1. e-Safety Safe use of the Internet & technologies

2. Objectives of this presentation Raise awareness about: a)The nature of the risks b)How you can help children remain safe

8. Spot the risk! Make a safe choice! What can you do ?

9. Help your child identify the risks and adopt safer behaviours. In the same way as you do with: water, electricity, roads, railways, etc What can you do ?

10. Nature of the risks Do you know what your children are doing online ? Do You Know?

11. Developed by the EUKids Online project: Hasenbrink, Livingstone, Haddon, Kirwil and Ponte, 2007 Nature of the risks

12. Would you let your children watch TV late at night? Would you let your children watch films rated 18? Why not? Content of Games

13. Taking DrugsSexism Guns Violence Killing War Theft Murder Torture Prostitution Zombies Monsters Swearing Racism Content of Games Knifing BAD STUFF Rape

14. Content of Games PEGI labels appear on front & back of the packaging. They provide a reliable indication of the suitability of the game contents.

15. PEGI 18 The adult classification is applied when the level of violence reaches a stage where it becomes a depiction of gross violence and/or includes elements of specific types of violence. Gross violence is the most difficult to define since it can be very subjective in many cases, but in general terms it can be classed as the depictions of violence that would make the viewer feel a sense of revulsion. PEGI 16 This rating is applied once the depiction of violence and / or sexual activity reaches a stage that looks the same as would be expected in real life. More extreme bad language, the concept of the use of tobacco and drugs and the depiction of criminal activities can be content of games that are rated 16. Content of Games

16. Developed by the EUKids Online project: Hasenbrink, Livingstone, Haddon, Kirwil and Ponte, 2007 Nature of the risks BAD STUFF

17. Suffered in silence

19. Do not suffer in silence Don’t reply / respond BLOCK KEEP the evidence TELL someone REPORT it GET HELP!! What should victims do?

20. Developed by the EUKids Online project: Hasenbrink, Livingstone, Haddon, Kirwil and Ponte, 2007 Nature of the risks

21. Social Networking

23. Adopt identity of a young person / Build trust Conversations of sexual nature / flirting View / Share sexual images / video Gathering information: hobbies, locations / movements, email, phone, Suggest to meet / go to a place Threats to extort more extreme material (or worse) Online predators start as friends and then gain influence & control. : Online Grooming Behaviour BAD STUFF

24. Pretended he was a young person. Chatted to young children over long periods of time (sometimes years!) Gained their trust and arranged to meet children as young as 11.

27. Real name Home Address Email address Phone numbers Location Photos / Video / Webcam Places frequented: School (photo of uniform) Friends’ details What’s the problem? Becky / Consequences? (TIME?)

29. Risks of Location Services

31. What’s wrong with putting this photo online?

32. Target for street robbery Share location unwittingly Take & share photos / videos of self What’s the risk?

33. Take images / video on a Smartphone Sent to friend Shared on Internet Stolen from social network sites No control over images ALL images / video can be captured ( Webcam / Skype)

34. Risk cannot be totally eradicated “As safe as possible, for as many as possible, for as much of the time as possible” We don’t want to stop children from using the internet; we want them to know the risks and make safe choices. The nature of online risks?

35. Guidance for Parents ChildNet ~ “Know it All”

36. Thinkuknow.co.uk

39. G = Ground rules What is OK / not OK What information should kept private O = Online Safety Keep Antivirus & Spyware software up to date Other security protection L = Location Keep computer in a busy area Not in the bedroom D = Dialogue Talk with your children Learn from each other GOLDEN RULES GOLD

40. ? Good Luck Any Questions