We're risking the future of the net. People are already losing their trust. Once you get burned once - somebody steals your credit card, or makes a purchase on your account - people tend to stay away from online commerce and from trusting online services.
I never thought I would tweet - I thought it was too dangerous.
You can't disengage yourself from that game if you are completely unaware of what people out there might be doing, you're just going to be tripped up, you're going to find yourself continually at a disadvantage.
I think as a parent if you don't understand the perils of social media and what it does to kids, you're neglectful because it's probably the biggest polluter in a child's mind.
Wikipedia is so dangerous.
I have a lot more real friends, than friends that I'm talking to on the Internet. That's not cool, not safe, not fun and most likely not real. Everything is just better when you're not so wrapped up in that. I just think it's lame.
This social-networking thing takes you to crazy places.
Having Twitter on your phone is like being with a journalist that hates you 24 hours a day. Anything you say on that can be spun. Truly, that's what you have to think of it as.
Interconnectivity on the Internet with all people means interconnectivity with the evil people
You have to be really careful with what you put out on social media and who you're talking to online.
Predators will look for any way to talk to children online whether through sites like Myspace, instant messaging, or even online games.
You lose your privacy, and sometimes, people don't see you as human.
It's amazing how much information we share in social media, then we wonder why people steal our identity.
It's terrifying, social media. It terrifies me.
No one's arguing that the Internet is evil. But talking about strangers is another conversation you have to have with your kids.
The Internet is a lose-lose situation.
It's so easy to look foolish online.
The Internet provides a delivery system for pathological states of mind.
Well, social media is a funny thing. It can be absolutely wonderful, and it can absolutely work against you.
I know that social media's said to be a really dangerous place, and it is.
At first I was against Internet dating because there are some inherent risks, but I've seen so many happy couples who've met on the Internet that I've changed my mind.
The number of things that can happen to a child online are just as many as can happen to a child in the playground, only it's more immediate and they have the whole world at their finger tips.
Social media's greatest assets - anonymity, 'virality,' interconnectedness - are also its main weaknesses.
The danger of the Web is that you can go from idea to public announcement in under ten minutes.
The Internet has become a tool to pick on people and ruin someone's life. I don't think parents realize what's going on.
