Report: Digital Natives Rarely Regret What They Post Online

While teens aren't worried about what they post once it's out there, they are concerned about cyberbullying and want social networks to take it more seriously, too.

Millennial teens — also called digital natives — are an increasingly important demographic. We’ve seen the networks they prefer to use, and their above average use of smartphones, but there are some nuances we haven’t seen. A new study titled Digital Families 2015: Evolving Attitudes Around Social Media and App Use, from Ask.fm seeks to discover some nuances in millennial teen social media use.

Catherine Teitelbaum, chief trust and safety officer at Ask.fm, said in a statement:

Teens have grown up online; it is core to how they communicate with the outside world on a daily basis, so it’s understandable most feel they have nothing to hide or regret when it comes to their digital behavior […] This casual attitude reminds us there is still work to do when it comes to educating teens and parents on the unique risks inherent in digital communication.

Among the 2,905 survey respondents, 79 percent of teens said...

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