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Exercise
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Solution
- Over 80% of parents are worried about their teenage children online due to cyberbullying and online predators.
- The teenage children thought their mum was spying on them because she was reading her daughter's emails and looking at her son's phone.
- The mum believes parents need to be vigilant and protect their children online, justifying her actions as a legal responsibility.
- The mum believes children can become completely independent when they leave home; until then, privacy is not considered a right.
- According to Sam, parents spy on their children by checking social media posts, reading diaries, and looking at phone messages.
- Sam thinks teens need privacy to grow, viewing the teenage years as a time of self-discovery without constant parental interference.
- The Austrian girl was angry because her parents posted baby photos of her on social media against her wishes, violating her privacy.
- The Austrian girl took her parents to court as a response to them not respecting her privacy and posting photos against her wishes.