The document provides information on social networking and online safety for young people. It defines key terms like social networking, blogs, forums and applications. It discusses how young people use social media by creating profiles and customizing their pages. It emphasizes the importance of privacy settings and warns against sharing too much personal information online. The document also covers issues like cyberbullying, grooming, inappropriate content and talking to strangers. It provides safety tips, rules and resources to help keep young people safe online.

11. Lets start
with some
basics

12. What is Social Networking?
Social Networking websites utilise applications
which help connect friends using a number of
tools like blogs, profiles, internal email systems
and photos. Well known sites include ,
, and LiveJournal, and these
have become an influential part of
contemporary culture.

13. What is a blog?
A blog is a website on which items are posted on
a regular basis often focussing on a particular
subject such as food, local news or politics; or as
an online diary. A typical blog combines text,
images, and links to other blogs, web pages, and
other media related to its topic. Since its
appearance in 1995, blogging has emerged as a
popular means of communication, affecting
public opinion and mass media around the
world.

14. What is a forum?
Forums are areas in which participants can leave
messages, often in response to a topic. Often these
messages are moderated, and the chat is not instant,
as with chat rooms and instant messenger. Some
social networking sites also provide users with an
opportunity to create or join common interest groups,
which also utilise forums. Young people often use
these to share views on contentious issues and to
motivate others to support their cause, making them
great for debating.

15. What is an application?
An application is an enhancement that a user
can choose to add to their profile to improve
and increase interaction with other users in their
contacts or networks. Young people enjoy using
applications to share their interests with others.
Examples include 'Top Friends', 'Where I've
Been', 'Super Poke!', 'The Simpsons Quotes'.

16. How do young people use social
networking?
Firstly, they sign up and create their own profile or
'space'. Often, these contain standard sections such
as 'About Me' and 'Who I'd Like to Meet' and also
include things like Music, Films, Sports, Scared Of and
Happiest When. They can also add specific personal
details such as physical appearance, and the school
you go to.
Most sites also have a blog where children can write daily
thoughts or include articles which they find interesting.

17. How do young people use social
networking?
An important element in social networking is young
people's ability to customise their 'space', e.g. by
changing the colour of their profile, adding
applications to their profiles, uploading images or
pictures onto their profile. One of the pictures can be
chosen to be the "default image" and this will be seen
on the profile's main page. There is often also an
option to upload videos as well – including music
videos and personally recorded films.

18. Is my child too young to have a
Facebook account?
Help set up their profile
Add your email as the main contact (if possible)
Set the privacy settings to “friends” only and ensure they are
children you know
Show them a CEOP safety resource which outlines the risks
(www.youtube.co.uk/ceop/jigsaw)
‘Like’ the Click CEOP page and Bedfordshire Police
Check in and keep updated

19. Its not just facebook!!

21. Facebook Security

23. SAFE
&
UNSAFE
PROFILES

24. Amanda Griffin
I‘m Amanda and I love animals, Hello Kitty
and Justin Bieber!
I like to go roller skating at Bedford Park on
Saturdays with my cousin Jenny (I normally
go around 10am)
I go to New Town School and I am in class
4G. My best friend is Hannah and its great
cos she lives on Laurel Grove like me so we
see each other every day!
If you like the same things as me leave me a
comment on my page on send me an email
at amanda_grffin06@googlemail.com !

25. Mr Nintendo
Hi, I‘m Mr Nintendo and there‘s only one
thing to know about me- I love nintendo!
I play probably days, sometimes too much
and my mum always tells me off.
Only try and add me if you know me coz if
not I wont accept you and will block you

26. THINK: WHO, WHAT, WHERE?
— Who are you? Introduce yourself
to the online world.
— What information are you giving
away? Is it too much? Is it enough?
— Where are you creating your
profile? Is it on a safe social
network?

28. Mobile
Technology

29. Chat
Location
Functions

30. DONT GIVE OUT YOUR NUMBER
BE CAREFUL WHAT PICTURES YOU
TAKE.
DO YOU REALLY WANT YOUR
BLUETOOTH ON
HAVE YOU CHANGED YOUR
BLUETOOTH PASS NUMBER
IS YOUR GPS OFF

31. Gaming

32. 12 million
active
penguins
50 million
registered
monsters

33. Ultimate Safe Chat
This chat option offers users a set menu of
greetings, questions and statements. Users in
this mode will only see Ultimate Safe Chat
messages from other players
Standard Safe Chat
This option allows users to type their own
messages to other players. Every message is
filtered to prevent inappropriate language, or
personal information appearing on the site.

34. On-Site Moderators
Both Club Penguin and Moshi Monsters employ
highly trained, on-site staff to monitor player
activity and chat. Players who engage in
inappropriate behaviour are issued bans varying
in time.
Users are encouraged to report other players who
make them feel unsafe to a moderator. Contact a
moderator by clicking the "M" icon on the upper,
right-hand portion of the screen

35. PEGI (The Pan-European Game Information age rating system) was
established in 2003 to help European parents make informed choices
Bad Language - Game contains bad language
Discrimination - Game contains depictions of, or material which may
encourage, discrimination
Drugs - Game refers to or depicts the use of drugs
Fear - Game may be frightening or scary for young children
Sex - Game depicts nudity and/or sexual behaviour or sexual references
Violence - Game contains depictions of violence
PEGI

36. Talking to weirdos
Unfortunately, as well as great people, there
are some really strange people who use the
internet - people who aren‘t friendly or who
have bad intentions.
If someone is being inappropriate; saying
sexual things or asking your child to do
things that you feel are wrong, start by
saving the conversation, blocking them and
then report it.

