Internet Safety for Children Under 13

1. Internet Safety for ChildrenUnder 13 By: Laketia Allen, LaQuita Samuel, Latoya Simon-Henderson “Kids don’t realize how important their important their privacy is and how dangerous this information can be in the wrong hands” -Perry Aftab

2. Introduction The Internet is a huge place for children to expend division of their time. As long as their time online is poised with other essential activities - playing outside, reading, creative activities, spending time with friends and family the Internet can be entertaining and beneficial. LaQuita Samuel

3. What is internet safety? Retaining anonymity on the Internet by never giving out a physical address, phone number, social security number or driver's license unless it is a government Web site. ehow.com LaQuita Samuel

4. Internet Risks • Unsafe individuals • Harmful content • Illegal activities • Sexual Predators • Misinformation and Hidden Messages • Loss of Privacy • Development of Childhood Behavior Disorders • Distribution of Pornography LaQuita Samuel

5. Online Risks face by Children • Spending too much time online. • Posting or sending personal contact information or material that could damage their reputation or place them at risk. • Communicating with strangers in personal communication environments. • Receiving or sending hurtful messages. • Accidentally accessing pornography or other damaging material. • Being profiled and targeted with advertising. LaQuitaSamuel Isafe.com

6. Internet Benefits • Educational Opportunities • Reading Skills • Communication • Research • Entertainment LaQuita Samuel

7. What is CIPA? • The Children’s Internet Protection Act • is a federal law enacted by Congress to address concerns about access to offensive content over the Internet on school and library computers. LaQuitaSamuel fbi.gov

8. Requirements of CIPA • Schools and libraries subject to CIPA may not receive the discounts offered by the E-rate program unless they certify that they have an Internet safety policy that includes technology protection measures. • Schools subject to CIPA are required to adopt and enforce a policy to monitor online activities of minors. Fbi.gov LaQuitaSamuel

9. Requirements of CIPA continued • The protection measures must block or filter Internet access to pictures that are: (a) obscene, (b) child pornography, or (c) harmful to minors (for computers that are accessed by minors). Before adopting this Internet safety policy, schools and libraries must provide reasonable notice and hold at least one public hearing or meeting to address the proposal. LaQuitaSamuel Fbi.gov

10. What is C.O.P.A? • Child Online Protection Act • COPA imposes criminal penalties of a $50,000 fine and six months in prison for the knowing posting, for “commercial purposes,” of World Wide Web content that is “harmful to minors.” • Material that is “harmful to minors” is defined as:“any communication, picture, image, graphic image file, article, recording, writing, or other matter of any kind that is • COPA is the second attempt by Congress to make the Internet safe for minors by criminalizing certain speech. LaQuita Samuel

11. What is C.O.P.A?continued • Material that is “harmful to minors” is defined as:“any communication, picture, image, graphic image file, article, recording, writing, or other matter of any kind that is • COPA is the second attempt by Congress to make the Internet safe for minors by criminalizing certain speech. LaQuitaSamuel Fbi.gov

12. Why is it important to have internet safety? Latoya S. Henderson

13. Reasons to be safe when using the internet • Pornography-it is available on many sites and sometimes are on websites that sound very popular. • Predators-they prey on young children and lure them to dangerous places, disguises themselves as other children. LaToyaS.Henderson

14. Reasons to be safe when using the internet continued • Scams-their identity can be stolen or they can give away money to an email scam. • Viruses-they can take over your computer and cause it to shutdown. They can be in an email or attached to an innocent web link.

15. Reasons to be safe when using the internet continued • Cyber Bullying-communicating harmful, violent, and/or malicious words and or pictures through the means of technology. • Cyber Stalker-threatening behavior or unwanted advances using the internet and other forms of online and computer communications. LaToyaS.Henderson

16. Software • Being safe on the Internet requires understanding the kinds of software that can attack your computer • Knowing how to avoid being tricked by other kinds of attacks, which attempt to fool you into releasing private information to the attacker • The right combination of strong security software, and knowing when it’s a scammer contacting you will keep you safe.LaToyaS.Henderson ehow.com

17. Two broad categories of internet-based attacks • Technical attacks-targets your computer, usually without your knowledge. Technical attacks can be prevented with security software. Malware attempts to take over your computer with invisible background programs • Social attacks-harder to prevent, because their entire aim is to make you believe you are emailing a trusted party or using a trusted website, when you are actually communicating with your attacker. LaToyaS.Henderson Ehow.com

18. Rules to help you be safe while using the internet. • Do not give out your personal, such as your address, telephone number, or name and location of your school. • Tell your parents if you see any information on your computer that makes you feel uncomfortable. • Never agree to get together with someone you meet without checking with your parents first. • Never give out your internet password to no one other than your parents. (Not even your best friends) • Check with your parents before downloading or installing any software. LaToya S Henderson

