1. Protecting Children Online Dr. Parry Aftab Executive Director The Wiredsafety.org family of sites and programs

2. Six Risks... 1. Information that might be inappropriate for them. 2. Information and products that might be dangerous to them. 3. Stalking and harassment by people (often other children). 4. Giving away important and private information. 5. Being scammed or defrauded when they buy things online. 6. They can be lured by cyber-predators who want to meet them face-to-face or exploit them online.

3. What teens tell us... 12 – 24% meeting Internet strangers in real life 60% engaging in cybersex 40% sharing personal information online they know the rules but don’t follow them they are afraid to trust their parents

4. On May 17 th, our first child was murdered...

5. Tips from teens

6. Awareness...creating safe kids in school programs strategic partnerships, like Disney teen to teen education making it relevant to the teens linking up with scouts, churches and community groups teaching children what to do when things go wrong

7. We will do it together! Creating a wiredkids.org Italy for children in Italy and Italian speaking children Translating and adapting our programs for Italy Being culturally aware Making sure the word “Worldwide” in WWW really stands for everyone!

8. Contacts e-mail me at parry@aftab.comparry@aftab.com visit: –wiredsafety.org –wiredkids.org –wiredpatrol.org –cyberlawenforcement.org