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Cyber Safe Ohio: Protecting Ohio Children and Families

Cyber Safe Ohio: Protecting Ohio Children and Families. Ohio Attorney General’s Office. Melinda D. Sykes Director of Children’s Initiatives Melinda.Sykes@ohioattorneygeneral.gov. AGENDA. “Digital Divide” Current Technology Use Benefits of Technology Tech Misuse & Abuse AG Resources.

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Cyber Safe Ohio: Protecting Ohio Children and Families

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  1. Cyber Safe Ohio: Protecting Ohio Children and Families

  2. Ohio Attorney General’s Office Melinda D. Sykes Director of Children’s Initiatives Melinda.Sykes@ohioattorneygeneral.gov

  3. AGENDA • “Digital Divide” • Current Technology Use • Benefits of Technology • Tech Misuse & Abuse • AG Resources

  4. The Digital Divide This is the gap between the technology we adults are familiar with and grew up using…

  5. The Digital Divide …and the technology our children are currently using.

  6. The Digital Divide Growing faster than ever! Rosen, Larry D., Mark L. Carrier, and Nancy A. Cheever. Rewired: Understanding the IGeneration and the Way They Learn. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

  7. What does this mean? • Parents must work harder to understand technology • Ask about the tech capabilities of devices you bring into home

  8. Current Technology Use Where are we spending our time online?

  9. How do you personally benefit from using technology? Up-to-the-minute news Benefits of Technology Use • Faster communication • Online banking and bill paying

  10. Benefits of Technology Use Benefits for kids: • Practice social skills • Gives time to think before responding • Experiment

  11. Tech Abuse & Misuse What are the top technology abuse or misuse issues you see with kids? Cyberbullying? Sexting? Online Predators?

  12. Online Risks • Inappropriate Conduct • Inappropriate Contact • Inappropriate Content Source: Necetera

  13. What are kids experiencing?

  14. Cyberbullying

  15. Cyberbullying- Prevalence 52% of kids said hurtful or angry things to another person. • 57% of kids had someone say hurtful or angry things to them. Source:http://www.isafe.org/channels/sub.php?ch=op&sub_id=media_cyber_bullying

  16. Cyberbullying- Prevalence Source: Ohio Department of Education

  17. Online Predators 69% of teens regularly receive personal messages online from people they don’t know and most of them don’t tell a trusted adult about it. . Source: Cox Communication Online and Wireless Safety Survey with NCMEC, May 2009

  18. Online Predators- Case in Point Douglas Lee Patrick is a 38-year-old man who pretended to be an 18-year-old girl and developed romantic relationships with children over the Internet

  19. Online Predators What are kids doing that makes them vulnerable? • Visiting inappropriate sites • Chatting with strangers online • Meeting someone they previously met on the internet Source: http://auth.isafe.org/findata/2004AnnualReport.pdf

  20. Sexting Definition: (Verb) Sexting is a term intended to define a specific type of activity involving youth, sexually explicit photos or text, and electronic devices that take and transmit photos. Source: The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

  21. Sexting Prevalence: • 39 % of all teens sent suggestive messages • 59% of all young adults sent suggestive messages • 20% have sent nude/suggestive images Source; www.thenationalcampaign.org/sextech/pdf/SexTech_Summary.pdf

  22. Sexting Of the 1/5 kids who posted nude or semi- nude pics… 75% Know it is wrong

  23. $1,000,000 question… WHY? • 51% of girls and 18% of boys say it’s PRESSURE

  24. What's wrong with sexting?? Felony 1- ex: Murder Felony 2- Illegal to create, reproduce or publish obscene material that has a minor as one of its participants. Felony 3- ex: Assault Felony 4- ex: Burglary Felony 5- ex: Telecommunications Fraud Source: Ohio Revised Code

  25. If found guilty a juvenile offender might have to register as a sexual offender for up to 20 years What's wrong with sexting??

  26. What's wrong with sexting?? You don’t know who the person receiving the pic will share it with…

  27. Ohio teen committed suicide over cell phone pictures What's wrong with sexting?? Jesse Logan

  28. Attorney General Resources • New Regional Trainings • Beginning in January 2012 • Cyber safety Brochures • Take Action Contest • Deadline December 15, 2011

  29. Questions?

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