Welcome
E Safety
Protecting
wellbeing
T Roberts
CEOP
Ambassador
Do you know your settings?
• Many of us are now on social media
(Twitter, Facebook…)
• Many sites for children have this
capability (Club Penguin, Moshi
Monsters…)
Do we put ourselves at risk?
Why do we need to protect ourselves and
others?
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84% of children aged 5 – 15 live in a household with internet
access
•
35% of 11 -16’s have internet access in their bedroom (75%
have a games console in their bedroom)
•
66% of 12 – 15’s have a social networking site (19% of 8 –
11’s)
•
49% of 12 – 15’s use gaming sites at least once a week, 47
% of 8 – 11’s and 30% of 5 – 7’s
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81% of 12-15’s use the internet for their homework, 53% of 8
– 11’s and 26% of 5 – 7’s
(Ofcom, 2009)
What are our children doing
online?
Highlights from the Ofcom 2013
Report:
Smartphone ownership
• 5-7’s – 3%
• 8-11’s – 18%
• 12-15’s – 62%
Home Internet use
• 5-7’s – 88%
• 8-11’s – 91%
• 12-15’s – 94%
Gaming devices
• 5-7’s – 78%
• 8-11’s – 91%
• 12-15’s – 89%
(Ofcom 2013)
• Around 1300 reports are received by
CEOP every month
• Approx 70% directly relate to online
grooming
• Over 15 million children have seen
Thinkuknow
• (CEOP, October 2013)
Do you know…?
• 4 out of 5 parents know what their
children are doing online
• 1 in 3 children say their parents have
no idea!!
What are the risks?
• Unwanted contact/grooming
• Cyberbullying
• Harmful content/illegal materials
• Privacy/digital footprints
Definition of grooming:
• A process by which a person prepares a
child, significant others and the
environment for the abuse of this child
• Specific goals include gaining access to the
child, gaining the child’s compliance and
maintaining the child’s secrecy to avoid
disclosure
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(Craven, Brrown and Gilchrist, 2006)
Grooming Teachniques
• Bribery and gifts
• Flattery
• Sexualised games
• Threats
• Blackmail
• Desensitisation – pornography, child
abuse images, video and web cams
may be used
Cyberbullying
Definition of cyberbullying:
‘The use of digital technology (text
messaging, email, social networking sites
etc) to bully, harass or abuse someone.’
(DfE 2009)
How:
•Mobiles
•Social
networking sites
•Gaming
•Forums
•Email
•Sexting
•It is an invasion of personal space for young people
and is all encompassing and penetrating.
• The audience can be large, reached rapidly and can
be unknown
• It is easier for perpetrators to remain anonymous
through the online world or masquerade as another
person
• The target of bullying can be anyone as physical and
other factors do not come into play.
•Often young people who engage in
cyberbullying get involved in an
unintentional way.
• There is a disconnection as they are
removed from the face to face.
• There is an evidence trail in the online
world therefore there is the ability to track
people
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Privacy settings need to be set to “Friends
only”
– Including comments, posts and photos
Use https: and strong passwords
“Friends” should be people you know and
trust in the real world
Only post content and photos you
wouldn't mind showing your family!
Learn how to report any issues directly to
the SNS
Harmful Content
• Exposure to material this is not age
appropriate
•
Intentional and non-intentional
• Access to illegal material
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Self-taken images
Social Network
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There are rules but...
• Facebook users provide their real names and
information, and we need your help to keep it that way.
Here are some commitments you make to us relating to
registering and maintaining the security of your account:
– You will not provide any false personal information on Facebook, or
create an account for anyone other than yourself without permission.
– You will not create more than one personal account.
– If we disable your account, you will not create another one without
our permission.
– You will not use your personal timeline for your own commercial gain
(such as selling your status update to an advertiser).
– You will not use Facebook if you are under 13.
– You will not use Facebook if you are a convicted sex offender.
– You will keep your contact information accurate and up-to-date.
What is out there?
• www.beatbullying.org
• www.thinkyouknow.co.uk
• Six interactive cartoons focusing on personal information,
cyberbullying and stranger danger
•www.thinkyouknow.co.uk
Support and report
Any questions?