Committed to preventing child abuse through educational services to parents, children, community members, as well as youth-serving professionals.

Founding Member Washtenaw Cyber Citizenship Coalition

Educates students, parents, youth serving professionals and others in the community on how to keep safe as they used technology to communicate.

Socializing

Texting

Creating

Gaming

Visiting virtual worlds

Streaming

94% of teens are online

75% of teens have cell phones

31% send more than 100 texts per day

80% of teens have gaming systems; 97% play

video games

73% of 12- to 17-year olds have at least one

social networking profile

Kids 8-18 spend more time with media (53

hours a week) than with parents or at

school.

•CyberSAFETY

•CyberSECURITY

•CyberETHICS

Everything we do ONLINE is intertwined with our life OFFLINE:

-Cyberbullying-Sharing TMI-Posting inappropriate pictures

Treating others online like YOU would like to be treated:

-Posting online can be more hurtful than saying in person-Illegally downloading media is like stealing from a store-Creating unnecessary drama

Know how to protect your data

-Keep software and virus protection up to date

-Set privacy settings-Keep a clean machine

Cyberbullying

60% of middle school students say that they have been bullied, while

16% of staff believe that students are bullied.

(www.behavioral-management.com)

58% have not told their parents or an adult about something mean or hurtful

that happened to them online.(I-SAFE survey)

The “normal” place to communicate

Much easier to say something mean in a text or facebook post

Feeling of anonymity Fun/Funny Peer Pressure Inadvertent

What’s The Difference?

Bullying

At school

Face to face

Limited Audience

CyberBullying

Anywhere/ Anytime

Anonymous

Larger Audience

Victim not participant

Stop using computer or cell

Act nervous when receiving email or

text

Become abnormally withdrawn

Ditching classes or avoid activities

A cyberbullying victim might:

Michigan law prohibits a person from contacting another individual with the intent to frighten or harass that individual. (up to 1 year, or 5 years if involving a “credible threat of death”)

Michigan law also separately prohibits using a computer to communicate with any person for the purpose of stalking. (up to 2 years in prison)

A 2001 law criminalizes the posting of personal or embarrassing information about another person without their consent. (up to 2 years in prison)

Tell the bully to STOP

BLOCK the person

TELL a trusted adult

Whether it happens to you or you witness it, you are NOT alone and you are NOT powerless!

Standing up is done to protect you or another person from harm. “Snitching” is done to get

someone in trouble.

A predator can be anyone online

Can be male or female

Can be young or old

Can look like anyone that you know

54% of teens have communicated online with someone they have not met in person

source: Polly Klaas Foundation

100% of the children molested by Internet sexual predators went willingly to a meeting, often thinking they were meeting someone else. Source:WiredSafety.org

25% of victims are boyssource: Netsmartz

Kids they target: ◦ Lonely, want attention, angry at parents, questioning

sexuality, want to appear older and more mature Relate to things kids are saying, build trust, make them angrier

with parents How they find kids:

◦ Chat rooms, Facebook, gaming systems, instant messenger, etc.

Adult predators rarely pose as teens- they are open about intent

Larry Bostwick arranged to meet a 14-year-old girl he met on the internet for sex.

Information Travels

Sending sexually explicit images, videos, and/or language using cell phones or other

communication technology

“Sexting”

Pressure from a significant other

It’s “fun or flirtatious”

Responding to content they received (I’ll show you mine if you show me yours)

As a “joke”

A teen who has self-produced and distributed sexually explicit images could be charged with prostitution, solicitation, indecent exposure, child pornography.◦ Knowingly producing – up to 20 years◦ Knowingly distributing – up to 7 years◦ Knowingly possessing – up to 4 years◦ Soliciting a minor (under 16) for immoral

purposes – up to 4 years Whoever took the photo would be charged

with “producing”. Charges can result in jail, probation, and/or

listing on Sex Offender Registry

Remember…

Don’t let other people convince you to send or post inappropriate pictures

People can print, save and share ANYTHING you post, text or type

Once you hit SEND, you can never truly delete it

Risky Online Behaviors

Friending unknown peoplePosting TMIEmbarrassing or harassing othersTalking about sexSending or sharing provocative picturesSharing passwordsClicking on pop-up ads

Downloading “free” media contentNot only is it stealing, it exposes your computer to viruses and malware

Unethical Behavior

Peer to Peer networks (P2P)Exposes computer network to hacking, viruses, theft

PlagiarismPresenting work found online as your own

Keep security software up to date-Ask your parents if they update software regularly

Keep a Clean Machine

Make passwords long and strong-Create a combination that includes numbers, symbols, upper and lower case letters

Beware of free WiFi hot spots-They might not be secure and could expose

your device to criminals

Offline Consequences

Only about half of young people say they have thought about the idea that things they post online could come back to hurt them later.

Colleges and employers can (and do) access information, looking at social networking sites and conducting google searches: remember the GRANDMA RULE.

There are no secrets on the internet- it is not anonymous, it is not private.

Robin Batten & Julie Perea, CyberSafety Facilitators

www.washtenawchildren.orginternetsafety@washtenawchildren.org(734) 434-4215