Millions of teens from all over the world share there thoughts and pictures with each other everyday,but some things that are shared will later haunt them for life.
From behind their bedroom doors more then one out of every ten teenagers have posted a nude or semi-nude picture of themselves or others online a "digital tattoo" as it is known. Aside form the nudity recent surveys have shown that at least a quarter of young people polled and posted something they have later regretted, made fun of others or created a false identity online.
While teens are spending huge amounts of time on social networking sites like facebook - with twenty two percent of teens saying they check their sites more then ten times a day. Even with this excessive use of their page they do not seem to understand the long term damage they could do at a click of a button. Also their parents generally have little idea about how much time they are spending online.
Experiments have been done to see what teens actually do online and alot was discovered. It showed that if you go online you can almost read every thought a teen has and that they don't always self-censor. They may bully class mates or post risque photos of themselves. The reason for this is because if teens aren't in the same place as the other person it feels less personal and it becomes easier to do and say mean things that could potentially hurt the other person. It is almost simulated behavior. These things can have massive consequences. For example that alcohol related post-party picture. Someday an employer could check out these photos and it could incriminate your future careers. Hitting delete does not always solve the problem as this picture could already be filling up peoples screens all over the world.
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