37. REPORT IT
If someone is being inappropriate; saying
sexual things or asking your child to do
things that you feel are wrong, start by
saving the conversation, blocking them and
then report it to using
‗CEOP report‘

39. Things to watch out for
Here are some common signs of grooming that you should be aware of.
It doesn’t mean that your child is being groomed, but signs to look
out for if you’re worried:
• Excessive use of the computer
• Aggressive behaviour regarding internet usage
• Secretive behaviour
• Change in use of sexual language

40. Things to watch out for
• Being possessive of a mobile phone and concerned
if someone is looking at it
• Being agitated when answering their mobile and
needing to take calls in private
• Developing a pattern of leaving the family home for
periods of time without explaining where they are
going
• Spending increasing amounts of time taking
secretively to a new friend online.

42. specific guidance for protecting children using
social networking websites
• Check if your child has ticked the “no picture
forwarding” option on their social networking site
settings page – this will stop people sending pictures
from their page around the world without their
consent
• Encourage them not to give too much away in a blog.
Friends can call them for the address of the latest
party rather than read about it on their site.
• Ask them to show you how to use a social
networking site - getting involved will empower them
to share the experience with you

43. • Encourage them only to upload pictures that you as their
parents / carer would be happy to see – anything too
sexy to be passed round the dinner table should NOT
make it on to the web. It's also not a good idea to post
pictures which can identify the school which your child
attends since this could help someone locate them.
• Tell your children not to post their phone number or
email address on their homepage.
• Help your child to adjust their account settings so that
only approved friends can instant message them. This
won't ruin their social life – new people can still send
them friend requests and message them, they just won't
be able to pester them via Instant Messenger (IM).

44. Cyber-bullying!

46. How is it different to normal
bullying?
24/7 nature and can make someone feel
upset or threatened in their own home.
Wide audience
Anonymous

47. How is it different to normal
bullying?
• It can be evidenced.
• save texts or print our emails / IM‘s / Web
Pages.
• This can be used as proof to catch the
bully and stop them
• Contact the service provider – they have
specialist teams
• Report and Block!

48. The Law
Although bullying is not a specific criminal
offence in UK law, criminal and civil laws
can apply in terms of, for example,
harassment or threatening behaviour, and
particularly relevant for cyberbullying –
threatening and menacing communications
Possible 6 month prison sentence
4 years for harassment

49. In 2011 a number of young people got
caught in disorder that took place in
different parts of the UK.
The majority were sent to prison even
if they had never been in trouble
before.

50. And it wasn’t just young people
who physically got involved in
crimes a number of young people
were sent to prison for things they
wrote on their Social media sites or
sent via BBM or text.

51. Young People need to be careful
what they post online
They could end up in a
young offenders
institute for comments
made online!

56. Things to think about…
Email
address
Passwords
me@
mymail.
com
2 / 6 / 0
1
07779
778 779
1ntern3T
Joe
Bloggs
Websites
you use
Friends you
accept
Txt you
write… 
Language
u use
4
Privet
Drive
Games you play
Ppl u
talk to! Phone numbers

57.  Security settings need to be set to ―Friends only‖,
that includes - comments, posts and photos
 These “Friends” need to be people they know
and trust in the real world
 Content - Only post content and photos they
wouldn't mind showing you!
 Try your very best to be ―Friends‖ with your child
on Facebook
 Learn how to report an issue directly to Facebook

58.  Ask your child to never accept people they don‘t
know and trust in the real world
 Inform them that giving out personal information can
be dangerous. They need to treat personal
information such as the school they go to or their
location like their tooth brush and not share it with
anyone!
 Ask them not to webcam with people they do not
know from the real world and turn the webcam off
after use!
 Teach them how to report a problem and delete
people that make them feel uncomfortable

59.  Leave all gaming devices in a family space
 Open up communication - talk to your child about
the sites they are using and why they like them
 Explain that people lie online and they are not
always who they say they are
 Explain that people can be mean online and don‘t
always have their best interests at heart
 Ask them to never give out personal information
 Set parental controls
time before bed

60. SMART RULES
S
M
R
A
T
AFE
EETING
CCEPTING
ELIABLE
ELL

61. Follow the SMART rules
Keep your personal information safe!
If you wouldn’t say it to a stranger on
the street, don’t share it with strangers
on the internet…

62. Follow the SMART rules
Don’t meet up!
Online games can be a great place for
chatting to your friends. Always know
who you are talking to. If an adult who
you don’t know ever asks you to meet
up, say no and report it…

63. Follow the SMART rules
Accepting
Think before you accept something
from someone online e.g. a file, a
download, a picture etc. It may contain
a virus. If you don’t know who it’s from,
and it has an attachment… DELETE IT!

64. Follow the SMART rules
Reliable
Not everyone online is trustworthy.
Somebody may be lying about their age
and who they are. Make sure you know
who you are talking to and use reputable
sites and services to protect you and your
computer.

65. Follow the SMART rules
Tell
Tell a parent, carer or trusted adult
if someone, or something makes
you feel worried or uncomfortable
online. Also, tell someone if a
friend of yours needs help online
too.

66. Sources of help
www thinkuknow.co.uk
www ceop.gov.uk
www nspcc.org.uk
www bullying.co.uk

67. RICHARD DENTON
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT
OFFICER AND SCHOOL CO-ORDINATOR
BEDFORDSHIRE POLICE
Richard.denton@bedfordshire.pnn.
police.uk
Or dial 101 and press option 1 and
say my name.

68. ANY
QUESTIONS?