Helping to Keep Children Safe On line

1. Helping to Keep Children Safe On line LornaNaylor Anti-bullying Coordinator CFCS September 2014

2. What are Zero to Eight children doing inline? Over the last 5-6 years there has been a substantial increase in internet usage by children under 9 Children under 9 enjoy watching videos, playing games, searching for information, homework, socialising with others. More toddlers and pre-schoolers use internet connected devices especially touch screen. Children often have a digital footprint pre-birth. (Zero to Eight young children and their internet use, www.eukidsonline.net 2013)

3. What about 9-16 year olds? Going Online is now thoroughly embedded in children’s daily lives • On average 9-16 year olds spend 88minutes online daily. • By 15-16 that has increased to 118minutes

4. What are the risks? • ‘lack of technical, critical and social skills may pose risk’ especially for under 8(Livingstone et al 2011) • Lack of research for under 8 age group. • Concern over socialising online either within age appropriate virtual worlds or as under age participants in sites intended for teenagers and adults • Some devices may put children at risk by compromising their safety and privacy • Digital footprints created for children may cause problems for them in the future

5. But what about the benefits? Children today • enter formal school years with significant experience in computers and use of the internet • Have skills in assessing, understanding, viewing and creating in multiple, digital formats • Have digital social skills • Are digital citizens • Enjoy online play

6. What main issues for young people? • Too much personal information given online • Contact with unsuitable people • Cyberbullying • Fake profiles • Exposure to inappropriate content • Damage to online reputation • Not following safety advice

7. Where? • Social Networking sites/sharing sites • Gaming • Mobile technology • Webcams

8. Social networking sites

9. Popular sharing for young people

10. Also watch out for! • WeChat • Vine • WhatsApp • KakaoTalk • Kik • Pheed • Tinder

11. Also watch out for! WeChat Vine WhatsAp Whisper KakaoTalk Kik Pheed Tinder

13. Opening a Facebook account

14. Facebook summary Use your email address If you must lie , lie small! Limit the personal information Friends only! If you wouldn’t show your gran, don’t post it Check privacy Know how to report a problem Think before you post

15. What is Cyberbullying? Threats Manipulation Hacking Exclusion Prejudice Public postings Stalking

16. Advice for parents on cyberbullying Discuss behaviour online with your children- always respect others- treat your passwords with care- block/delete contacts & save conversations - don’t reply/retaliate- save evidence- make sure you tell Report the cyberbullying- school- service provider- police

17. Webcams

18. Gaming Gaming Gaming Gaming

19. Bullying through Games Consoles Some of the behaviour reported by our young people when using their games console Receiving messages from someone who was not who they said they were That tried to make them do something Asking to meet up Threats, name calling ,insults, sexual language

21. PEGI PEGI (The Pan-European Game Information age rating system) was established in 2003 to help European parents make informed choices Violence - Game contains depictions of violence Discrimination - Game contains depictions of, or material which may encourage, discrimination Sex - Game depicts nudity and/or sexual behaviour or sexual references Drugs - Game refers to or depicts the use of drugs Fear - Game may be frightening or scary for young children Bad Language - Game contains bad language

22. i-Tune apps 4+ Applications in this category contain no objectionable material. 9+ Applications in this category may contain mild or infrequent occurrences of cartoon, fantasy or realistic violence, and infrequent or mild mature, suggestive, or horror-themed content which may not be suitable for children under the age of 9. 12+ Applications in this category may also contain infrequent mild language, frequent or intense cartoon, fantasy or realistic violence, and mild or infrequent mature or suggestive themes, and simulated gambling which may not be suitable for children under the age of 12. 17+You must be at least 17 years old to purchase this application. Applications in this category may also contain frequent and intense offensive language; frequent and intense cartoon, fantasy or realistic violence; and frequent and intense mature, horror, and suggestive themes; plus sexual content, nudity, alcohol, tobacco, and drugs which may not be suitable for children under the age of 17.

23. Digital footprints

24. Online reputations What is my online reputation?Your online reputation is the perception, estimation and opinion that is formed when you are encountered online. This could be when someone visits your social networking profile, but could also be when anyone reads a comment you posted on another profile. It could also be when someone sees your online photo albums or an image with you in it, indeed any instance or reference of you that either you posted or someone else did - what your digital footprint says about you. Your online reputation will be formed through: Posts by you Posts by others but about you or linked to you Posts by others pretending to be you Who does it affect? Everyone! Obviously it applies to those who post online, however as other people could be posting information about you, you don't even have to have been on the internet before to have an online reputation! Rory Cellan-Jones commented on a survey conducted by AVG which concluded that 23% of unborn children already have a digital footprint. What is your child’s digital footprint and how may it influence their future?

25. What employers look for According to the same survey, 35% of employers have rejected candidates based on: • Provocative or inappropriate photos or information • Drinking or using drugs • Bad-mouthing previous employees, colleagues or clients • Poor communication skills • Discriminatory comments • Lied about qualifications Young people should understand 2,3 or 5 years may seem like a long time in their world but actions today could hurt them in the future.

26. Tips Mobile Phones • Is my child old enough to have a mobile phone? Set boundaries • Before buying your child a mobile, find out what functions it has – Internet, private messaging, built in applications • Set parental controls where required • Set mobile rules - no mobile phone in the bedroom at night, mobile free time before bed, no use after lights out

27. Parental Controls Parental Controls Set on all devices that link to the internet Remember… they are not 100% accurate and not a substitute for open communication! Set controls on: • Computers • Laptops • Tablets • Mobile devices • Games Consoles • ALL internet enabled devices

28. Vodaphone Guides • www.vodaphone.com • www.vodaphone.com

29. The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre www.ceop.police.uk www.facebook.com/ceop CEOP is the UK national lead agency who deal with the sexual exploitation of children in the UK and abroad

30. Click CEOP

31. Some Final Thoughts • Do you think before you post? • What is your child’s digital footprint? • Do you know the e-safety and acceptable use policy for your school and do you respect it? • Do your online and mobile habits set a good example to your children?