How to Be Safe in Chat Rooms
Chat rooms are websites on which you can have live conversations with many people at the same time. While chat rooms can be a great place to meet people, they can also be a place where predators go to find their victims. Everyone needs to exercise basic safety precautions when visiting chat rooms, not just children.
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Protect your personal information. Never give out your phone number, address, real name, or other identifying information when chatting in a chat room.
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Choose a screen name that does not reveal your real identity. Do not use your first and last name as your screen name. It's also not a good idea to use your town or city or even your initials in your screen name.
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Avoid going into a private chat room with someone you have never chatted with before. Be wary of anyone who asks you to go to private chat.
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Notify the moderator of the chat room site, or flag the message of anyone in the chat room that acts inappropriately or makes you feel threatened or uncomfortable.
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Keep your online friendships online. Don't agree to meet someone that you met in a chat room. If you are an adult, and you do want to meet people from the site, take precautions. Pick a meeting place that is well populated and meet the person during the day. Never agree to have the person come to your house.
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