article_snippet: Teenagers are tired of sharing every detail of Teenagers lives online and are taking increasing steps to safeguard Teenagers privacy on social media, a report has revealed.
article_snippet: Young people are un-tagging pictures, writing false posts and even adopting parallel identities in a bid to keep parallel identities personal information safe, according to the Market Research Society.
article_snippet: Young people are deliberately posting vague statements and false information in a bid to keep Young people personal data private, research has found .
article_snippet: The report, by Colin Strong of the MRS Delphi Society, says the rise of apps like Snapchat - which erases pictures after a short amount of time - show teenagers are increasingly concerned about what strangers see.
article_snippet: Snapchat - which erases pictures after a short amount of time - show teenagers says: 'There is an almost universally held view that teenagers simply don’t care enough about online privacy.'
article_snippet: At face value, this appears to be true, as many young people flood public social media accounts like Twitter and Instagram with endless streams of selfies and personal information.
article_snippet: Mr Strong adds that just because young people post things in public forums, it does not mean have no desire for privacy. '
article_snippet: Just because it's in a public space doesn't mean just because young people post things in public forums, it does not mean have no desire for privacy want publicity,' Mr Strong said.
highlights_snippet: Young people are un-tagging pictures, writing false posts to ensure privacy .
  
highlights_snippet: Some youngsters are adopting parallel identities for things like gaming .
  
highlights_snippet: Report says teenagers are increasingly concerned with what strangers see .
  