1. The Internet
TEACHERS
PARENTS
PREDATORS
YOU
LAW ENFORCEMENT

2. Internet Safety Instant Messaging E-Mail
Snapchat, Twitter, Kik, Instagram, Tinder, Vine
Blue Whale Suicide Game
Picture Websites
Blogs
Online Gaming
Chat Rooms
Identity Theft
Reputation, Job Opportunities

3. Don't forget that your Social Media Forums are public spaces.
People aren't always who they say they are. Be careful about adding strangers to your friends list.
Harassment, hate speech and inappropriate content should be reported.
Don't post anything that would embarrass you later. Don't mislead people into thinking that you're older or younger.

4. Social Media
Social media are sites such as Tinder, Snapchat, Blendr, Kik, Ask.fm, Down, Vine, Twitter, Instagram, Reddit and others.
If you use social media or texting to Harass or Threaten any person, it is a CRIME!
Harassment is Intentionally annoying, alarming, abusing, tormenting or embarrassing another person.

5. Social Media Continued…
It is a Class B misdemeanor.
Terroristic Threat is when a person threatens to harm any person and the threat places that person in fear of being hurt. It is a Class B misdemeanor.

6. Do Not Give Out Personal Information:
Full name
Home address
Phone number
Social Security number
Passwords
Names of family members
Credit card numbers
Remember: Once it’s out there, you can’t take it back!

7. Tips Use the privacy settings Be choosy about your “friends”
Remember, privacy doesn’t exist!

8. 7 Steps to Good Digital Parenting
Talk with your kids
Stay Calm
Talk early and often
Be open and direct
2. Educate Yourself
Search online for anything you don’t know or understand
Tryout the apps and games for yourself
Explore the Good Digital Parenting website for tips
3. Use Parental Controls
Activate the safety settings in your operating system, search engines & games
Use parental controls on your child’s phone, tablet and game controls
Monitor your child’s use and their screen time
4. Set Ground Rules and apply Sanctions
Agree and sign a family safety contract
Set time and place limits for their tech use
Enforce sanctions when necessary

9. 7 Steps to Good Digital Parenting
5. Friend and follow but don’t stalk
Friend your child on social media
Respect their space and don’t over do it
Encourage your kids to create a good digital reputation
6. Explore, Share and Celebrate
Go online with your child and explore the online world
Take advantage of new ways of communicating
Learn from them and have fun
7. Be a Good Digital Role Model
Curb your own bad digital habits
Know when to unplug
Show your child how to collaborate and create online
Sponsored by Family Online Safety Institute – Good Digital Parenting
Fosi.org/parenting

10. A Few Resources GuardingKids.com Commonsensemedia.org Netzsmartz.org
Themoreyouknow.com
Check out the following apps for safety
Net Nanny
Teen Safe
MMGuardian
Mobile Guardian
Phone Sheriff
My Mobile Watchdog
Qustodio
Mobile Spy

11. Vaults
KYMS
KYMS

12. Sexting
Sending and receiving sexually explicit images or messages, primarily between mobile devices.
P.C. Chapter Electronic Transmission of Certain Visual Material Depicting Minor
Penalty
Class C Misdemeanor

13. Improper Photography
Taking someone’s picture or video without permission, with intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person. Or
Taking someone’s picture or video without permission, in a bathroom or dressing room with intent to invade privacy, is a Felony!

14. Online Predators

15. The Internet Allows Pedophiles:
  Instant access to other predators worldwide;   Open discussion of their sexual desires;   Shared ideas about ways to lure victims;   Mutual support of their adult-child sex philosophies;   Instant access to potential child victims worldwide;   Disguised identities for approaching children, even       to the point of presenting as a member of teen groups;   Ready access to "teen chat rooms" to find out how and who       to target as potential victims;   Means to identify and track down home contact information;   Ability to build a long-term "Internet" relationship       with a potential victim, prior to attempting to engage       the child in physical contact.

16. Online Predators…
Know the latest music and hobbies likely to interest kids
Listen to and sympathize with kids' problems.
Try to ease young people's inhibitions by gradually introducing sexual content into their conversations or by showing them sexually explicit material.
Might also evaluate the kids they meet online for future face-to-face contact.

17. Online Predators…
Online predators rarely swoop in and lure children or teens into quickly meeting at the local park and then abducting them. Instead, they build a relationship with the child online and slowly develop trust.
Find kids through social networking, blogs, chat rooms, instant messaging, , discussion boards, and other websites.
Seduce their targets through attention, affection, kindness, and even gifts.

18. So it is Risky…. … to give out personal information
… to establish relationships
… to suggestion to meet someone face to face
… to get into arguments (face book, IM)
… because you may become a victim of …
Offending
Provoking
Stalking
Threatening
Harassing
Sexual abusing

19. Cyber Bullying
Sending mean messages or threats to a person's account or cell phone
Spreading rumors online or through texts
Posting hurtful or threatening messages on social networking sites or web pages
Stealing a person's account information to break into their account and send damaging messages
Pretending to be someone else online to hurt another person
Taking unflattering pictures of a person and spreading them through cell phones or the Internet
Sexting, or circulating sexually suggestive pictures or messages about a person

21. Statistics…
61% of year olds have a profile on a social networking site (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Vine, etc.)
44% have been contacted by a stranger
20% have been solicited sexually by a stranger
75% don’t tell a parent
14% have actually met face to face with a person they met online
71% have received messages from someone they know
45% have been asked for personal information from people they don’t know
The number of kids having their identity stolen through a social networking site is rising each year

22. How to protect yourself…
Never download images from an unknown source-they could be sexually explicit.
Use filters.
Tell an adult immediately if anything that happens online makes you feel uncomfortable or frightened.

23. How to Protect Yourself…
Choose a gender-neutral screen name that doesn't contain sexually suggestive words or reveal personal information.
Never reveal personal information about yourself (including age and gender) or information about your family to anyone online. Don’t fill out online personal profiles.
Stop any communication, instant messaging conversations, or chats if anyone starts to ask questions that are too personal or sexually suggestive.

24. Questions????