tia and the online stranger: a cyber safety story
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Today’s Potli of Baba WiFi
has a story about a young
girl called Tia and the
stranger she met on the
Internet.
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It was not a great day for
Tia. She realized that there
is no one who could really
understand her.
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CHAT BIRD USERS
Clivemilk
Ecstaticoinker
Toolkit
Gleefulgovern
Occipitalsnot
Neighborlymar
Robin
Kimblewickho
Pollmug
Axleamber
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CHAT BIRD USERS
Clivemilk
Ecstaticoinker
Toolkit
Gleefulgovern
Occipitalsnot
Neighborlymar
Robin
Kimblewickho
Pollmug
Axleamber
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You have a private message!
Hey Tia!
Beckybeep
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CHAT BIRD USERS
Clivemilk
Ecstaticoinker
Toolkit
Gleefulgovern
Occipitalsnot
Neighborlymar
Robin
Kimblewickho
Pollmug
Axleamber
Type your message here SEND
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Pollmug
Axleamber
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You have a private message!
Are you okay?
Beckybeep
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CHAT BIRD USERS
Clivemilk
Ecstaticoinker
Toolkit
Gleefulgovern
Occipitalsnot
Neighborlymar
Robin
Kimblewickho
Pollmug
Axleamber
Type your message here SEND
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Gleefulgovern
Pollmug
Axleamber
Toolkit
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You have a private message!
Hey! How are you doing?
Robin
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User Profile
ROBIN | MALE | 18
HobbiesCycling, Singing, Cooking,
Reading, Video Games.
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Your chat room
Hey! How are you doing?
Robin
Tia
Hey! I am good.
Robin
What about you?
Tia
Great! Just back from the gym
Do you go to college?
Tia
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Tia would log in to the chat
room every day at the same
time and chat with Robin.
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Hi!
What you doing?
I am bored.
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She spent
6-7 hours
texting and
chatting
with Robin.
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Hi!
What you doing?
I am bored.
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Robin
became Tia’s
new best
friend.
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Someone whom she could
confide her secrets in and
what was going on in her
mind.
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Hey! Have you talked to
Tia lately?
Amidst all
these, Tia
began to
grow apart
from her
friends.
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She does not reply to my
calls nor meet. Wonder
what’s going on with her.
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Tia’s behavior has
changed.
She does not talk much.
Her parents
felt the same.She stays in her room all
the time.
May be we are worrying
too much.
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Tia also
started losing
interest in
her studies.
Bunked
classes,
scored really
low in tests.
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One day Tia
got into a
nasty quarrel
with her
parents.
You are
irresponsible!
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And I wish I
were never
born into this family! Hurtful
words were
said on both
ends.
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Wiping her
tears, she
pinged Robin.
Your chat room
I just want to leave this place
and go away somewhere. I
want to be alone
Robin
Tia
Did your parents nag you again?
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Your chat room
Yes. They said many hurtful
things.
Robin
Tia
Your parents do not know the
real you.
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Your chat room
They are trying to kill your happiness.
Robin
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Your chat room
You can stay with me. I will keep
you happy.
Robin
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For Tia this
was a big
decision.
She was
hesitant
about it.
?
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Tia
Robin:
“Imagine your life with me,
where
no one tells you what to do and what
not to.”
You are
irresponsible!
Insensitive!
Do this!
Do that!
Ruthless!
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Robin told her to pack
her stuff and that
they would take off
the following night.
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While Tia
was getting
her things
together, her
mom noticed
and asked her
about it.
Are you going
somewhere Tia?
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Her mom
didn’t have a
good feeling
about it. So,
she called up
Becky to
confirm.
Is Tia staying at
your place
tomorrow night?
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But Becky
denied
having any
such plans.
No Aunty, I don’t
remember making
any such plans.
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But realizing that
confronting her might
make matters worse,
she decided to play
along.
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In the meantime, Tia’s
Mom informed the
local police and asked
them to stay on guard.
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Robin looked
older than 18.
But Tia was
too
preoccupied
with her
thoughts to
mull over it.
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After
exchanging a
few words,
they took off
to the nearest
bus terminal.
Hey!
Everything’s
going to be
alright.
I hope
so.
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Robin asked
her to wait
while he gets
the tickets.
Tia, you wait
here. I’ll go
and get the
tickets.
OK
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Just when they
were about to
board the bus,
one policeman
appeared and
handcuffed
Robin.
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Tia was
jolted by the
incident. She
found the
ground
disappearing
beneath her
feet.
What’s going
on. What’s
happening?!
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The police
charged Robin
with 6 years of
imprisonment
for attempted
kidnapping of a
minor.
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It was later found out that
Robin had been doing this
with minors for quite some
time but he was never
caught.
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“It could have been much worse had my
family not contacted the police after I was
gone. I am lucky to be back home, safe and
sound.” - Tia
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Not everyone we meet
on the Internet can be
trusted.
Beware of online friends who
try to turn you against your
family.
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Real friends do not force you to do
something that makes you feel anxious
or uncomfortable.
Never meet an online friend whom you
have never met before in person.
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Do not give away your personal
information to anyone on the
Internet.