When is the Right Age to Start Social Media?

Students consider that in the United States, children are required to be 13 to sign up for most social media platforms, and think about what age kids should be allowed to start using social media, in light of privacy and social development issues.

See the related Digital Citizenship lesson.

See the video discussion activity. 

(To view subtitles in Spanish and English, click on the white box at the bottom right of the video.)

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