NORFOLK ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN Patricia A. Snell, MA and Amanda S. Wolfe, MPH Education Consultants Norfolk Advocates for Children Norfolk District Attorney’s Office

THE INTERNET EVERYTHING IS PUBLIC CAN’T CONTROL WHO SAVES OR FORWARDS YOUR PHOTOS, VIDEO, TEXTS, EMAILS OR POSTS APPS. | EASY ACCESS WWW.NORFOLKADVOCATESFORCHILDREN.COM

RELATIONAL AGGRESSION RUMORS WWW.NORFOLKADVOCATESFORCHILDREN.COM

CYBER-BULLYING text, email, blogs, Facebook WWW.NORFOLKADVOCATESFORCHILDREN.COM

THINK BEFORE YOU POST PRIVACY SETTINGS USER AGREEMENTS Please add twitter logos and logos from other social media sites (from previous slide) and include pinterest. Also please make a bolded line that says “User Agreements” WWW.NORFOLKADVOCATESFORCHILDREN.COM

SEXTING DEFINED WWW.NORFOLKADVOCATESFORCHILDREN.COM

RESPECT YOURSELF & OTHERS WILL RESPECT YOU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llUWnPQyVwQ WWW.NORFOLKADVOCATESFORCHILDREN.COM

ISSUES WITH SEXTING CONSEQUENCES LEGAL CONSEQUENCES No control over where the photo(s) or videos go Could lead to online harassment, cyberbullying, or teen dating violence Social humiliation and damage to your reputation School consequences suspension / expulsion LEGAL CONSEQUENCES WWW.NORFOLKADVOCATESFORCHILDREN.COM

YES! ARE STUDENTS GETTING INTO TROUBLE? WWW.NORFOLKADVOCATESFORCHILDREN.COM

CURRENT CONVICTIONS LEGAL CONSEQUENCES Production, promotion, possession, and dissemination of child pornography Disorderly conduct Illegal use of a minor in nudity-orientated material Open and gross lewdness Sexual abuse of children LEGAL CONSEQUENCES WWW.NORFOLKADVOCATESFORCHILDREN.COM

THINK BEFORE YOU FORWARD A PHOTO OR VIDEO Who is charged? A.H. v. State, Florida Child pornography conviction Philip Alpert, Florida Felony charges sending child pornography State v. Canal, Iowa Obscenity conviction Yuri Wright Lost football scholarship due to racist and sexually graphic tweets WWW.NORFOLKADVOCATESFORCHILDREN.COM

HOW THIS CAN IMPACT YOUR FUTURE School/Legal Consequences Losing positions of leadership Blocked access to future schools/college Denied scholarships Lost employment opportunities Can be used against you as you try to advance throughout adulthood WWW.NORFOLKADVOCATESFORCHILDREN.COM

DEALING WITH SEXTING OR CYBERHARRASSMENT DON’T RESPOND REPORT ABUSE TALK TO SOMEONE WWW.NORFOLKADVOCATESFORCHILDREN.COM

SEXTING & TEEN DATING VIOLENCE Sexting falls into the new category of “digital abuse” and can be used to control someone in a relationship 1/5 high school girls and 1/13 high school boys experience teen dating violence before graduating from high school WWW.NORFOLKADVOCATESFORCHILDREN.COM

SEXTING & TEEN DATING VIOLENCE One person may force or threaten a person with consequences if they do not send explicit photos If a relationship ends, one person may spread the existing photos to other people to get back at the person who ended the relationship, or to blackmail the person who is trying to end the relationship WWW.NORFOLKADVOCATESFORCHILDREN.COM

REAL LIFE POSTS WWW.NORFOLKADVOCATESFORCHILDREN.COM

THINK BEFORE YOU FORWARD A PHOTO OR VIDEO When you receive a text, you do not know the context of what was going on when that picture was taken: -could the person have been pressured or forced to send the pic? -could the person have been intoxicated when they took this picture? -could the person in the pic not even have known that a photo was being taken? WWW.NORFOLKADVOCATESFORCHILDREN.COM

RESPONDING TO INAPPROPRIATE TEXTS OR REQUESTS FOR PHOTOS WWW.NORFOLKADVOCATESFORCHILDREN.COM

TRY A NON-SEXT RESPONSE SOMETHING FUNNY… WWW.NORFOLKADVOCATESFORCHILDREN.COM

TRY A NON-SEXT RESPONSE SOMETHING FUNNY… WWW.NORFOLKADVOCATESFORCHILDREN.COM

TRY A SERIOUS RESPONSE Stress your discomfort: “I’m way too uncomfortable doing that.” Emphasize feelings: “If you really cared for me, you wouldn’t ask me to do that.” Change the subject: “Um let’s do something else, ok?” Call them out: “Nope, not gonna do anything illegal just to excite you.” WWW.NORFOLKADVOCATESFORCHILDREN.COM

PLACES TO GET HELP www.athinline.com www.thatsnotcool.com www.Loveisrespect.org DOVE, local domestic violence agency www.dovema.org WWW.NORFOLKADVOCATESFORCHILDREN.COM