Recent research of Pew showed that 2/3 of the teenagers online keep their profiles on social network "private". Teens showed to be thoughtful about their identities online. According to the research only 10% of those teens put their 1st and last name online.
I think that teenagers might be even more careful than older people in managing which information they want to share with the rest of the world.
According to this research about 65% of the teenagers said that they believe they should not provide the name of their school on their FB profiles. Teens think of how the information they provide online could help people to find them online. The research showed that teenagers might actually provide false information on their profiles, for ex: the city of residence, which is a way they use to misguide people whom they don't want to have a contact with.
They are still 40% of the teenagers who have public profiles, and share a lot of info online, hoping to expand their network and meet new people. This of course exposes them to greater risk. Parents should give the issue of online privacy a great amount of attention. 43% of the teens have been contacted by a complete stranger via social networks. Those teenagers are Digital Natives and spent most of their time online, hence a proportionate time should be devoted to guide them to become aware of the possible risks on online social networks.
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