Unfortunately, it has become necessary in our post-modern world where freedom of speech and unrestricted Internet has forced parents into the situation where they need to monitor their children’s social media profiles, social messaging and text messaging chats, as well as the websites, chat rooms, and discussion forums that they visit on a regular basis.

Our constitutional right to the freedom of expression often translates into cyber bullying or the abuse of the right to be respected. Additionally, the right to a free and open Internet equates to the free availability of child pornography, video clips of unspeakable horrors, prowling sexual predators masquerading as friends in online spaces such as chat rooms and open online games, and finally, suicide games such as Blue Whale, etc.

What is Snapchat?

Before we look at ways to monitor our children’s social media posts, including their Snapchat posts, let’s look at what Snapchat is.