Safer use of Social Networking sites Keeping yourself safe on line

Aims of lesson By the end of the session students will be able to: Set the security settings on their Facebook account to a sufficiently high level Identify what information it is not appropriate to have on public view Describe what the consequences might be of putting inappropriate information or pictures online

Personal information How do people communicate with each other on line? 1990 v 2015 What sites do they use?

How secure are you Log on to Facebook Click on ‘your name’ at the top of the page

Click on the Settings tab (next to Activity log) and click ‘view as’.

Questions to think about What information can strangers see about you? What could they do with this information? Name Address Date of birth Your friends Pictures of you Your posts

How to keep your information secure Click on ‘your name’ at the top of the page Click on ‘Update info’

Next to each of the headings check who the information can be seen by (public/friends/friends of friends It should really be set to ‘friends’

Click on ‘Friends’ Click on ‘edit’ Change option to ‘friends’

Remember to ‘save’ Click ‘Photos’ Click on ‘Manage Sections’

Untick any of the boxes to hide that section Click ‘save’

Click on the ‘see all’ button next to ‘Shared with’ Select ‘public’ to see what pictures are able to be viewed by the public

Additional security Click the lock symbol next to your home page

Click ‘who can see my stuff’ Who can see my future posts Select’ friends’

Click on the icon at the top of the page next to ‘Home’ Click on ‘Privacy Settings’

On left hand side of the page click on ‘Timeline and tagging’

Check that each of the settings are set to ‘friends’ Change the setting on ‘Reviewing posts friends tag you in’ and ‘Review tags people add’ to ‘ON 'by clicking on ‘Edit’ and then changing the drop down menu to ‘Enabled’

Additional security continued When you write a status update and include someone else’s name, anyone who has access to their page can see yours too If you tag your location (called ‘checking in’) people can see exactly where you are. Why might that be a problem?

KA13 7HE TEST Steve’s childhood postcode was How quickly can you find what his house looked like

Type the postcode or address into Google

Click on the marker (‘A’)

What should you do if someone abuses you on FB BLOCK!! Report Do not respond back If you use threatening or abusive language then you could get into trouble with the police Anything written online is seen to be the same as being said in person

Inappropriate content Pictures or reference to guns/weapons Pictures or reference to drugs or using drugs e.g.” I got so mashed last night” Pictures or reference to anything illegal e.g. the person who posted pictures of himself and all the items he stole during the riots Pictures or posts with a sexual content, especially if anyone involved is under age Remember that you lose control of anything you put online as soon as you send it, even if you delete the original from your own computer/phone Think before sending someone a picture/video of yourself or allowing someone to take a picture or video of you. Would you want your gran to see what you are posting (or what other people are posting about you)? Posting anything on line which is illegal (pictures of you taking what could be drugs; comments or pictures suggesting sexual conduct with someone under age; threats to others) may result in you being arrested/prosecuted Remember that it is very easy to get evidence of any unpleasant comments or bullying which is done online

Consequences The whole world can see what you have been up to including: Family Friends Other people at College Teachers Potential employers You might permanently ruin your reputation You could get into trouble at College You could get into trouble with the Police