E Safety Meeting

1. E Safety Meeting 18thSeptember 2018- Mr Glazier

2. Aims of the Session • Reflect on the potential risks of internet use for children. • Discuss the importance of communication with children about the time they are spending online. • Understand how to set up parental controls on home and mobile devices. • Know what to do if your child encounters problems online. • Q&A

3. Potential Risks • Cyber bullying • Online Grooming – (including sexual exploitation or radicalization) • Losing control over pictures and video / Giving out too much information online • Gaming • Inappropriate content • Financial exploitation

4. Social media- Pros and cons • Snapchat • Photoandvideomessagingplatformwithexpiringcontent.Userscanshareeventsofthedaywithfriends. • Pros: • Easy touse. • Fun features like photo doodling, captions, andfilters. • Cons: • Content doesn’t completely“disappear” • Snap ChatMapalso has geo location which means your child’s location can be madepublic.

5. Social media • Instagram • Platform to share photos and videos with followers. Users try to gain followers and get content“liked.” • Pros: • Users can send private messages or make accounts private to opt out of Instagram’s typically publicposts. • Cons: • Content is public unless the user changes privacysettings. • Location information can bedisplayed. • There is pressure to be“liked”.

6. Social media • Kik • Messaging platform to send text, images, andvideo. • Pros: • Unlimited Texts are free • Cons: • Strangers can startconversations. • Kik does not monitor or censor usercontent. • Whatsapp • Platform for text, image, video, and audio messaging as well as voice and videocalls. • Pros: • Unlimitedmessages. • Closed groups can be set up with friends andrelatives. • Cons: • The App pushes users to add“friends,” • Your child (and their phone number) can easilybe added to group chats with friends-of-friends without consent.

7. Social media • Others include Facebook, Twitter, Musica.LY, • Most of these are all designed for children of 12+ • Although children may have them so not to feel left out it is so important access is monitored. • TIPS • Make them your friend! • Check their devices • Ensure they are being used in a safe space. • Set high privacy controls on these and do it yourself. • Search them on these websites- They often have a “parent friendly account”…

8. Cyberbullying • 'trolling' - the sending of menacing or upsetting messages on social networks, chat rooms or onlinegames; • excluding children from online games, activities or friendshipgroups; • setting up hate sites or groups about a particularchild; • Impersonating Someone – posting inappropriate content or changing the online profile of the victim. • Creating Websites, Blogs, Polls to embarrass, humiliate or insult avictim. • Video shaming – videoing embarrassing situations and sharing them, “happy Slapping”. • sending explicit messages, also known assexting; • Vaguebooking– starting rumours using subtle posts ortweets. • Sending group texts that criticise one particularindividual

9. Cyberbullying- The biggest risk to our children • Why is Cyberbullying such a risk to ourchildren? • Unlike other risks, we can not protect our children by teaching them a set of simple rules or using a set of broadbandfilters. • Young people share information about themselves on the Internet all of the time. How much of thiscan • be used bybullies? • The vehicles for cyberbullying are changing all thetime. • Because there are so many forms of cyberbullying, victims do not tend to get a break from it. It can be relentless and can affect every part of theirlife. • Online bullying can spiral out of control very quickly. Bullying is defined as “Behaviour by an individual or group, repeated over time”. Other members of the community can become involved very quickly and easily. It is easy to click on “like”. Innocent bystanders are more likely to becomecomplicit

10. Grooming • Groomers can spend time learning about a young person’s interests from their online profiles and then use this knowledge to help them build up arelationship. • It’s easy for groomers to hide their identity online - they may pretend to be a child and then chat and become ‘friends’ with children they aretargeting. • Groomers may lookfor: • usernames or comments that are flirtatious or have asexual meaning; • public comments that suggest a child has low self-esteem or is vulnerable. • Groomers don’t always target a particular child. Sometimes they will send messages to hundreds of young people and wait to see who responds. • Groomers no longer need to meet children in real life to abuse them. Increasingly, groomers are sexually exploiting their victims by persuading them to take part in online sexualactivity

11. Losing Control Over Images and Video • Is this inkpermanent? • Think about how many people you are sharing with and whether they will take care of what youshare. • The BillboardTest. • Before you post something online, think: would you be happy to see it on a billboard where the rest of your school, your parents, your grandparents and neighbours could see it? If not, think twice about sharingonline.

12. Risks of Gaming • Cyberbullies may harass fellow gamers (either people theyknow or online“friends”). • Online gaming platforms could be used for grooming purposes– either for sexual exploitation orradicalization. • Online scam artists may promise virtual goods in an effort toget credit card information e.g. World ofWarcraft • Some game consoles allow internet access as well, so it is important to be aware of their communicationfeatures.

13. Fortnite • 12+ agerating • A strategy survival game – A shoot ‘emup version ofMinecraft. • It combines collecting resources and building with a team based survival game. • It is free if you buy in to Xbox Gold orPlaystation Store • Hundreds of strangers go head to head in a “Last man / teamstanding”competition. • Highlyaddictive • You only have one life. Children can become involved in very high stakes situations. • Reports from parents show that children become very cross if theylose. • Set clear time limits – give your children warningtimes • Have gaming free days/ weekends/holidays • Explore the game with yourchild • Make sure your child plays the game in a place where you can see or hearthem.

