Family Internet Safety

Children & Internet
Safety
Approximately 93 percent of all
Americans between 12 and 17
years old are internet users.

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Should technology ever
permit humans to download
our brains' mental images to
a hard drive, every last
teenager in America will
wind up prohibited from
living within 10,000 feet of
themselves.
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Internet
Artifacts
are an
issue
for
everyone.

Snow White has a
rough night.
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Principal Sharron Smalls of Jane
Addams High School in the Bronx
has sexy Facebook picture

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Child Predators Facts:
One in five U.S. teenagers who regularly log
on to the Internet says they have received
an unwanted sexual solicitation via the
Web.
Solicitations were defined as requests to
engage in sexual activities or sexual talk, or
to give out personal sexual information. (only
25% of those told a parent).
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Child Predators Facts

About 30% of the victims of
Internet sexual
exploitation are boys.
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Who’s There?

OR

Hi! I’m Sienna. I’m 5’4, 118, long br hair. I <3 my horse Shelby,
Ke$ha & guys that look like Taylor Lautner. TMB!

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Internet sexual predators tend to fall between
the ages of 18 and 55, although some are
older or younger.
Their targets tend to be between the ages of
11 and 15
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In 100% of the cases, teens
that are the victims of sexual
predators have gone
willingly to meet with them.
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Teens are willing to meet with
strangers:
16 percent of teens considered meeting
someone they've only talked to online and
8 percent have actually met someone they
only knew online.
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75% of children are willing
to share personal
information online about
themselves and their family
in exchange for goods and
services.
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•72 percent of Americans age 18
to 29 would hand over their
personal information in return for
a discount on movie tickets
•only 56 percent of those age 45 to 59
would do the same.

•Two thirds of the young hipsters
would surrender their data for free
popcorn
•versus 52 percent of the aging crones.
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Internet Artifacts
When a child says or does something inappropriate on the Internet,
it is nearly impossible to take it back and prevent unanticipated
future consequences.
What are they? Internet artifacts are the conversations, messages, thoughts,
opinions, photographs, and identifying information that children are storing on
Internet sites such as Facebook, Myspace, Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo, Twitter, etc.
Why are they Dangerous? Internet artifacts may demonstrate a lack of maturity,
lack of judgment, or an opinion regarding a controversial or unpopular topic that
children do not fully understand. Expressing a controversial opinion can result in
unanticipated consequences and potentially may be available on the Internet for
a very long time and retrieved years later, by potential employers and
admissions officers for schools, colleges and universities.
How is this possible? All of the information that is stored on server computers on
the Internet belongs to the service provider -- not the user.

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Sexting
Not only can sexting ruin reputations, but it can also get
your teenager arrested for distributing child pornography.
The percent of teenagers who have sent or posted nude or semi-nude
pictures or video of themselves:
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20% of teenagers overall
22% of teen girls
18% of teen boys
11% of young teen girls ages 13-16

The percent of teenagers sending or posting sexually suggestive
messages:
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39% of all teenagers
37% of teen girls
40% of teen boys

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Sexting Continued
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15% of teens sent or posted nude / seminude pics of themselves to someone they only knew
online.

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71% of teen girls and 67% of teen guys who have sent or posted sexually suggestive content say
they have sent or posted this content to a boyfriend or girlfriend.

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21% of teen girls and 39% of teen boys sent such content to someone they wanted to date.

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44% of both teen girls and teen boys say it is common for sexually suggestive text messages to get
shared with people other than the intended recipient.

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36% of teen girls and 39% of teen boys say it is common for nude or semi-nude photos to get
shared with people other than the intended recipient.

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51% of teen girls say pressure from a guy is a reason girls send sexy messages or images.

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66% of teen girls and 60% of teen boys say they did so to be “fun or flirtatious.

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52% of teenage girls used sexting as a “sexy present” for their boyfriend.

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44% of both teen girls and teen boys say they sent sexually suggestive messages or images in
response to similar content.

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40% of teen girls sent sexually suggestive messages or images as “a joke;” 34% to “feel sexy,” &
12% felt “pressured.”

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Snapchat
 Snapchat

users were
sending 350 million
messages per day, up
from 200 million in
June 2013. (from Pew)

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A recent review on
the iTunes page:
“This app is quick
easy and fun, but
too many
pedophiles asking
me for nude
pictures which
almost forced me
to delete this app.
But it is safe as
long as you don’t
talk to strangers.”
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Cyber Bullying

More than 1 in 3 young
people have experienced
cyberthreats online.

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Cyber Bullying
What is it? Cyber bullying can take many forms:
 Sending mean messages or threats to a person's email account
or cell phone
 Spreading rumors online or through texts
 Posting hurtful or threatening messages on social networking
sites or web pages
 Stealing a person's account information to break into their
account and send damaging messages
 Pretending to be someone else online to hurt another person
 Taking unflattering pictures of a person and spreading them
through cell phones or the Internet
 Sexting, or circulating sexually suggestive pictures or messages
about a person
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Cyber Bullying Continued
Who Is Involved?
 Over half of adolescents and teens have been bullied online, and about the
same number have engaged in cyber bullying.
 More than 1 in 3 young people have experienced cyberthreats online.
 Over 25 percent of adolescents and teens have been bullied repeatedly through
their cell phones or the Internet.
 Well over half of young people do not tell their parents when cyber bullying
occurs.
 Around half of teens have been the victims of cyber bullying
 Fewer than 1 in 5 cyber bullying incidents are reported to law enforcement
 1 in 10 adolescents or teens have had embarrassing or damaging pictures taken
of themselves without their permission, often using cell phone cameras
 About half of young people have experienced some form of cyber bullying, and
10 to 20 percent experience it regularly
 Girls are at least as likely as boys to be cyber bullies or their victims
 Cyber bullying victims are more likely to have low self esteem and to consider
suicide

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Cyber Bullying Continued
What Can You Do?
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Talks to teens about cyber bullying, explaining that it is wrong and can have serious consequences.
Make a rule that teens may not send mean or damaging messages, even if someone else started it,
or suggestive pictures or messages or they will lose their cell phone and computer privileges for a
time.
Encourage teens to tell an adult if cyber bullying is occurring. Tell them if they are the victims they will
not be punished, and reassure them that being bullied is not their fault.
Teens should keep cyber bullying messages as proof that the cyber bullying is occurring. The teens'
parents may want to talk to the parents of the cyber bully, to the bully's Internet or cell phone
provider, and/or to the police about the messages, especially if they are threatening or sexual in
nature.
Try blocking the person sending the messages. It may be necessary to get a new phone number or
email address and to be more cautious about giving out the new number or address.
Teens should never tell their password to anyone except a parent, and should not write it down in a
place where it could be found by others.
Teens should not share anything through text or instant messaging on their cell phone or the Internet
that they would not want to be made public - remind teens that the person they are talking to in
messages or online may not be who they think they are, and that things posted electronically may not
be secure.
Encourage teens never to share personal information online or to meet someone they only know
online.
Keep the computer in a shared space like the family room, and do not allow teens to have Internet
access in their own rooms.
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Parents may want to wait until high school toOur Group: to have their own email and cell phone
accounts, and even then parents should still have access to the accounts.

More Stats and Tools
 Kids'

Pledge for Online Safety

 Teen


 Parents'


 https://delicious.com/sagerock/internet-safety
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