






Vine – Vine is a video sharing app where users can view, create, and share videos that are no more than six seconds in duration and run in a loop. This site is infamous for pornographic and explicit content, and has very little privacy and protective setting capabilities.

Pinterest – Description via app “With Pinterest you can:
• Plan projects—home decor overhauls, car restorations,
garden redesigns and other DIY efforts
• Dream up your next travel outing—outdoor adventures,
road trips with friends, family outings and exotic travel
• Collect your favorite things—illustrations, ideas for
tattoos, hilarious quotes, jewelry designs, the latest technology and inspiring
art and architecture
• Save great ideas—articles to read, movies to watch,
gifts to buy, art for your home, fashion and beauty how-tos, food and recipes
to cook, fitness tips and great hair looks
• Get organized for a party—wedding decor, birthday
themes, dresses for the dinner party and recipes for game day
Use Pinterest
today to discover things you you’re interested in, and let Pinterest inspire
you to do those things. How it works: You organize all your ideas into
collections (called “boards”) of visual bookmarks (called “Pins”). When you
find something that looks interesting, all you have to do is Pin It!” While
this app and website can hold much benefit, it is riddled with pornographic
images and links. Many off these images are feigned “workout” pictures, others
are just “in your face” porn.



Via Wikipedia:
“Omegle was initially a text-only chat that paired users at
random to communicate as "strangers". However, in 2010, Omegle
introduced a video mode to complement the text chat mode, which pairs together
strangers who are using web-cams and microphones. The video chat also has a
text window built in.
In 2011, the beta version of a new feature, "Spy
Mode", was introduced. In Spy (Question) Mode, users have two options; to
be the "spy" and ask a question of two strangers, or to discuss a
question with another stranger. As the spy, the user inputs any question for
the two strangers to answer or discuss and is able to view the discussion as a
third party, albeit without being able to contribute further to the
conversation. The spy can quit at any time without ending the chat for the two
other strangers. If a user chooses to discuss a question instead, as in normal
text mode, the user is paired with another stranger and can discuss the
question the spy has asked up until the point the other stranger decides to
disconnect and/or move on to another question.
In 2012, Omegle added a special new feature to the text and
video modes, the option to input "interest" tags. Adding interests
lets users be paired with a stranger who has something in common with the user.
A user can input as many interests as he or she would like, and if no available
match is found, the user is paired with a completely random stranger instead.
In 2013, an unmonitored version of the video chat mode was opened, leaving the original content moderator-regulated video section open to anyone aged thirteen and up as long as the content of his or her video stream is clean. Initially, questionable adult content in the video section of Omegle was filtered using image recognition algorithms only. The newer unmonitored video section allows consenting adults over the age of eighteen the freedom to view, and share with one another, uncensored explicit video streams.
In 2013, an unmonitored version of the video chat mode was opened, leaving the original content moderator-regulated video section open to anyone aged thirteen and up as long as the content of his or her video stream is clean. Initially, questionable adult content in the video section of Omegle was filtered using image recognition algorithms only. The newer unmonitored video section allows consenting adults over the age of eighteen the freedom to view, and share with one another, uncensored explicit video streams.
In 2014, Omegle began experimenting with a "Dorm Chat"
mode, which requires the user to provide an e-mail address ending in ".edu" to verify that they are associated with a
college or university. Dorm Chat allows the user to chat with his or her
classmates and colleagues on Omegle.”
Parents, if that alone does
not scare the ever living daylights out of you I don’t know what will.



Parents, it's time. It time to get our heads out of the sand on this one. We have got to be educated on this thing called social media and smartphones. The ignorance MUST stop! I have watched families, marriages, children, mothers, fathers, young adults, older adults, churched, and unchurched alike, being completely wrecked by this. Their lives forever altered with negative consequences that are far outreaching just them and their immediate families. I have looked in the faces of people I know and love, who have been wounded and hurt by the consequences of ignorance in this area. Knowledge is power. Get informed so that you can get involved helping not just your child, but yourself as well, set boundaries in this area. Our enemy prowls around like a lion seeking whom he may devour... don't let him in to devour your child, your family, or your home though a piece of technology that you can hold in your hand. It's YOUR RESPONSIBILITY!!! If you are a parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle, cousin, or sibling of a young person, or you have a young person that you care about in your life, it's your responsibility. If you own a smartphone yourself, it's your responsibility. Wake up. Stand up. Get informed. Get involved. Stay informed. Stay involved. And above all, lets love our children enough to hold them accountable and set boundaries for them, especially in this incredibly dangerous world that is social media and smartphones. It's time.