- Teens readily post personal info online. 64% post photos or videos of themselves, while more than half (58%) post info about where they live. Females are far more likely than male teens to post personal photos or videos of themselves (70% vs. 58%).
- Nearly one in 10 teens (8%) has posted his or her cell phone number online.
- Nearly half (47%) have an Internet profile that is public and viewable by anyone - 38% of younger teens (13-15) and 60% of older teens (16-17) have a public profile.
- A majority of teens (58%) don't think posting photos or other personal info on social networking sites is unsafe.
- While 16% of teens say they've considered meeting face to face with someone they've talked to only online, that marks a significant drop compared to the 30% of teens who were considering such a meeting in 2006. In 2007, 8% of teens say they actually have met in person with someone from the Internet, down from 14% in 2006.
- When they receive online messages from someone they don't know, 60% of teens say they usually respond only to ask who the person is. Compared to the 2006 survey, there was a 10-percentage-point increase in teens ignoring such messages (57% vs. 47%). Still, nearly a third of teens (31%) say they usually reply and chat with people they don't know, and only 21% tell a trusted adult when they receive such messages.
- Parental awareness of their teens' online activities has risen significantly. This year, 25% of teens say their parents know "little" or "nothing" about what they do online, down from 33% last year.
- Teens whose parents have talked to them "a lot" about online safety are less likely to consider meeting face to face with someone they met on the Internet (12% vs. 20%).
