Varndean School Internet Safety & Social Networking

70% of young people will say something horrible online

49% of children 8-17 have an online profile

I think it would be a good idea if you took some time from your website to play with your father." "I think it would be a good idea if you took some time from your website to play with your father."

Fears

What we do in school Year 7 ICT project on cyber safety Year 7 L4L work on bullying includes work on cyber bullying.

When the school takes action When students or parents inform us of a problem. When we become aware of inappropriate images being circulated.

Read the OFCOM report. Links to this can be found on the BBC website or the URL address: shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/02_ 04_08_ofcom.pdf

Report abuse at CEOP

Disney website for younger children

Useful websites: CHILDNET Free CD ROM for the whole family ww wwww wwww.... cccc hhhh iiii llll dddd nnnn eeee tttt.... cccc oooo mmmm //// kkkk iiii aaaa CEOP Child Online Exploitation Police site w wwww wwww.... cccc eeee oooo pppp.... gggg oooo vvvv.... uuuu kkkk Disney have a webpage dedicated to using the internet safely hh tttt tttt pppp :::: //// //// hhhh oooo mmmm eeee.... dddd iiii ssss nnnn eeee yyyy.... gggg oooo.... cccc oooo mmmm //// gggg uuuu eeee ssss tttt ssss eeee rrrr vvvv iiii cccc eeee ssss //// ssss aaaa ffff eeee tttt yyyy THINKUKNOW h tttt tttt pppp :::: //// //// wwww wwww wwww.... tttt hhhh iiii nnnn kkkk uuuu kkkk nnnn oooo wwww.... cccc oooo.... uuuu kkkk //// Bebo / Facebook / MSM all have security setting and privacy information on their websites. The also have report abuse buttons on their sites and some have the CEOP’s button

Social Media has overtaken pornography as the number one activity on the net.

How Many Years To Reach 50 Million Users? Radio? Radio? TV? TV? Internet? Internet? iPod? iPod? 38 years 3 years 4 years 3 years

100 million users in less than 9 MONTHS 9 MONTHS

If Facebook was a country it would be the 3 rd largest country in the world. 1. China 1,336,450, Russia 141,927, Nigeria 154,729, Bangladesh 162,221, ,221, Pakistan 169,010, Brazil 192,651, Indonesia 231,369, USA 308,898, Face book 400,000, India 1,178,436,000

BEBO 13 & older

HABBO 13 & OLDER

MYSPACE 14 & OLDER

FACEBOOK 13 & OLDER

Face book is the world's largest social network with more than 400 million people chatting and sharing their lives

Privacy Settings- Profile Everyone This will allow everyone in the world to see information flagged with this option. Friend of Friends Only your friends and their friends will be able to see this information. Be warned it's not as small a circle of people as you may think. Only Friends The setting you will want to use most often as it provides control over your updates but still allows you to socialise with people you know. No One Use this to make sure certain information is shared with NO ONE Customise Select individual people to share information with. Useful if you want to share your address with only one person or a very small group of people.

Privacy Controls “Friends Only"

"Friend of Friends" option. This may seem like a small group of people but in reality anyone connected to a friend of yours will be able to see your updates, you can't control who your friends connect with!

Face book has recently given people the option to allow anyone in the world to Search for Face book Members. This setting is OFF by default. DO NOT turn it on, doing so will expose your name and some personal details to the world's search engines like Google Search and Microsoft Bing.

Face book pledges to investigate a complaint and to remove the content and warn or ban the offender from the site within 24 hours. If you Face book you should get a reply within 72 hours telling you what they have done about the problem.

Information to keep yourself safe using the internet

Never give out your real name Never tell anyone where you go to school Never give out your address or telephone number Tell an adult if someone makes inappropriate suggestions to you or makes you feel uncomfortable online Only meet someone from a chat room in a public place with one of your parents or another adult.

Danger Signs If a person tries to insist on having your address or phone number If a person s you pictures which make you feel uncomfortable and which you would not want to show to anyone else If a person wants to keep their chats with you secret If a person tells you that you will get into trouble if you tell an adult what has been going on If a person wants you to them pictures of yourself or use a webcam in a way which makes you feel uncomfortable If a person shares information with you and tells you not to tell anyone else about it If a person wants to meet you and tells you not to let anyone know

THINKUKNOW WEB SITE HAS SOME GREAT ADVICE FOR ALL AGES ABOUT SAFETY ONLINE THIS BUTTON IS ON THE THINKUKNOW SITE BUT ALSO NOW ON MSN LIVE, BEBO & YOU CAN ATTACH IT TO YOUR FACEBOOK PAGE – IT IS A DIRECT LINK TO THE POLICE

Open lines of communication Set clear family internet rules that are age appropriate Use family safety tools – windows live family safety, windows 7 parental controls or windows vista parental controls Protect from offensive pop-ups by using the pop-up blocker built into Internet Explorer Don’t share personal information such as real name, address, phone number, passwords Tell if something happens online to make a person feel uncomfortable or threatened Teach children not to download programmes, music, or files without permission – copyright laws Talk to teenagers about online adult content and pornography, risks involved and potential law breaking if downloading or sharing images Photographs – think about what the image is of and why you are posting it on line – once posted you loose control of that image Responsible behaviour online – not to spread gossip, bully or threaten Check before making financial transactions online – include ordering buying or selling – free Apps Online gambling

Social Networking Tools to stay in Control

Anything you do on an electronic device can be TRACED Many young people are making mistakes and the Police are getting involved

Cyber bullying Although it is called cyber bullying these offences could be dealt with by the Police if a complaint was made

The Law –H–H–H–Harassment. –T–T–T–Threatening and menacing communications. –S–S–S–Sending indecent images

The Law What Could Happen –D–D–D–Dealt with by the Police. –P–P–P–Possible Reprimand or Final Warning. –E–E–E–Electronic device used to commit the offence will be seized and could be kept for months.