Just when you thought you had protected your family from pornography on the computer, there's another threat that's potentially even more significant. The new porn highway that drives right into your family home is available via your mobile devices.
Sure, you can filter search engine results there as well, but I believe much bigger threats are social media apps like Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest.
While some apps like Instagram say they block "inappropriate" posts, those apps apparently have a very wide view of what inappropriate is for most people. Plus, in the age of the "selfie," thousands of young women are essentially turning Instagram into a personal pin-up gallery and filling their page with provocative photographs. In essence, they're treating it like a demo reel for voyeurs.
There's remarkably little information online about how to restrict porn on mobile devices—particularly inside apps. But I found this post that has detailed info for both Apple iOS and Android devices. Take the time to find your device and make the changes.
The great deception is that with apps like Instagram, when you hit the "Search" tab and then scroll down to their suggestions, you can't control what they "suggest." If you have children in the house who occasionally use your devices or have devices of their own, this is an absolutely critical issue. Granted, it's one more thing that we in a digital generation have to think about that never crossed our parents' or grandparents' minds.
An internationally known writer and speaker, Phil Cooke has actually produced media programming in nearly 50 countries around the world. In the process, has been shot at, survived two military coups, fallen out of a helicopter and, in Africa, been threatened with prison. And during that time—through his company Cooke Pictures in Burbank, California—he's helped some of the largest nonprofit organizations and leaders in the world use the media to tell their story in a changing, disrupted culture.
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