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Family Forum on Online Safety. Presented by Bil Mooney-McCoy Director of Safe Families TechMission, Boston, MA http://safefamiles.org. TechMission Safe Families Program. Focused on protecting children in at-risk communities from pornography and other dangers on the Internet by:
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Family Forumon Online Safety Presented by Bil Mooney-McCoyDirector of Safe Families TechMission, Boston, MA http://safefamiles.org
TechMission Safe Families Program Focused on protecting children in at-risk communities from pornography and other dangers on the Internet by: • Providing training and educational materials for parents, churches, and community organizations in at-risk communities to protect their children online • Distributing over 100,000 copies of free Internet filtering software
TechMission Safe Families Program Safe Families also seeks to empower urban pastors, other leaders, and individuals by providing help for adults and teens struggling with pornography and other media addiction.
Online Risks for Kids • Exposure to “bad stuff” • Unwise Self-Exposure • Cyber Bullying • Phishing • Contact with Predators
Chat Abbreviation Quiz Chat Abbreviation Quiz AFAIK AS FAR AS I KNOW BTW BY THE WAY YT YOU THERE?
Share the Web KIDS: Hook your parents up! PARENTS & MENTORS: Friend your kids! Become IM Buddies! Talk to each other
PORNOGRAPHY & KIDS • 90% of children 8 to16 have viewed pornography on the Internet, in most cases unintentionally (London School of Economics January 2002)
Porn Industry’s Tactics Daily porn emails sent: 2.5 billion Daily porn emails sent per person: 4.5 http://spam-filter-review.toptenreviews.com/spam-statistics.html BREE797: hey, 20/female pics in my profileBREE797: hey, 20/f pics and cam in profileMoney5mike: 16.m.caRfranco626: really coolBREE797: hey, 20/f single, pics in my profileJim991955: IM meJontes32: hello ladies 45 blk m / tnBREE797: hey, 20f pics in my profileBradleybearette: any teenage guys wanna talk to me if so im meVanessa7123: If you are a real person and you want to chat instant message meTmmarty18hunter: hi room any ladies want to chat or trade pics im me please 24/m/mdBREE797: hey, 20/F pics in my profileCTIMM1570: Who the heck is Bree?Sun6126: hi JontesDrewboo9105: 18/fBREE797: hey, 20/F pics in my profilejrelichunter335: 20/m/va Jontes32: hi SunAlistark01: bree is a bot Misleading URL’s have included: MartinLutherKing.com Whitehouse.com Monica.com FoodService.com
Youth Exposure to Pornography 59% of 15-24 year-olds surveyed think seeing pornography on the Internet encourages young people to have sex before they're ready.
Effects of Porn “I am ruined. I am dead on the inside. I am ashamed and embarrassed of what now stimulates me and I know that I am irrevocably changed for the worse. For all practical purposes, Internet porn has destroyed me.” Posted anonymously on Craigslist
Tell a trusted adult if… • You accidentally see something that’s upsetting • You have trouble stopping
Chat Abbreviation Quiz Chat Abbreviation Quiz BFF BEST FRIENDS FOREVER BTDT BEEN THERE, DONE THAT DIKU DO I KNOW YOU?
Posting Inappropriate Pictures http://criminaljustice.state.ny.us/missing/i_safety/mediafiles/bulletin_board.mpg • of yourself • of others
Revealing Personal Info TMI Full Name School Phone Email Schedule http://criminaljustice.state.ny.us/missing/i_safety/mediafiles/everyone_knows_your_name.mpg
CYBERBULLYING http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=8019404
CYBERBULLYING • If you’re bullied, tell an adult right away • Consequences of bullying • arrest • school expulsion or suspension • retaliation • ruined friendships
Chat Abbreviation Quiz Chat Abbreviation Quiz TTYL TALK TO YOU LATER ASL AGE/SEX/LOCATION? JK JUST KIDDING
A Phish Story PHISHING = Stealing information like your Email and Password
While logged into MySpace, you might click on profile or “Pics” and be brought to a page like this: You’re not logged off. This page just makes it looks like you are. By entering your email and password, your account gets “hacked”. Now “you” are posting comments to your friends’ profiles like:
If you get to a login page and you’re already logged in, don’t enter your info. If you’ve been hacked, change your password right away
Chat Abbreviation Quiz Chat Abbreviation Quiz DEGT DON’T EVEN GO THERE GMTA GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE NE1 ANYONE
ONLINE PREDATORS A former University of New Hampshire professor will serve one year in jail and five years of probation for soliciting sex online. A former girls basketball coach faces prison sentence for attempting to solicit sex from minors using the Internet. A Grover Beach man is arrested on suspicion of sexually molesting a 15-year-old after meeting her on MySpace.com. The men used MySpace to communicate with the girls and set up a meeting. [They] allegedly got the girls drunk and [assaulted] two of them, ages 11 and 15.
MySpace Danger example, slide 1 But “Danny’s” picture was also on another web site:
ONLINE PREDATORS “Friends” you don’t know…. “Friends” you don’t know…. • FOR TEENS: • Only friend people you know. • Keep your profile “private”
Never Arrange to Meet Someone You “Friended” Online NETSMARTZKIDS.ORG STAYSAFE.ORG
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Family Forumon Online Safety Presented by Bil Mooney-McCoyDirector of Safe Families TechMission, Boston, MA http://safefamiles.org