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Internet Safety: Keeping Children Safe on the Internet. By: Emily Christensen and Samantha Nakoneczny. Safety Basics. Keep your own password and do not share it with others. Establish internet rules with your parents/guardians.
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Internet Safety: Keeping Children Safe on the Internet By: Emily Christensen and Samantha Nakoneczny
Safety Basics • Keep your own password and do not share it with others. • Establish internet rules with your parents/guardians. • DO NOT ever share your full name, address, phone number, or school to anyone online. • BE AWARE of the dangers on the internet from cyber-bullying to predators. • Learn more internet safety tips at NetSafe Utah and Web MD. Stay Safe online!!!
CyberBullying What is it: Cyberbullying is bullying others online by sending hurtful messages, posting embarrassing pictures, and by spreading lies to others. How to Prevent/Stop it: Ignore and block harassers, delete e-mail accounts where you are being bullied, and let a parent or adult you trust know if you’re being bullied.
Inappropriate Content What is it: Inappropriate content would include pornographic images and text, bad language, and violence. How to Prevent/Stop it: Be careful with the sites you enter, have a parent or adult install internet-filtering software, and let an adult you trust know if you come upon anything questionable.
Predators Who are they: An individual who is seeking sexual relations, usually with a child. How to Prevent/Stop Contact with Predators: Don’t go on social networking sites if you are under the age of thirteen, don’t enter chat rooms, don’t to give out personal information, and tell a parent or responsible adult if you are harassed or if someone makes you feel uncomfortable.
Damaged Reputation What is it: A child’s reputation can be changed by inappropriate posts, pictures, and videos that they may have posted of themselves, or that others may have posted of them. How to stop/prevent it: Makesure you don’t let people take inappropriate or embarrassing pictures of you, and make sure they delete already existing inappropriate, or embarrassing pictures.
Works Cited • http://www.microsoft.com/security/family-safety/childsafety-internet.aspx • http://sp.life123.com/bm.pix/avoiding-internet-scams1---caution-laptop.s600x600.jpg • http://blog.internetsafety.com/2009/05/26/internet-safety-across-the-globe/ • http://www.webmd.com/parenting/features/4-dangers-internet?page=3 • http://nazarsudhakar.blogspot.com/2008/12/kids-and-internet-have-you-think-over.html • http://www.cnet.com/4520-13384_1-6721368-1.html • http://www.shemagazines.com/10-tips-to-help-keep-your-children-safe-from-internet-dangers/ • http://karrier.jide.hu/?page=news_reader&id=3495 • http://eq.uen.org/emedia/items/f9def275-e58b-e27b-36e4-c464f980b51e/1/