TEENANGELS.ORG a program of WiredSafety.org Parry Aftab Brittany Joey Emma Brian Patrick
What are TeenAngels? Teens helping others 13-18, and now tweenangels and alumni Experts in: –Cybercrime –Cyberabuse –Information literacy –Privacy and security –Technology and communication Training the trainers
What do Kids do Online? Communicate Gaming Searching Schoolwork Entertainment E-Commerce and buying decisions Downloading media Learn
IMing…it’s their Life! Which application do their friends use? Yahoo!, MSN and AIM Trillian, cross-platform communication Managing their buddylists Blocking and controlling communications Away messages
Dangers Kids Face (and pose to others) Online
Online Predators Katie, Nashville, Margaret 100% preventable Georgina and telling your mom Kids being killed Even one is too many!
Kids are Different Online 60% of teen girls polled admitted to having cybersex 12-14% admitted to meeting Internet friends offline (but 14% and 24% stats from Family PC study) 60% admitted to acting out online- swearing, cyber-bullying, cyberabuse Cyberstalking for fun…it’s virtual
Cyber-Bullying Posing as each other Hacking or guessing passwords Signing each other up for SPAM/porn, etc. The bathroom stall wall – 700 million people wide Forwarding and posting sexual images Posting and sharing private messages
Pictures and Video Surveillance Sharing personal images Porn Cyber-bullying Predators Privacy issues Schools
Kids as Internet Consumers
None of your business! How kids fill out forms How old are they? addresses Bill Gates, Frank Sinatra and Benjamin Franklin But “rent a coder” and credibility Not until you really need it!
Earning their Trust!
Whom do you Trust? Brands online and offline Government vs. commercial sites Notice clear and concise Don’t trick us Have a good reason and share it Personally identifiable vs. non-PII Opt-in vs. Opt-out
R-E-S-P-E-C-T! Aretha said it best!! –Respect our personal space and bandwidth! Tell us: –What you are doing –How you are doing it –Why you’re doing it –What’s in it for us? Don’t talk down to us
Online Brands Microsoft vs. everyone else Yahoo! And Google G-Mail Apple vs. Microsoft MTV, Johnson & Johnson, Disney, AOL, the Gap Double-Click
Lying to Kids Kids expect to be lied to… They weigh the benefits against the risk Hate being marketed to and bothered Don’t read the policies and make decisions based on trusted brand Never give a second chance
TeenAngels and You!
Getting kids involved 70 million online Kid-power and Nag-factor buying decisions COPPA issues Advisory boards and focus groups Ask the kids!
TeenAngels…supporting our work Advisors, sharing your expertise Guiding us to the right people Sponsoring a chapter Sponsoring a video or webpage Linking to or using our content In-kind or funding contributions Fellowships Hosting conference
What we need… Website development help Video equipment and software Printing Travel and accomodations Introductions Video and multi-media production Public relations and government relations support
Reaching us… Through Parry – Teenangels.org not.com!!! WiredSafety.org