Warning to All Snapchat Users and Parents, too! Please SHARE this video on your wall and friends' and families' wall.

TRANSCRIPT:

Attention!

We, DeafPhoenix, need young adults', such as middle and high school students and recent graduates’, parents', and the Deaf community's attention to discuss about Snapchat.

The latest warning came from a young hearing girl and her mother frantically educating the world about Snapchat that they have a new feature called Snap Map also known as Stalk Your Friends. It shows up once a Snapchat user updates their phone that enables the Snap Map without informing them. This is a terrifying discovery that many Snapchat users are not aware of this feature.

Snap Map allows anyone-- doesn't matter if they are on your list or not-- to view the Snapchat videos on Stories feed from anywhere, everywhere...again, especially the ones that aren't on your Snapchat list.

An user can see their friends Snapchat stories from afar and other complete strangers, too, including in Middle East, Caribbean, Australia, South America-- everywhere!

This Snap Map also allows people to stalk on other people especially perpetrators that many survivors may not be aware of this. This gives bullies to watch their victims and continues to pick on them, too. This sets an awkward position for a person, who goes to a party or host a party, and their friends will see it on Snapchat and realize that they aren't invited. Sure, it does seem to be a fun and easy way to connect with friends, but many younger users may not realize that they are putting themselves and others in danger by broadcasting their Snapchat video on Stories publicly everywhere. So many other vulnerable possibilities that may transpire from enabling the SnapMaps mode, please be aware.

How to turn off Snap Map feature and there are two ways to do this:

From iPhone:
1. Go to Settings
2. Click on Privacy
3. Click on Location Services
4. Scroll down to Snapchat and click on Never

From Snapchat App:
1. Click on Snapchat App
2a. Click on the camera button
Or
2b. Pinch and zoom out camera to see the map
3. Click on settings icon from the top right corner
4. Click on the Ghost mode….Attention! This means your location is off and invisible to others, but you can still see others!

If you need immediate help with this issue, you can call DeafPhoenix Hotline, 614.515.2477, on and after July 5th. You can contact the Interactive Multimedia Unit by email Link or Link

For more information- go to: Snapchat Support link, How to Turn Off Snap Map feature link, and the captioned video link of a young girl with her mother at the end of this vlog.

Please spread the word about Snapchat, and share this vlog with everyone that you know.

Thank you!

Resource Links---

Snapchat Support-
Link

How to Turn Off Snap Map-
Link

Warning to All Parents of Kids
Using Snapchat-
Link