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BEST PRACTICES FOR CYBERSECURITY: WHAT SHOULD GOVERNMENTS BE DOING FOR PROTECTING CHILDREN ONLINE? WEDNESDAY, 07 OCT 2009, 14:00 - 16:00. Agenda. Malaysia: Quick Facts Malaysia: Internet Users Age Distribution WTISD Awareness Campaign Simple Ways to Protecting Children Online.

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  1. BEST PRACTICES FOR CYBERSECURITY: WHAT SHOULD GOVERNMENTS BE DOING FOR PROTECTING CHILDREN ONLINE? WEDNESDAY, 07 OCT 2009, 14:00 - 16:00

  2. Agenda • Malaysia: Quick Facts • Malaysia: Internet Users Age Distribution • WTISD Awareness Campaign • Simple Ways to Protecting Children Online

  3. Malaysia: Quick Facts Source: Communications and Multimedia: Selected Facts and Figures Q2 2009, MCMC

  4. Malaysia: Internet Users Age Distribution Source: SKMM’s Household Use of Internet Survey 2008 25% Malaysian Internet Users are pre-teens and teens 4

  5. WTISD 2009 Awareness Campaign Ministry of Information, Communications and Culture (MICC) together with MCMC, and supported by 19 other Malaysian organizations, initiated an Awareness Campaign on Protecting Children in Cyberspace in conjunction with WTISD 2009 The campaign highlighted the following issues that could affect Malaysian children in cyberspace: Cyber-bullying Pornography Violence Racial abuse and hate Online gaming and addiction Online fraud and deception The campaign aimed at parents with the key message that the “The Internet is Good, Use it Wisely” 5

  6. Simple Ways to Protecting Children Online Always get to know your child’s online habits - the sites they visit, what they do, the people they meet and their online friends Stay alert to any sudden changes in their mood, appearance, habits or increased secretiveness Let your child know they are free to talk to you about anything at any time Teach your children to never give out their personal information over the Internet Spend some time surfing the Internet yourself Place your child’s computer in an area of your home where you can easily monitor their Internet activity Monitor the amount of time your child spends online Install Internet filtering software on your computer 6

  7. THANK YOU

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