19. Tell a friend about the importance of internet safety • 70% of kids between 8-18 have accidentally stumbled onto a pornographic website • 79% of unwanted pornographic exposure occurs at home • 64% of pre-teens say they do things online that they don’t want their parents to know about. LaToyaS.Henderson Ehow.com

20. Statics • One in 5 youth received a sexual approach or solicitation over the Internet in the past year. • One in 33 youth received an aggressive sexual solicitation in the past year. This means a predator asked a young person to meet somewhere, called a young person on the phone, and/or sent the young person correspondence, money, or gifts through the U.S. Postal Service. • One in 4 youth had an unwanted exposure in the past year to pictures of naked people or people having sex. • One in 17 youth was threatened or harassed in the past year. • Most young people who reported these incidents were not very disturbed about them, but a few found them distressing. Enough.org LaQuitaSamuel

21. More Statics • Only a fraction of all episodes was reported to authorities such as the police, an Internet service provider, or a hotline. • About 25 percent of the youth who encountered a sexual approach or solicitation told a parent. Almost 40 percent of those reporting an unwanted exposure to sexual material told a parent. • Only 17 percent of youth and 11 percent of parents could name a specific authority, such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), CyberTipline, or an Internet service provider, to which they could report an Internet crime, although more indicated they were vaguely aware of such authorities. • In households with home Internet access, one-third of parents said they had filtering or blocking software on their computers. LaQuitaSamuel Enough.org

22. Scenario Anesha is a 12 year old girls that loves surfing the internet. Everyday that she comes home, Anesha does her homework, and after doing her homework, she spends the entire afternoon surfing the internet. She checks her emails and she socialize with her friends through different types of network such as facebookand MySpace. Anesha and her friends also add photos of themselves to their webpage. What is the resolution to this problem? Laketia Allen

23. Anesha’s Web surfing • Positive Outcomes • Students are able to socialize more by using the internet • Students are able to keep in contact with long distance friends • Students are able to express their creative side on their web page. Laketia Allen

24. Anesha’sWeb surfing continues • Negatives outcomes • By posting pictures and other visual images gives predators an easy way of contacting students • Spending too much time on the internet results into surfing website that are inappropriate. • Students should be age appropriate and Anesha is 12 years old which is not age appropriate. Laketia Allen

25. Research Shows….. • That predators uses network sites such as facebook and MySpace as FYI for them. • When students post too much information they open the door to predators. • Social networks are a place where students look for friends, but they find a lot of peer pressure there, and they do a lot of crazy things, including posting inappropriate pictures. Laketia Allen

26. Signs that a student’s safety is at risk online • Students spend a large amounts of time on-line, especially at night. (students may go on-line after dinner and on the weekends. They may be latchkey kids whose parents have told them to stay at home after school. They go on-line to chat with friends, make new friends, pass time, and sometimes look for sexually explicit information.) • You find pornography on your child's computer. (Pornography is often used in the sexual victimization of children. Child pornography may be used to show the child victim that sex between children and adults is "normal." ) Laketia Allen

27. Signs that a student’s safety is at risk online….continues • Students are using an on-line account that belongs to someone else. (Even if you don't subscribe to an on-line service or Internet service, your child may meet an offender while on-line at a friend's house or the library. Most computers come preloaded with on-line and/or Internet software. Computer-sex offenders will sometimes provide potential victims with a computer account for communications with them.) • Students turn the computer monitor off or quickly changes the screen on the monitor when you come into the room. (A child looking at pornographic images or having sexually explicit conversations does not want you to see it on the screen.) Laketia Allen

28. Internet safety tips for students • Make your online profile generic and anonymous. • Always remember, responsible adults do not pursue relationships with kids and teens. • Pictures are great to hand to a friend, but it’s not cool to send them to an Internet “friend.” • Guard your identifying information (name, sex, age, address, school, teams).It only takes a little information for a predator to identify you. Enough.org LaketiaAllen

29. Tips on internet safety for students……continues. • Know how to exit an inappropriate website. • Attachments in e-mails from strangers can contain Viruses and Worms. • Chat room “friends” are not always who they say they are. • Posting your picture on the Internet gives hackers the chance to doctor your picture and make fun of you to everyone on the World Wide Web. LaketiaAllen Enough.org

30. Tips on student’s internet safety for parents • Always keep your child’s computer in an open area. Never allow a computer with Internet access in your child’s bedroom. • Become a part of your child’s online experience. • Respect your child’s privacy. • Teach your child the responsible use of online resources. LaketiaAllen FBI.gov

31. Tips on student’s internet safety for parents…..continues • Talk to your child about online dangers. Let them know you are there to help them get out of a bad situation. • Educate yourself on the ins and outs of the Internet. • Talk to other parents about your experiences. It will help everyone. • Let your child know responsible adults do not purse relationships with minors . LaketiaAllen Isafe.com

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