Helping to keep your children safe online

1. Helping to keep your children safe online

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3. Adults often have anxieties about new media… Everything that’s already in the world when you’re born is just normal;

4. Anything that gets invented between then and before you turn thirty is incredibly exciting and creative and with any luck you can make a career out of it;

5. “Anything that gets invented after you’re thirty is against the natural order of things and the beginning of the end of civilisation as we know it …until it’s been around for about ten years when it gradually turns out to be alright really.” Douglas Adams

6. This presentation Why is internet safety important? Why is the internet so great? What are the risks? What about mobiles? Know IT All - what can parents do?

7. PART 1 Why is internet safety important?

8. Statistics • Half (50%) of all children aged 5-15 have a mobile phone • 3% of 5-7s and around one in eight 8-11s (13%) own a smartphone • There are over 600 million registered users of Facebook • An estimated 7 ½ million of these users are under 13 • 25% of 7-10 year olds are on Facebook (CEOP) • The number of text messages sent every day exceeds the total population of the planet

9. PARENTS Mostly email & web for research YOUNG PEOPLE Interactive chat, IM, Music, Games, Blog Know IT All 28% of parents who use the internet describe themselves as beginners compared with only 7% of children Different usage

10. WEB v 1.0 WEB v 2.0 Changing environment Downloading + Uploading Consuming + Creating + Personal Corporate + Converged media Separate media + Truly interactive Static

11. IN SCHOOL Supervised, filtered & monitored OUT OF SCHOOL Often no supervision, filtering or monitoring Know IT All • 79% of young people use the internet privately without their parent’s supervision Supervision

12. KNOWLEDGE Many children pick up technology quicker! WISDOM Understanding how to behave in a virtual world Know IT All 69% of young people say they mind their parents restricting or monitoring their internet usage! Knowledge vs. Wisdom

13. Why is the internet so great?

14. Connect Create Discover World Wide Web • Search engines • Homework • Projects • Personal interest • Amazing facts The biggest library in the world • Email/chat • VoIP - Skype • Instant Messenger • Multi-user games • Social networks Brings people together • Blogs (web log) • Vlogs (video log) • Web sites • Text & pictures • Music/photo/video Anyone can become a publisher

15. Discover

16. Connect: keep in touch Online friends “contacts”

17. Create: share your content

18. What are the risks?

19. Content Contact Commerce Potential risks • 73% of online adverts are not clearly labelled making it difficult for children and adults to recognise them • 57% of 9-19 yr olds have come into contact with online pornography accidentally. • 4 in 10 pupils aged 9-19 trust most of the information on the internet. • 1/3 of young people have received unwanted sexual or nasty comments online. Only 7% of parents think their child has received such comments. • Privacy • Advertising & information • Invasive software • Inaccurate and harmful • Adult content • Illegal content • Inappropriate contact • Cyberbullying • Sex offenders

20. Commercial risks • Blur between content & advertising • Subtle requests for marketing information- “Tell a friend” • Invasive programmes - adware/popups

21. Know IT All 20% of children claim they mustn’t fill in online forms, compared with 57% of parents who do not allow it. Commercial risks

22. Know IT All 57% of 9-19 yr olds have come into contact with online pornography. Only 16% of parents think that their child has seen pornography on the internet. 4 in 10 pupils aged 9-19 trust most of the information on the internet Content viewed • Inaccurate content • Extreme material • Pornography

23. Know IT All 49% of kids say that they have given out personal information 5% of parents think their child has given out such information Contact risks • Social networking sites • Instant messaging (eg MSN) • P2P (filesharing) • Multi-user online games • Chat rooms

24. Staying safe online

25. Over to you… Time to reflect. Any questions so far?...

26. What is Cyberbullying? Threats Manipulation Hacking Exclusion Prejudice Public postings Stalking

27. Imagine …the image or sound of an incoming message putting fear and dread in your heart.

28. Differences • Not possible to walk away • No escape at home • 24/7 contact - remote • Impact Massive potential audience reached rapidly. Potentially stay online forever • Perception of anonymity • More likely to say things online • Profile of target/bully Physical intimidation changed • Some cases are unintentionalBystander effect • Humiliation can be enormous • Evidence Printable and saveable – don’t delete!

29. Where to find help CyberMentors is an online peer mentoring service for children and young people, delivered through a social networking site www.cybermentors.org.uk

30. Advice for parents • Be careful about denying access to the technology • Understand the tools • Discuss cyberbullying with your children- always respect others- treat your passwords with care- block/delete contacts & save conversations - don’t reply/retaliate- save evidence- make sure you tell • Report the cyberbullying- school (if relevant)- service provider- police

31. What about mobiles?

32. Content Contact Commerce Discover Connect Create Portable Always on and reachable Personal Away from supervision The pros and cons

33. Mobile phone advice • Know how your child’s phone works (e.g. Bluetooth, Internet access) Agree the type of content that you would be happy for them to download, knowingly receive or send on to others • Save any abusive messages/inappropriate images for evidence purposes • Decide together what are acceptable bills • Encourage balanced use – switching off at mealtimes, bedtime.

34. PART 1 What can parents do?

35. Prevention is the best way • DO NOT STOP YOUR CHILD USING THE INTERNET • Firstly this doesn’t work, but it drives their use underground and they are then not able to talk to you if they get in trouble • Secondly the internet is the greatest ever single invention that has the potential to make the world a better place. It’s already more significant than the inventions of the printing press, radio, telephone and TV put together!

36. What you can do… Commerce • Install software to protect yourcomputer’s security • Be carefulwhich sites the rest of the family visit • Use afamily email addressfor shopping and online forms • Use thefree technology: pop-up blockers & SPAM filters; and your good judgement: don’t reply to SPAM! • Check sites for extrasecurity(padlock/https)

37. Talk to your children about what to do if they do come across something unpleasant and teach them to be critical Use child-friendly search engines or set a search filter Encourage them to use browser tools – Bookmarks & History Install filtering but don’t rely on it Find appropriate sites to visit and try not to overreact – lots of inappropriate content viewed accidentally Content What you can do…

38. Contact What you can do… • Get involvedwith your children online and encourage balanced use – set time limits • Make sure they knowwho to talk toif they feel uncomfortable • Talk about the consequences of giving outpersonal info or making information public • Keep thecomputer in a family room • Agree rulesas a family – meeting up

39. SMART rules SAFE – Keep safe by being careful not to give out personal information – including full name and email address - to people who you don’t trust online. MEETING – Meeting up with someone you have only been in touch with online can be dangerous. Only do so with your parent’s/carer’s permission and even then only when they can be present. ACCEPTING – Accepting e-mails, IM messages or opening files from people you don’t know can be dangerous – they may contain viruses or nasty messages! RELIABLE – Someone online may be lying about who they are, and information you find on the internet may not be true. Check information and advice on other websites, in books or ask someone who may know. TELL – Tell your parent/carer or teacher if someone or something makes you feel uncomfortable or worried, or you or someone you know is being cyberbullied.

40. Know where to report The UK Hotline for reporting criminal online content www.iwf.org.uk www.ceop.police.uk www.thinkuknow.co.uk

42. About Childnet “Helping to make the internet a great and safe place for children” Promoting the positive Responding to the negative

43. More resources… www.childnet.com www.kidsmart.org.uk www.ceop.police.uk www.becontreeprimaryschool.com