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Subscribe to our podcast on: iTunes – Google Play – Stitcher Radio – Spotify – Web Player Join Parent University to help your students to shine online. Hire Josh Ochs to speak at your organization. There have been a lot of digital safety updates in the news. In this Parent University member newsletter we talk about keeping students safe on Fortnite: Battle Royale, the new social media challenge that has teens snorting things up their nose, why Twitter banned a major parental control software provider from advertising on their platform, what Snapchat updated this week (spoiler alert: they made a lot of changes), how users can download their Instagram data, and more. Table of Contents The Top Social Media App Stories for Parents This Week: The 6th most visited site in the world has now surpassed Twitter (and your teens probably are on it). Learn what it is and how it’s bad for your teen The Most Popular Video Game for Teens: Learn what this game is, how it works, and why a school is offering teens the promise of a college scholarship for playing this game Learn what students are snorting up their nose in the latest teen Youtube challenge Learn what different features Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition Has Safety Threats You Need to Know This Week: This network is allowing user data to be grabbed by third-party trackers Why Twitter banned digital safety tool Kaspersky Labs from advertising Facebook, Snapchat a Instagram App Updates worth Noting This Week: Snapchat is updating their recent update. Find out what data they aren’t going to collect in Europe and more How to download your data from Instagram this week YouTube Kids is getting an important update with more control Why we don’t like Facebook Messenger Kids (and what updates they are making to make the app less bad) Find out what type of links Twitter is starting to promote Why it’s important to look at the new minimum age for WhatsApp in Europe (and what that age is) 3 Stories We Heard about the Negative Effects of Social Media: New data shows social media is to blame for increase of school expulsions in Illinois Students kicked out of sorority over video posted on social media What is Digital Self-Harm and how are students using it? 2 Examples of How Your Student Can Be Positive on Social Media: How one teen used social media to build a thriving business Helpful YouTube reviews changed the course of this teen’s life Next Steps for Podcast Listeners:Join Parent University to get videos to watch with your kids so they can better understand WHY they need to be smart online. Please share this episode with a friend and subscribe so we can help more parents. Thanks for all your support. Read the whole post here: https://smartsocial.com/parent-university-week-2/ Join our next webinar to learn the 30 worst apps your students should never use: https://smartsocial.com/#webinars Join Parent University to get videos to watch with your kids so they can better understand WHY they need to be smart online. View the top 50+ good and bad teen apps in our Popular App Guide page for Parents and Educators. Learn more at https://smartsocial.com