Stay Safe Online

Contributed by Jon Berry

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This PowerPoint is one of several I designed and used in secondary school assemblies in early 2014. This one

looks at how much young people reveal about themselves online. It was delivered,with minor changes, to

years 7-11.

We all like to know what is going on in other people’s lives:

But how much would you want a stranger to know about you?

• Your name?• Your age?• Your school?• Your address?• Your favourite football team?• Your medical history?• Your sexual preferences?• Your bank details?

Now think for a minute about what you have revealed about yourself in cyber-space:

How comfortable would you be if, in the future, that information could be seen by:

• Your parents?• Your teachers?• Your boss?• Bullies?• Hackers?• Trolls?• Sexual predators?

• Would you ever walk into a giant arena full of strangers and make it rain postcards with your phone number and home address? No? Then what are you doing publishing those details online, where anyone in the WORLD can access them? It's easy to forget that the information we put on social media is visible.

Everything we put online can be seen by someone who can use it to harm us.

Some statistics from the USA:Three-fourths of American teenagers say they've been bullied online

75% of children are willing to share personal information online about themselves and their family in exchange for goods and services. - eMarketer

83% of 10-14-year-olds surveyed went online for an hour or more every day.

National statistics show that one in five children received unwanted sexual solicitations online each year. Web sites that kids frequent very often are also cruised by child predators. Cyber Crimes Unit investigators have seen firsthand the dangerous criminals that prey on children and teenagers in Internet chatrooms, personal web pages, and social networking sites

But it doesn’t happen just in the USA. Remember, when you log on, you are joining the WORLD WIDE web.

You don’t have to do an interview in Hello! to reveal too much…

YOU

age

school

name

photo

It is easy, with just two or three bits of information, for someone to find out who you are, where you live or where you go to school, and that makes you a target.

So don’t make yourself an easy target.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrln8nyVBLU

Revealed too much already?

• Speak to an adult that you trust• Edit your online presence e.g. change your

forum name/profile picture. • Leaflets on staying safe online are available

from your Head of House.• Remember that the internet is a fantastic

place, if you think smart about what you put there!

Next time: internet bullying and the law.