Let’s create a better internet together Safer Internet Day 2015 Secondary Assembly #SID2015 #up2us

How does the internet make our lives better?

It is easier to do research Global contact and understanding Instantly updated with world events and the news. Communication with family, friends and relatives is faster Savings on travel and holiday cost Online shopping!! Online campaigns to make the world a better place ……………………………………

Making the world a better place The internet also makes lots of people’s lives better on an even bigger scale

Making the world a better place Wake Up to Syria - UNICEF

Some of the key risks online

Key online risks Identity Theft Grooming

Joanna and Sarah were walking home from school when they both received the same Whatsapp message. They opened it to see an inappropriate picture of a girl in their class, Rebecca. They were embarrassed to see it but they didn’t know what to do as it was from a number they didn’t know. Then they received a follow-up message that said ‘If you don’t forward this on to at least 4 people, I will tell everyone you were the one who sent the photo of Rebecca’. What should they do? Scenario 1

Instead of sending the photo on, what should Joanna and Sarah do with the message instead? Think how can they support Rebecca in other ways? What do you think?

George is applying for a Saturday job and everyone at school knows that he has a questionable online reputation. He doesn’t have any privacy settings on his social networking sites, such as Instagram and Facebook, and most of his messaging is full of swearing/obscenities Sometimes he even boasts on social media about how he does as little school work as possible and gets his older brother to do his homework1. George doesn’t think about his actions online and doesn’t think it will have an effect on his life offline. Scenario 2

How can you help George understand how his actions online can affect his life offline? Have you ever thought about your online reputation and how it can affect your future? Are you aware of your online reputation and the things you can do to protect it? Do you think it would ever prevent you from getting a job or college place in the future? How do you think George can create a better reputation online? What do you think?

Whose responsibility is it to make the internet a better place? Industry? School? Your parents and family? You!

Case Study on Cyberbullying 15-year-old schoolgirl Lain Lerouge was contacted through Facebook by a professional footballer. The player, who starred for a Football League club, was already friends on the social networking website with mutual acquaintances. After their initial internet meeting, she and the 19-year-old player developed a closer relationship, chatting every day via their accounts and even talking regularly on the phone. Lain, from Birmingham, said: "We just had normal, friendly chats. He would ask: what are you studying? Where are you from?“ Even when he declared his love for her and asked her to send naked pictures of herself, she had no reason to doubt his identity. "I refused but then we'd talk on the phone. I know that I never met him and didn't really know him, but if you chat to someone a lot you sort of feel like you know them. He seemed so normal," she said. It quickly emerged that someone, had set up a fake profile with pictures they had secretly downloaded from the account of a very real professional player. For her part, Lain said she simply felt embarrassed when she discovered she had been duped.

Lain's experience is by no means an isolated case. Campaigners warn that growing numbers of children and teenagers are being bullied or even lured into sexual exchanges through bogus online profiles. Richard Piggin, deputy chief executive of Beatbullying, said: "Young people have told us about this alarming trend of fake profiles being used on social networking platforms to cyber bully and to engage in sexual bullying. “ In a survey carried out by the anti-bullying charity, it discovered that nearly one-third of the 500 young people questioned say they have had a fake profile made about them on a social networking site. A further 65 per cent said they knew someone else who had been impersonated through a phoney account.

How to keep your self safe. Some Golden Rules Don't give out personal information such as your address or phone number. Don’t send pictures of yourself to anyone, especially indecent pictures. Don't open s or attachments from people you don't know. Don't become online ‘friends’ with people you don't know. Never arrange to meet someone in person who you've met online. If anything you see or read online worries you, tell someone about it.

Internet safety More help and advice There are many websites offering information and support on internet safety, both for young people and adults. Here are some of them: Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre CEOP is the UK's national police agency for protecting young people online. You can get help and advice on a range of subjects and can report directly to CEOP if you are worried about someone's behaviour towards you online. Think U Know Thinkuknow is run by CEOP and has information for young people between the ages of 5-16, parents and resources for professionals to teach internet safety. KidSMART A site from Childnet International with all sorts of information about being smart online. Chat Danger This site explains how to stay safe in different forms of online chat including mobiles, internet messenger and gaming. Click Clever Click Safe Information from GOV.UK with advice about staying safe online using the simple ‘Zip it, Block it, Flag it’ system. It's a joint venture with the UK Council for Child Internet Safety. Get Safe Online A site explaining the basics of safe surfing including how to protect your PC and avoiding internet crime.