Transcript TechMission Boston Overview

Family Forum
on Online Safety
Presented by Bil Mooney-McCoy
Director of Safe Families
TechMission, Boston, MA
http://safefamiles.org
TechMission Safe Families
Program
Focused on protecting children in at-risk
communities from pornography and other
dangers on the Internet by:
– Providing training and educational
materials for parents, churches, and
community organizations in at-risk
communities to protect their children online
– Distributing over 100,000 copies of free
Internet filtering software
TechMission Safe Families
Program
Safe Families also seeks to empower
urban pastors, other leaders, and
individuals by providing help for adults
and teens struggling with pornography
and other media addiction.
KIDS ARE ONLINE!!!
Online Risks for Kids
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Exposure to “bad stuff”
Unwise Self-Exposure
Cyber Bullying
Phishing
Contact with Predators
Chat Abbreviation Quiz
AFAIK
BTW
YT
AS FAR AS I KNOW
BY THE WAY
YOU THERE?
Share the Web
KIDS: Hook your parents up!
PARENTS & MENTORS:
Friend your kids!
Become IM Buddies!
Talk to each other
PORNOGRAPHY & KIDS
• 90% of children 8 to16 have
viewed pornography on the
Internet, in most cases
unintentionally
(London School of Economics January 2002)
Porn Industry’s Tactics
Daily porn emails sent: 2.5 billion
Daily porn emails sent per person: 4.5
BREE797: hey, 20/female pics in my profile
http://spam-filter-review.toptenreviews.com/spam-statistics.html
BREE797: hey, 20/f pics and cam in profile
Money5mike: 16.m.ca
Rfranco626: really cool
BREE797: hey, 20/f single, pics in my profile
Jim991955: IM me
Jontes32: hello ladies 45 blk m / tn
BREE797: hey, 20f pics in my profile
Bradleybearette: any teenage guys wanna talk to me if so im me
Vanessa7123:
If you are
a real person
you want to chat instant message me
Misleading
URL’s
haveand
included:
Tmmarty18hunter: hi room any ladies want to chat or trade pics im me please 24/m/md
MartinLutherKing.com
BREE797: hey, 20/F
pics in my profile
CTIMM1570: Who
the heck is Bree?
Whitehouse.com
Sun6126: hi Jontes
Monica.com
Drewboo9105: 18/f
BREE797: hey, 20/F
pics in my profile
FoodService.com
jrelichunter335: 20/m/va
Jontes32: hi Sun
Alistark01: bree is a bot
Youth Exposure to Pornography
59% of 15-24 year-olds surveyed
think seeing pornography on
the Internet encourages
young people to
have sex before
they're ready.
Effects of Porn
“I am ruined. I am dead on the inside. I
am ashamed and embarrassed of what
now stimulates me and I know that I am
irrevocably changed for the worse. For
all practical purposes, Internet porn has
destroyed me.”
Posted anonymously on Craigslist
Tell a trusted adult if…
• You accidentally see something that’s
upsetting
• You have trouble stopping
Chat Abbreviation Quiz
BFF
BTDT
DIKU
BEST FRIENDS
FOREVER
BEEN THERE,
DONE THAT
DO I KNOW YOU?
ONLINE COMMUNITIES
Posting Inappropriate Pictures
• of yourself
http://criminaljustice.state.ny.us/missing/i_safety/mediafiles/bulletin_board.mpg
• of others
Revealing Personal Info
Full Name
School
Phone
Email
Schedule
http://criminaljustice.state.ny.us/missing/i_safety/mediafiles/everyone_knows_your_name.mpg
CYBERBULLYING
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=8019404
CYBERBULLYING
• If you’re bullied, tell an adult right away
• Consequences of bullying
– arrest
– school expulsion or suspension
– retaliation
– ruined friendships
Chat Abbreviation Quiz
TTYL
ASL
JK
TALK TO YOU LATER
AGE/SEX/LOCATION?
JUST KIDDING
PHISHING = Stealing information like your Email and Password
While logged into MySpace, you might click on profile or “Pics”
and be brought to a page like this:
You’re not logged off. This page just makes it looks like you are.
By entering your email and password, your account gets “hacked”.
Now “you” are posting comments to your friends’ profiles like:
If you get to a login page and you’re already logged in, don’t enter your info.
If you’ve been hacked, change your password right away
Chat Abbreviation Quiz
DEGT
GMTA
NE1
DON’T EVEN
GO THERE
GREAT MINDS
THINK ALIKE
ANYONE
ONLINE PREDATORS
A former University of New Hampshire professor will serve one year
in jail and five years of probation for soliciting sex online.
A former girls basketball coach faces prison sentence for attempting to
solicit sex from minors using the Internet.
A Grover Beach man is arrested on suspicion of sexually molesting a 15year-old after meeting her on MySpace.com.
The men used MySpace to communicate with the girls and set up a meeting.
[They] allegedly got the girls drunk and [assaulted] two of them, ages 11 and 15.
MySpace Danger example,
slide 1
But “Danny’s” picture was also on another web site:
MySpace Danger example,
slide 2
ONLINE PREDATORS
“Friends” you don’t know….
FOR TEENS:
•Only friend people you know.
•Keep your profile “private”
Never Arrange to Meet
Someone You “Friended” Online
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Family Forum
on Online Safety
Presented by Bil Mooney-McCoy
Director of Safe Families
TechMission, Boston, MA
http://safefamiles.org