Brandlehow Online Safety 9 th February 2016

Aims of this talk To highlight internet usage of children at Brandlehow and nationally To highlight some of the risks children face on- line To think about the implications of children’s (and our!) digital footprint To provide information on what you can do to support your children on-line

What are Brandlehow children accessing the internet on?

Where do children in London access the internet?

Are they using the internet on their own?

Where do Brandlehow children access the internet? 50% of children at Brandlehow have their own devices to access the internet.

What are Brandlehow children doing on-line?

What are their favourite games?

What risks do children face on-line? Content Exposure to inappropriate content, including online pornography, ignoring age rating in games Lifestyle websites (pro-anorexia/self-harm/hate sites) Content validation: how to check accuracy of online content Contact Cyberbullying Grooming Identity theft (including ‘frape’) Conduct Digital footprint Sexting Copyright

Where do these risks come from? Mobiles Social Networking Gaming Forums s Sexting 24/7

Grooming Bribery and gifts Flattery Sexualised games Threats Blackmail Desensitisation – pornography, child abuse images, video and web cams may be used

Have you ever made friends with children you don’t know on-line? (Brandlehow children)

What to do?

Cyberbullying

The problems It is an invasion of personal space for young people and is all encompassing and penetrating. The audience can be large, reached rapidly and can be unknown It is easier for perpetrators to remain anonymous through the online world or masquerade as another person The target of bullying can be anyone as physical and other factors do not come into play. Often young people who engage in cyberbullying get involved in an unintentional way. There is a disconnection as they are removed from the face to face. There is an evidence trail in the online world therefore there is the ability to track people

The solution.... There is an evidence trail in the online world therefore there is the ability to track people Talk about it. Places children can go for help:

Tips to help with cyberbullying 1.Don’t deny access to technology: this may prevent your child from speaking to you about cyberbullying. When we asked a group of pupils about why they wouldn’t tell someone, if they were being cyberbullied, their main response was that they were worried the technology that they use on a daily basis would be taken away from them. 2.Discuss cyberbullying with your child: explore the tools available together and know how to report nasty messages.how to report 3.Save the evidence: encourage your child to save the evidence of any messages they receive. This is so they have something to show when they do report the cyberbullying. 4.Don’t reply: most of the time the bully is looking for a reaction when they’re teasing or calling someone nasty names. Tell your child not to reply, if they do they’re giving the bully exactly what they want. Instead, they should tell someone about what they have seen.

Harmful content Intentional and non-intentional Illegal and age inappropriate Illegal includes: Race hate Child abuse images Age inappropriate includes: Pornography Inappropriate games Pro-self harm and anorexia sites Gambling sites

Dialogue is important… “When I was 5 I had a friends’ older brother show me and my friend porn. That’s how I learned about sex, as my mum had to talk to me about it at age 5 and be like, “what you saw was this”... I don’t think it was a scarring experience at all but I think it was how she talked to me about it after that made it okay.” - Young ambassador from Brook

Top tips: 1.Have age-appropriate conversations 2.Give children strategies for dealing with anything inappropriate online (for example, close the laptop) 3.Make sure your children know they can turn to you 4.Check out available parental control tools

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

Information on games reviews

Knowledge vs. fact

Digital footprint The information we put online leaves ‘footprints’ Young people can easily identified or traced Once information is online it is hard to remove – it can be copied, cached etc and may be around forever Information about individuals is not just stored on their profiles – friends, family contacts....

Youth Police Commissioner, Paris Brown, Apologises For Racist And Homophobic Tweets PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted: 07/04/ :16 BST | Updated: 07/04/ :23 BST

Security settings Home security – computer software vs. ISP security Mobile security – parental locks vs. Provider security

Internet Matters d-resources

Home security – computer software

Browser security

ISP security Broadband providers offer the ability to set network level parental controls on your home broadband network. They work on every device that is connected to your broadband network.

Internet Matters nded-resources

Sky’s security ratings

Mobile parental locks

Service providers

Useful websites /security-software/ /security-software/ _controls.html#recommended-resources _controls.html#recommended-resources

Any questions?