What technologies?
Overarching risks Unwanted contact/grooming Cyberbullying Harmful content/illegal materials Privacy/digital footprints
Unwanted contact and grooming Definition of grooming: A process by which a person prepares a child, significant others and the environment for the abuse of this child Specific goals include gaining access to the child, gaining the child’s compliance and maintaining the child’s secrecy to avoid disclosure (Craven, Brrown and Gilchrist, 2006)
Online grooming techniques Bribery and gifts Flattery Sexualised games Threats Blackmail Desensitisation – pornography, child abuse images, video and web cams may be used
Cyberbullying ‘Using the Internet to bully’ Mobiles Social networking sites Gaming Forums Sexting Definition of cyberbullying: ‘The use of digital technology (text messaging, , social networking sites etc) to bully, harass or abuse someone.’ (DfE 2009) How:
Online Bullying Traits It is an invasion of personal space for young people and is all encompassing and penetrating. The audience can be large, reached rapidly and can be unknown It is easier for perpetrators to remain anonymous through the online world or masquerade as another person The target of bullying can be anyone as physical and other factors do not come into play.
Online BullyingTraits - continued Often young people who engage in bullying online get involved in an unintentional way. There is a disconnection as they are removed from the face to face. There is an evidence trail in the online world therefore there is the ability to track people
Harmful Content Exposure to material this is not age appropriate Intentional and non-intentional Access to illegal material Self-taken images
Privacy/digital footprint The information we put online leaves ‘footprints’ Young people can easily identified or traced Once information is online it is hard to remove – it can be copied, cached etc and may be around forever Information about individuals is not just stored on their profiles – friends, family contacts....
Staying up to date with technologies Contents Instant Messenging & Chat Social networking Online gaming Mobile technology Webcam chat
Social Media Today
Facebook for younger children? If they are going to have a profile.... Communication with their parents - get them to view their profile - go through the privacy settings - keep abreast with changes Address the subject at school ‘Like’ the click CEOP page
Risks ? The average social network user aged 8-11 does not know 12% of their ‘friends’ in the real world. This increases to 25% in the age bracket. (Threat Assessment, CEOP 2013) 27% of children talk about more private things online than face to face (EU kids online II)
15 popular networking apps/sites
Mobile Technology
Risks Images taken and uploaded at the click of a button Permanency Where they end up Location–based services Unwanted contact
Online Gaming Top 10 online game operators in Asia earned over $2bn last year Web games: – World of War Craft – Runescape – Everquest – Swordsman Online – Mini Clip Games consoles (Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Wii)
Risks Inappropriate content Unwanted contact Overuse / addiction
EZface... A concerned parent approaches you saying that their daughter is obsessed with a site you have never heard of: EZface What questions would you want to ask this parent so you can assess the risks?
What sort of questions would you ask the parent? what sort of functionality does the site have what are the escalation procedures how often and with whom are they using the site what are the sign up systems and processes are those using the site sharing info and if they are what sorts of protections are there?
Potential responses Functions of the site: Webcam Personal messaging Chat Friending Privacy settings Sign-up procedures Age restrictions Cost? Reporting Parental information & control
Don't let Facebook harm your career
The National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) said new teachers are having problems because of using social networking sites.
Let’s look at some resources
Digital footprint Horrible Histories (assembly, Primary)
Don’t lie about your age BBC Horrible Histories – seeing unsuitable content
Online e-safety games
Online e-safety games for 8 to 10 yr olds
Hacking: Penalty Shootout
Computer viruses and malware Fling the Teacher
Cyberbullying quiz
Fakebook
Let’s create some resources! es/index.htm /interactive/
Prevention and support
ClickCEOP Reports received a month
CEOP Report Statistics: UPDATE Around 1300 reports are received by CEOP every month Approx 70% directly relate to online grooming Over 15 million children have seen Thinkuknow (CEOP, October 2013)
Lead by example
Further support and resources