‘Block‘

Alternatively

Swipe to the
right to navigate to the Friends screen
Click on a Chat with
the selected friend
Click settings in
the top-left corner
Click ‘Block
Friend’

Unblock a Friend

These settings are reversible and you can always
revisit your decision and unblock friends, they will then have visibility of
your published content.

To unblock a friend…

Click your
profile icon in the top-left corner
Click on
this icon ⚙ to access Settings
Navigate
down and click ‘Blocked‘

Click the ✖ icon next to chosen person to unblock the friend

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