Cyber Safety

Welcome toCYBERSPACE

POPPULATION: 1,700,000,000 AND GROWING

We all have been acquainted with one of the greatest inventions

of mankind, the Internet.

The Internet is an astounding place.It contains information about every topic the

human brain can fathom.The amount of data it holds is leagues beyond

the imagination of the mind.

BUT

10.4% 9.8% ARE VICTIMS OF DIGITAL ABUSE

• 20% of kids cyberbullied think about suicide, and 1 in 10 attempt it.• 42% of teenagers with tech access report being cyberbullied over the past year.• Over 25 percent of adolescents and teens have been bullied repeatedly through their cell phones or the internet.

What is cyber bullying?• Sending mean messages or threats to a person’s email account or cell phone.• Spreading rumours 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

How a Cyber-

bully hurts

Posts pictures of you to hurt or embarrass

Spreads lies and rumors about you

Pretends to be you online

Dupes you into revealing

personal information

Sends threatening email or text

messages

As the quote goes, “Prevention is better than cure” so we will as well make an attempt to go cybersafe so that we

don’t end up opening the ‘Pandora’s Box

of the digital world’.

It’s time we bridge the digital divide.

What could be done?• Be kind to others and use netiquette

(no flooding, be nice to newbies, avoid using all caps, and set a good tone).

• Don’t give out personal information online like PIN, passwords, home address cell number

• Be strong and stop it early. Don’t stoop to their level and lash back. Don’t suffer in silence.

Keep your personal stuff private and think about what you say and

do online.

Block people who send nasty messages

and don’t open unknown links and

attachments.

Flag up with someone you trust if anything

upsets you or if someone asks to meet you offline.

•Contact your Internet service provider abuse department. If the problem continues, alert the local police department.•If anything makes you feel uncomfortable online, while gaming or when using your cell phone, talk with your parents or guardian right away.

Cyberspace has a Dark Side Please Turn a Light On!

Safety on Social Media

•Avoid exchanging pictures or giving out e- mail addresses and personal information to people you meet online.

•Never post your personal information, such as a cell phone number, home number, home address, or your location on any social networking site or through mobile apps like Snapchat or Instagram.

•Don’t always trust your newfound online friends. Remember, the predator waits patiently.

•Make password long and strong. Use a combination of lower and uppercase letters along with symbols.

• Links in email, tweets, posts, and online advertising our often the way cybercriminals compromise your computer. If it looks suspicious even if you know the source it’s best to delete or if appropriate mark as junk email.

Treat your password like toothbrush. Don’t let anybody else use it and get a new one

every six months. - Clifford Stoll

The internet has eased out our lives remarkably but at the same

time, has also opened a few doors to malice.

So it’s our duty to keep those doors locked.

Muskan JainIX-D

Roll No:23Ahlcon International School