1. INTERNET SAFETY and Social Networking
Joseph A. Pierce
Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office
School Resource Officer
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2. Objectives of the Presentation
Define social networking
Learn at least three facts about online socializing
View examples of social networking sites
Learn safety tips for youth
Learn safety tips to share with other students
Discover the resources available for safe social networking
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3. What is social networking?
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Social networking sites provide teens and young adults with a virtual environment where they share stories, pictures, videos, and participate in chat rooms with friends and acquaintances.
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Facts and Figures
About 45,000,000 American children ages 10 to 17 are currently estimated to be online, spending hours everyday at their computers.
60 percent of teens have received or instant messages from perfect strangers and 63 percent of those teens responded.
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6. Facts and Figures continued
As of 2005, there were more than 300 known social networking sites.
One in 17 children reported being threatened or harassed while using the Internet.
One in five child Internet users has received unwanted solicitations and only one in four has told his or her parents.
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7. Examples of Social Networking Sites
MYSPACE.com
FACEBOOK.com
MSN Spaces - blogging, networking, and communities
Piczo.com - teenagers
BEBO.com
Instant Messaging Services
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8. Tips for Safe Online Social Networking
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9. Tips for Socializing Safely
Think about how different sites work before deciding to join a site.
Make sure your screen name doesn’t reveal too much about you.
Keep some control over the information you post.
Keep vital information to yourself.
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10. Tips for Socializing Safely Online continued
Don’t flirt with strangers online.
Post only information that you are comfortable with others seeing and knowing about you.
Remember, once your information is posted, you can’t take it back. Someone can forward this information and millions of people have access.
DO NOT post your picture.
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More Tips for Youth
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Tips for Youth
Remember, your profile is on a public space.
People aren’t always who they say they are.
Harassment, hate speech, and inappropriate content should be reported. Tell your parents or an adult if this happens.
Don’t mislead people into thinking that you’re older or younger than you really are.
Don’t post anything that would embarrass you later.
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13. Tips for Youth continued
Always follow your family’s rules for using the Internet.
Don’t open up s, files, or web pages that you get from people you don’t really know or trust.
Don’t ever do anything that could cost your family money unless your parents are there to help you do it.
Don’t ever give out your password.
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Websites
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IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY:
MAN SENTENCED IN FEDERAL COURT FOR INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN Criminal Defendants Sentenced to Federal Prison in Child Pornography Possession and Online Enticement Cases
ASHEVILLE, NC - Sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Asheville was David Bruce Jenkins, 48, of Monroe, North Carolina. Jenkins was sentenced to 262 months (more than 21 years) in federal prison. Jenkins was charged in a one count federal indictment in 2008 with online enticement (using a computer via the Internet to knowingly attempt to entice an individual, whom he believed had not yet attained the age of 18, to engage in criminal sexual activity).
Jenkins had traveled to the Asheville area to have sex with a person he believed to be an 11-year-old girl. Further according to information brought out at the hearing, Jenkins traveled to the meet location where an officer with the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office attempted to perform a vehicle stop. Jenkins refused to stop and led law enforcement on a minute vehicle chase, before stopping. Upon his arrest, he was found to be in possession of two guns and some knives.
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Reporting Trouble
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17. Whom To Contact for Help
Parents
Local Police
There is no national agency that deals with every type of Internet crime. Your local law enforcement is your best first resource.
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18. 911 Deputy Joseph Pierce Buncombe County Sheriff’s office,
Detective Jeff Sluder
Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office
911
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Resources
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wikipedia.org
U.S. Department of Justice
Pew Internet project, LA Times,
myspace.com
GetNetWise.com
Detective Jeff Sluder- Buncombe County Sheriff’s
Office- Computer Crimes Unit/ ICAC Task Force
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