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Family First NZ says that the moral of the story from events over the past week is that parents mustmonitor their children when they are on Facebook and on social network sites in general.

"Those with dangerous motives have found Facebook a virtual playground. Because of the availability, affordability, and especially the anonymity of social networking, this has placed young people at risk. Facebook simply cannot be relied upon to put the protective measures in place, so its essential that parents do," says Bob McCoskrie, National Director of Family First NZ.

"Sometimes parents need to be the meanies in order to protect their children. Parents would check out any adult before they allow them to speak freely to their child. They would not allow their children to wander the streets without restriction to talk to people. Yet Facebook and other social networking sites can allow unidentified people access to children and often confidential information related to that child."

"Parents should also be aware of studies highlighting the harm of excess exposure to Facebook and other social networking activity. A 2010 meta-analysis of 72 studies between 1979-2009 by the University of Michigan found that because there was no eye contact, users failed to develop important social skills, there was a decrease in empathy, and it allowed users to develop a fictitious life. There was a link with obesity, sleep disorders, less brain activity, attention problems, and learning difficulties. The report said that "College kids today are about 40 percent lower in empathy than their counterparts of 20 or 30 years ago".

A Microsoft study in 2010 in Australia found that 2/3rds of parents took no precautions, and only 58% had the computer in a public area. A NZ Herald poll of 500 in 2010 found that 30% of parents didnt, and 14% couldnt (because of passwords), check their childs social networking sites.

A Victoria University study found that 38% of youth had online friends theyd never met. And Stanford University found that time spent using the Internet is negatively associated with time spent with family, with time spent with friends."

Family First is recommending the following safety precautions at a minimum:

1) parents will know the password and have access to their pages.

2) settings customised to make profile safer (privacy, visibility, etc).

3) parents must be a "friend"

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Karaniwan na ang pagpapaabot ng simpatiya ng mga artista sa panahon ng kalamidad sa pamamagitan ng kanilang accounts sa social networking sites, gaya ng Instagram, Twitter, at Facebook.

Sa panibagong sakuna na dumapo sa Pilipinas sanhi ng super-typhoon Yolanda noong November 8, Biyernes, dumagsa ang pakikisimpatya at pagpapaabot ng dasal ng mga kilalang personalidad sa showbiz sa kanilang social networking site accounts.

Ikinuwento ni Annabelle Rama sa kanyang Twitter account (@annabellerama2) na dapat ay may post-birthday celebration siya noong mismong araw ng bagyo, na handog sa kanya ng kanyang mga anak na sina Richard at Ruffa Gutierrez.

Pero nagdesisyon daw ang kanyang pamilya na huwag na lang magsaya, lalo pa't marami sa mga kababayan ni Annabelle sa Cebu ay apektado.

Si Annabelle ay tubong-Cebu.

Ipinaabot naman ni Megastar Sharon Cuneta ang kanyang pagdarasal sa mga nasalanta ng bagyo sa pamamagitan ng Twitter account niyang @sharon_cuneta12.

Samantala, simple lamang pero makahulugan ang post ni Vice Ganda (@vicegandako): "God bless the Philippines."

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Mga panawagan para sa dasal, suporta, at paalaala para sa pagkakaisa ang ipinaabot ng ilang kilalang personalidad sa social networking sites ngayong panahon ng isa pang kalamidad.

Nanalasa sa bansa, partikular na sa Visayas, ang tinaguriang super-typhoonang Yolanda.

Dumapo sa Pilipinas si Yolanda noong November 8, Biyernes, at pininsala nito nang matindi ang Leyte, Cebu, at Samar, kung saan kumitil ito ng di pa nabibilang na buhay at nanira ng maraming tirahan, puno, at establisimyento.

Unang nakatawag-pansin sa social networking sites ang mga posts ng aktor na si Richard Gomez, na naglarawan ng kalunos-lunos na kalagayan ng Ormoc, ang hometown ng kanyang kabiyak na si Leyte 4th District Representative Lucy Torres-Gomez.

Sa tweet ni Goma ay inilahad niyang tunay na malubha ang tinamong pinsala ng Ormoc, lalo na coastal barangays nito.

Sinabi rin niyang ang municipality ng fourth district ng Leytena kinabibilangan ng Albuera, Merida, Isabel, at Palomponay "total disaster."

Pati raw ang bahay ng mga magulang ni Lucy ay nagtamo ng pinsala.

Ayon sa post ng aktor sa Twitter account niyang @1richardgomez1: "roof of our house & garage are gone & 4 cars hit & destroyed by debris. Roof of the house of lucy's parents r half gone and all glass windows."

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