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TEENANGELS.ORG a program of WiredSafety

TEENANGELS.ORG a program of WiredSafety.org. Parry Aftab Brittany Joey Emma Brian Patrick. What are TeenAngels?. Teens helping others 13-18, and now tweenangels and alumni Experts in: Cybercrime Cyberabuse Information literacy Privacy and security Technology and communication

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TEENANGELS.ORG a program of WiredSafety

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  1. TEENANGELS.ORGa program of WiredSafety.org Parry Aftab Brittany Joey Emma Brian Patrick

  2. What are TeenAngels? • Teens helping others • 13-18, and now tweenangels and alumni • Experts in: • Cybercrime • Cyberabuse • Information literacy • Privacy and security • Technology and communication • Training the trainers

  3. What do Kids do Online? • Communicate • Gaming • Searching • Schoolwork • Entertainment • E-Commerce and buying decisions • Downloading media • Learn

  4. IMing…it’s their Life! • Which application do their friends use? • Yahoo!, MSN and AIM • Trillian, cross-platform communication • Managing their buddylists • Blocking and controlling communications • Away messages

  5. Dangers Kids Face (and pose to others) Online

  6. Online Predators • Katie, Nashville, Margaret • 100% preventable • Georgina and telling your mom • Kids being killed • Even one is too many!

  7. Kids are Different Online • 60% of teen girls polled admitted to having cybersex • 12-14% admitted to meeting Internet friends offline (but 14% and 24% stats from Family PC study) • 60% admitted to acting out online- swearing, cyber-bullying, cyberabuse • Cyberstalking for fun…it’s virtual

  8. Cyber-Bullying • Posing as each other • Hacking or guessing passwords • Signing each other up for SPAM/porn, etc. • The bathroom stall wall – 700 million people wide • Forwarding and posting sexual images • Posting and sharing private messages

  9. Pictures and Video • Surveillance • Sharing personal images • Porn • Cyber-bullying • Predators • Privacy issues • Schools

  10. Kids as Internet Consumers

  11. None of your business! • How kids fill out forms • How old are they? • E-mail addresses • Bill Gates, Frank Sinatra and Benjamin Franklin • But “rent a coder” and credibility • Not until you really need it!

  12. Earning their Trust!

  13. Whom do you Trust? • Brands online and offline • Government vs. commercial sites • Notice clear and concise • Don’t trick us • Have a good reason and share it • Personally identifiable vs. non-PII • Opt-in vs. Opt-out

  14. R-E-S-P-E-C-T! • Aretha said it best!! • Respect our personal space and bandwidth! • Tell us: • What you are doing • How you are doing it • Why you’re doing it • What’s in it for us? • Don’t talk down to us

  15. Online Brands • Microsoft vs. everyone else • Yahoo! And Google • G-Mail • Apple vs. Microsoft • MTV, Johnson & Johnson, Disney, AOL, the Gap • Double-Click

  16. Lying to Kids • Kids expect to be lied to… • They weigh the benefits against the risk • Hate being marketed to and bothered • Don’t read the policies and make decisions based on trusted brand • Never give a second chance

  17. TeenAngels and You!

  18. Getting kids involved • 70 million online • Kid-power and Nag-factor buying decisions • COPPA issues • Advisory boards and focus groups • Ask the kids!

  19. TeenAngels…supporting our work • Advisors, sharing your expertise • Guiding us to the right people • Sponsoring a chapter • Sponsoring a video or webpage • Linking to or using our content • In-kind or funding contributions • Fellowships • Hosting conference

  20. What we need… • Website development help • Video equipment and software • Printing • Travel and accomodations • Introductions • Video and multi-media production • Public relations and government relations support

  21. Reaching us… • Through Parry – parry@aftab.com • Teenangels@wiredsafety.org • Teenangels.org not .com!!! • WiredSafety.org • Brittany@wiredsafety.org

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