Keeping children and young people safe online Anna Rywczyńska, NASK anna.rywczynska@nask.pl

1. Keeping children and young people safe online Anna Rywczyńska, NASK anna.rywczynska@nask.pl

2. Digital natives 81 % of children below two years old already has an online profile Average age of kids to start their virtual life is six months 23% of children start appear in the net while their parents public prenatal photos from USG AVG Technologies Research, 09-10.2010,2200 mothers from North America, Europe, Australia/New Zeland and Japan

3. my personal PC… 52 % of children in Poland between 9 and 11 has private PC (average in Europe is 34%) and 64% uses computer in their bedroom EU Kids Online/2010 research

5. Discover the digital world together – what are the main obstacles • differences in the digital skills • lack of motivation • lack of common interests • lack of common language between parents, kids and teachers • different expectations • lack of time

6. Online threats • illegal and harmful content • grooming • chill abuse images • cyberbullying • Sexting

7. EU KIDS ONLINE/2010children 9-16 and their parents 39% of children faced one or more online dangers 41% parents of kids that encountered Internet dangers wasn’t aware of this 56% of parents whose kids suffered cyberbullying wasn’t aware of his 61% of parents didn’t know their kids met offline people met online 15% of children age 11-16 had experience with „sextingiem” 22% of children had contact online with hate-speech, anorexia, suicide promoting and other harmful content Research conducted in 25 countries in Europe, 23 420 respondents

8. Internet addiction • 17 % of children between 11-16 years old say that they gone without sleeping or eating because of the Internet • 32% declare negative social consequenses because of the excessive use of the Internet • 60% of children declare adiction symptoms because of the excessive use of smartphones • Almost a third (30%) of children report one or more of the experiences associated with excessive internet use „fairly or very often

9. Kids and social networks… 57% of children are active on the social networks while only 54% of them know how to protect the profile’s privacy Facebook is open for kids over 13 however many of them is below that age and these are often parents who help them create online profiles „On FB I care about my reputation but on other SNS I can put what I want – adults do not go there (tumblr, twitter, little gossip, formspring) - 123people

12. Polish Safer Internet Center SAFERINTERNET.PL HELPLINE.ORG.PL HOTLINE Panel Młodzieżowy Youth Panel Komitet Konsultacyjny OKBDI

13. media campaigns educational campaigns trainings national cooperation international cooperation

14. Social media campaigns campaign devoted to the problem of child grooming on Internet – „You never know who’s at the other side” campaigndealing with the problem of children’s exposue to harmful content „Internet is a window to the world. The entire world campaignpromoting Polish Hotline „Dyżurnet.pl” and aimed at making Internet users sensitive to the illegal online content– „On duty online” campaign related to the problem of peer violencewith the use of the Internet and mobile phones - „Stop cyberbullying” Child – friendly Internet Cafe – action aimed at increasing level of safety of children surfing in the Internet cafes Think before you post! – Safer Internet Day campaign

15. Gminna Biblioteka Publiczna w Poświętnem

16. Every move online leaves a trace • June 8, 2010 came into force amendments to the Penal Code, which criminalize dealings grooming children on the Internet.  • The Penal Code provides for an offense of this type to two years imprisonment (Article 200a § 2) or up to three years imprisonment if the perpetrator used the example of ignorance or unawareness of the child (Article 200a § ) • In a media campaign the Helpline.org.pl was promoted

17. “I don't accept, connect nor enter...” For the past five years, more than 17,000 incidents of online abuse have been reported to Dyżurnet.pl. The number of incidents grew from less than 1,000 in 2005 to 5,000 in 2010. In the first half of 2011, 2778 incidents were reported to Dyżurnet.pl team members. The social campaign “I don't accept, connect nor enter...” that has been launched on 3rd of August is aimed at drawing the attention of Internauts to the need of responding to incidents and building awareness in this area.

18. Educational initiatives Targets at: • Kindergarden children • Primary schools • Junior high schools • High schools • Professionals • Parents • Educational resources: • e-learning cources • lessons scripts • portals • trainings and outdoor events • publications • gadgets

19. „3…2…1…Internet”e-learning, cartoons, lessons scripts including version for hard of hearing childrenprimary schools

20. Zuzia i Tunio Poznają Internetcartoons, lessons scriptsprimary school

21. Sieciaki.plprimary school

22. W Siecitalkshow, lesson scriptsjunior high schoold, high school

23. Numa Numanewspaperjunior high school, high school

24. „Owce w Sieci”cartoons, lessons scriptskindergarden, primary school

25. „Plik i Folder”performance and movie primary schools

26. International Conferences “Keeping Children and Young People Safe Online” For the 5th time already, the International Conference “Keeping Children and Young People Safe Online” had been held on 20-21 September at Marriott Hotel in Warsaw The Conference is organized by the Polish SIC and (for the 4th time in cooperation with klicksafe, Germany) This year the conference was organized under the patronage of Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union The conference is targeted at representatives of the educational sector, NGO’s, justice and law enforcement agencies as well as Internet service and content providers The objective of the event is to present the latest achievements in education on safety online and combating illegal web content Since 2007 more then 2500 professionals participated in the event

27. Safer Internet Day • decentralized approach • 1204 initiatives all over Poland

29. Helpline.org.pl • Since 2007 Helpline.org.pl recieved about 100 000 reports. Approx. 8500 reports were eligible reports - related to online dangers, such as: cyberbullying, dangerous contacts, Internet addiction,data thievery, inappropriate cotnent and to general questions about safety online. The number of eligible reports has increased since 2010 The new release of Helpline.org.pl website and promotional materials.

30. Dyżurnet.pl – contact point run by NASK, whose objective is to respond to reports on illegal Internet content related to:child abuse imagesracist or xenophobic contentwww.dyzurnet.pl

31. Youth Participation The Youth Panel is thought as a consultation group where young people can express their views and exchange knowledge and experiences concerning their use of online technologies. Young people are also asked to contribute to the design of awareness raising actions, tools and material, and thus contribute to defining future activities of the Polish Safer Internet Centre. The Youth Panel reviews existing materials on online safety and provides feedback as to how useful the tools are. • From October 2010 to September 2011 three sessions of Youth Panel were held during which children were asked their opinion on various issues concerning Internet safety.

32. Congress of the Young Internauts • the aim is to create a platform of communication of professionals, students and teachers • the first meeting of the Congress was held on 26th of May • 32 pupils and 16 teachers • pupils worked in 3 groups on preparation of educational materials: a project of schools’ website section about online safety, an interactive board game, a poster