Hi, I’m Jay Cohen from Blass Law, and we’re gonna talk about back-to-school cell phone safety.
Explicit photographs. There’s a new law in Texas making it illegal to send explicit photographs to people who don’t want to receive them. So how do you know if someone doesn’t want to receive an explicit photo? Well, we need to just assume they don’t.
So if you don’t want to get in trouble, just don’t send them. You’re going back to school and you want to give the teacher something? It’s not an explicit photo. Give them an apple!
Location sharing apps. There are apps like Snapchat and other things where kids may not realize they’re sending their location information. So parents, what you need to do is go into the phone, turn off location services, then turn on parental controls. That way your kids don’t accidentally turn that back on.
Location data in photos. We all love to receive photos and send photos, especially of our kids to family, but these photos can have location information in them. So parents, turn off location data for photos. Then remember, keep the parental controls enabled, because our sweet, honest kids need to remain sweet and honest.
Video sharing apps. There are apps like TikTok and others where kids can make awesome videos. But we took a look at them, and we see kids’ identifiable information, like school names, or kids standing in front of street signs by their house, showing exactly where they are. That’s not safe. Parents, teach those kids that they shouldn’t give out identifiable information.
Anonymous chat apps. Kids go online thinking they’re anonymous and say things they wouldn’t ordinarily say, but they may not be anonymous. So don’t risk it. Don’t let your kids use these anonymous apps.
Now, once you’ve watched this and disregarded everything I’ve said, and your kids make these mistakes, just remember: call Blass Law. We can fix it!
If your child is in trouble over something sent from a phone, call (713) 664-4000 for a free consultation.
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