Transcript Internet Child Safety Foundation’s aims & objectives

By: Mahendranath Busgopaul
Halley Movement &
Internet Child Safety Foundation
The Internet
•Educational items, museums, libraries
Schools, shops….
•Bringing everything to our home
Good and bad things as well
•You can take precautions
Is the Internet safe?
The Internet
&
Young People
The Internet
&
Its Hazards
Email
Email abuses can take the following
form:
•Spam
•Harassment
•Mail bombs
Rules of using email
•Don’t reply to spam, harassing, or
offensive email messages
• Don’t respond to email that make you feel
uncomfortable
•Don’t send scanned pictures of yourself
unless you are sure who is the receiver
Rules of using email
•Don’t be caught by the spammers’
favourite trick, that they use to write on the
subject line of the email message
“Remember me”
•Use common sense and keep personal
details private.
What is chat?
 A typed
conversation
with people online at
same time & times using
voice
 Anonymous users
 Can be fun, used for
games, and loved by
teenagers
 Can go 1 to 1 at any
time
Chat Rules
Never reveal personal details
• Full name
•Address
•Telephone number
•Email address
•Mobile number
Paedophiles are on the look-out for:
•Child’s names
•Schooling
•Parents’ occupation
•Number of sibblings
•Sporting activities
Some Safety Tips
•Not everything online is as it seems
•Teach children how to handle inappropriate
materials
•Parents should not be panicked as wrong
conclusions may be reached
Safe surfing

Keep the computer in the
living room
 Listen to your kids and
get involved
 Make some simple rules
 Consider parental control
software
Internet Child Safety Foundation
Contact us :
P.O.Box 250
Curepipe
Mauritius
Tel: +230 674 6504
Fax: +230 677 8544
Email:
[email protected]
Internet: www.icsfonline.org
Child safety online
is everybody’s
concern