Keeping Children Safe Online First foremost Safety 2016

Keeping Children Safe Online First & foremost Safety 2016

Email Shopping Research News TV/Movies Online Gaming Banking Social Networking Online Dating Skype Other? ? first & foremost safety 2016

Social Networking Email Research for School Hobbies and Interests TV/Movies Online Gaming Listening to Music Time Wasting first & foremost safety 2016

These are typical of the types of headlines we constantly read in the newspapers and hear about on the news, but what do we really need to worry about? first & foremost safety 2016

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PC’s, Laptops and Netbooks, Tablets Smart Phones Games Consoles Smart TV first & foremost safety 2016

37% of 3 -4 year olds access the internet through a PC or laptop 27% of 3 -4 year olds watch TV programmes via computers or mobiles Ofcom Children and Parents: Media Use and Attitudes Report (Oct 2012) What can you do Parental Controls Use Passwords Explore the internet TOGETHER Use SAFE SEARCH facilities on Google or use a child friendly search engine such as www. swiggle. org or www. kids-search. com Set boundaries Check what older siblings are showing younger children online first & foremost safety 2016

9 in 10 children under 10 go online 86% of 7 -11 year olds use some form of online communication Childnet – Have your Childwise – The monitor Report 2011 -12 say Feb 2014 31% of 7 -11 year olds say ‘mean comments’ stopped them enjoying time online Childnet – Have your say Feb 2014 What you can do Set clear boundaries Check appropriateness of content/games etc Use parental controls Remember the minimum age for most social networking sites is 13 first & foremost safety 2016

45% of parents of children who had an underage Facebook account didn’t know the minimum age was 13 1 in 4 children aged 11 -12 who have a social network account have had an upsetting experience on it. Ofcom 2014 NSPCC 2013 26% of children aged 10 -13 use the internet for more than 3 hours per day Cybersafe 2013 What you can do Make sure they know how to use privacy setting and can restrict who can talk to them Have a FRANK and OPEN discussion with them about dangers online Become their ‘friend’ on social networking sites Be aware that they may be accessing the internet on public Wi. Fi first & foremost safety 2016

The Average 12 -15 year old has 272 ‘friends’ on social networks 60% of teens have been asked for sexual images or video of themselves Ofcom 2013 NSPCC 2013 50% of teens aged between 14 and 16 use the internet for more than 3 hours per day Cybersafe 2013 What you can do Set parental controls Talk to them Trust them Be available to listen and be non judgemental Talk to them about what to keep private and on line reputation first & foremost safety 2016

Pros Cons • Keep in touch with friends & relatives • Spending too much time on Social Networks • Have fun, play games • Revealing too much personal information • Make new friends • Showing yourself in a ‘bad light’ • Follow pop stars, movie stars, hobbies • Inappropriate photographs, comments • Find out about news, current affairs, social causes • Bullying first & foremost safety 2016

What information would someone need to be able to ‘Groom’ your child? To be able to deliberately befriend your child by pretending to have similar interests, be of a similar age etc Names – not using screen name Dates of Birth – via birthday apps, birthday wishes Address – not checking privacy, telling people Phone Number – Giving it out, not checking privacy School – first day at school photos/team photos Holidays/Away from home – the holiday Info about hobbies/interests – Groups/likes Password clues – Pets names, favourite bands, countdown (for adults if we post children’s names, birthdays, pets names, etc it becomes not too difficult for phishers to work out passwords as they are normally a mix of this information) first & foremost safety 2016

Paris Brown: Youth police commissioner warns of dangers of social networks as she resigns over 'racist' tweets Paris Brown, the country’s first youth police commissioner, has said she fell victim to internet "bravado" as she resigned over apparently racist and homophobic comments made on Twitter. The Telegraph 09/04/2013 Photographs Comments Activity (partying) What it can effect Reputation University Future Jobs first & foremost safety 2016

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The tragic case of Amanda Todd a 16 year old from Canada who took her own life after relentless anonymous taunting online. first & foremost safety 2016

Internet troll jailed for posting vile messages about murdered teacher Ann Maguire on Facebook By Jessica Best Jake Newsome, 21, wrote 'I'm glad that teacher got stabbed up. Feel sorry for the kid. He should have p***** on her too' Jailed: Jake Newsome (left) wrote about Ann Maguire's death online A Facebook troll who posted that a 15 -year-old boy accused of murdering school teacher Ann Maguire should have "p****d on her too" has been jailed for six weeks. Jake Newsome, 21, made the vile online comments three days after Mrs Maguire was stabbed at Corpus Christi college in Leeds on April 28. The Mirror Online 4/6/2014 first & foremost safety 2016

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first & foremost safety 2016

Be aware that mobile phones are high value items and can make children a target for thieves Roughly 1 in 7 young people have been bullied or harassed by mobile phone. (bullying. co. uk) Bullies now have access to their ‘victims’ 24/7 If people are sending you nasty texts or making phones calls keep a copy of them and don’t reply. Do not leave your name on your voice mail message as this confirms that it is your phone. Do not leave blue tooth switched on and give it a generic name not a personal one. Think very carefully before you send photos/videos to people. first & foremost safety 2016

According to the charity Beat. Bullying around 1 in 4 1118 year olds have received a sext via phone or email ◦ 23% from a current partner ◦ 45% from friends ◦ 2% from adults Around a third of young people have been involved in sexualised online chat In theory under UK law teenagers sending or possessing naked photographs of themselves or partners could be liable for prosecution if the person in the photo is under 18 first & foremost safety 2016

Addiction Inappropriate content Inappropriate pop up ads In game purchasing first & foremost safety 2016

Games consoles can access the internet allowing players to play others around the world and even talk and chat as they do so. Consoles allow direct access to the internet via a web browser in exactly the same way as a computer. What dangers could this pose for children? How can we make things safe for children? first & foremost safety 2016

Improve your knowledge Check parental settings Set passwords Supervise online access Become an online ‘friend’ so you can see online activity Talk to your child about online dangers Talk to your child about online etiquette Trust your child and gain their trust Use ‘nanny’ software eg Net. Nanny. co. uk first & foremost safety 2016