Charity urges children to hide location in Snapchat
CHILDREN are being warned not to broadcast their location on Snapchat, amid concern it could leave users vulnerable to grooming, stalking and bullying.
A new feature allows users to share their location to such a precise degree that is possible to tell what part of a building a user is in. NSPCC Scotland is urging young people to hide their location using the ‘ghost mode’ setting.
The Glasgow Childline base alone received 48 contacts from young people across the UK feeling bullied, upset or having been exposed to online sexual abuse on the photo sharing service in the space of five weeks.
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