14. What is InappropriateContent? • Violent images towards animals or humans • Pornography • Extremism • Gambling • Offensive Language • Headlines • 1.4 Million children access pornography a month • 60% of Children were 14 or under when they first saw pornography online • 25,000 children between 11 and 14 are problem gamblers.

15. FinancialExploitation

16. How do we protect our children from these things?

17. Tips • Keep the computer in a high-traffic area of yourhome. • Establish limits for which online sites children may visit and for how long. • Remember that Internet technology can be mobile, so make sure to monitor mobile phones, gaming devices, andlaptops. • Surf the Internet with your children and let them show you what they like to doonline. • Know who is connecting with your children online and set rules for social networking, instant messaging, e-mailing, online gaming, and usingwebcams. • Check the browser search history on a regularbasis

18. Communication • Be a part of their online life; involve the whole family and show an interest. Find out what sites they visit and what they love aboutthem. • No filter or parental controls tool is 100% effective, and many of the risks that young people face online are because of their own and other’sbehaviour. • Create a family agreement for internet use, such ason • http://www.childnet.com/resources/know-it-all-for-parents/kiafp-cd

19. Family Agreement • I will ALWAYS tell a parent or another adult immediately, if something is confusing or seems scary orthreatening. • I will NEVER give out my full name, real address, telephone number, school name or location, schedule, password, or other identifying information when I'm online. I will check with an adult for anyexceptions. • I will NEVER have a face-to-face meeting with someone I've met online. In rare cases, my parents may decide it's OK, but if I do decide to meet a cyberpal, I will make sure we meet in a public place and that a parent or guardian is withme. • I will NEVER respond online to any messages that use bad words or words that are scary, threatening, or just feel weird. If I get that kind of message, I'll print it out and tell an adult immediately. The adult can then contact the online service or appropriate agency. If I'm uncomfortable in a live chat room, I will use the "ignore"button. • I will NEVER go into a new online area that is going to cost additional money without first asking permissionfrom • my parent orteacher. • I will NEVER send a picture over the Internet or via regular mail to anyone without my parent'spermission. • I will NOT give out a credit card number online without a parentpresent. • YoungPersonDate Parent/GuardianDate

20. Let’stalkabouttheInternet:ConversationStarters–startthese conversationswhileyourchildrenarestillatPrimarySchool. • What are your favourite things to doonline? • What is personal information? Why should you keep itprivate? • What could you do to be saferonline? • What would you do if anyone online asked to meet youface-to-face? • Besides me, who do you feel that you can talk to if you are in a scary or uncomfortable situation? • How many people do you have on your buddy/contact list(s) and who are they? • Have you ever chatted with someone you did not know in real life? What kinds of things did you talkabout? • Do you know how to block others in chat rooms and IM? Can you show me how to dothis? • Go to http://www.netsmartz.org/InternetSafetyfor furtherexamples.

21. ParentalControlsInternetProviders • The 5 big internet providers in the UK – BT, Sky, TalkTalk, Plusnetand Virgin Media - provide their customers with free parental controls. • These providers offer filterlevels • e.g. BT provides ‘light’,‘moderate’ • or ‘strict’ filterlevels. • Parents can: • customise their parentalcontrols. • allow and block specificsites. • set filtertimes. • set limits for timeonline

22. ParentalControlsGaming Devices • Parental controls can also be set up on games consoles, such as Playstation, Xbox and NintendoWii. • Restrict games based on agerating. • Restrict time spent e.g. On the Xbox 360 activate the “Family Timer” to limit the totalamount. • Control your child’s friend requests so you know who they’re playing with online. • Restrict online user-to-user communication and the exchangeof user-generatedcontent.

23. ParentalControlsI-Phones and I-Pads • General ParentalControls • There are tools available which can use to prevent children accessing age-inappropriate apps, films, books, TV shows andwebsites. • Gaming Parental Controls • You can choose settings to prevent children accessing online multiplayer games and to stop them adding “friends”. • To do this, find the parental control settingsand • in the Game Centre section select ‘Off’for • ‘Multiplayer Games’ and ‘AddingFriends’.

24. Whattodoifyourchildseesinappropriate materialonline • Don’t overreact if your child tells you about something they have seen. You might feel shocked and angry but by dealing with it calmly your child will know they can turn to youagain. • Keep records of abusivemessaging. • Report abusive or inappropriate behaviour to the website and if serious, to the police. • If you come across illegal content, such as images of child abuse, you can reportthis • to the Internet Watch Foundation atwww.iwf.org.uk.

25. Useful Websites • www.saferinternet.org.uk/advice-and-resources/a-parents-guide/internet- enabled-devices • www.kidsmart.org.uk/beingsmart • www.childnet.com/resources/parental-controls • https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/Primary/ • http://www.netsmartz.org/Parents

26. Any Questions?