Ben Herold:

Well, that's exactly right.

I think there are millions of teenage users of Facebook, and for most part, the company treats them in the same way that it treats adults, particularly when it comes to the types of data it collects from them. That can include everything that a student uploads from Facebook, from their photos and posts and updates, everything they like on Facebook, everything they click on Facebook.

Facebook is also able to know what kind of phone you're using and when you're using it. It can collect location data showing where you are and what kind of cell phone towers and Wi-Fi access points are nearby. Facebook can actually track our browsing history in many cases, not only for Facebook users, but for people who don't log into Facebook or don't have a Facebook account at all.

And so there is a growing push within schools to try and do what they can to make students aware not just of their own practices, being good digital citizens and trying to be responsible with what they post to social media, but understanding this broader context in which data is collected and shared and used for all manner of purposes by all kinds of parties in ways that are often invisible to us.

And I think the more that both educators and students and parents can understand that, the better off they will be.