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Safety Tips for Chat Rooms <back to Internet Safety for Teens Chat rooms are a popular form of communication for teens. Unfortunately, predators know this. Therefore, chatting poses a particular threat for kids and teenagers. The five points below will help you to use chat rooms in a safer way.
1. Never give out your personal information in a chat room. 2. Never agree to meet a stranger in person whom you met in a chat room. 3. When you're asked to enter or sign up for a chat nickname, choose a name that doesn't give away your personal information. For example, you might use SassySue instead of DetroitSue. 4. Be wary of other chatters who ask you to meet in private chat rooms. 5. Check the terms, code of conduct, and privacy statement at the chat site before you begin chatting.
Source: Microsoft Home/Online Safety
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