Transcript PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN ONLINE

Norwalk Police Department
Community Services &
Crime Prevention Unit
Partnered with the
National Center for Missing & Exploited
Children and Federal Bureau of
Investigation
Presented by Sergeant Andre Velez
Norwalk, CT Police Department
INTERNET SAFETY
Preventing Cyber-Bullying and CyberStalking
Presented By:
Norwalk Police Department
Sergeant Andre Velez
Crime Prevention Unit
Outline
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How Children Get In Trouble Online
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Cyberbullying
Computer Intrusions
Copyright Infringement
Threats
Online Communities
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Myspace etc.
How Children Get In Trouble
Online
How can kids get in trouble
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Cyber Bullying
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Online Harassment/Stalking
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Computer Intrusions (hacking)
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Copyright Infringement:
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duplication/distribution of
commercial software, MP3s, etc.
Threats against schools or
others
What is Cyberbullying?
What is Cyberbulling?
(cyberbullying, cyber-bullying, online bullying)
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Definition:
 Cyber bullying is willful and repeated
harm inflicted through the medium of
electronic text.
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bullying, cyber bullying involves recurring
harm and can be distinguished from peer
harassment as a subset of aggressive behavior
because bullying represents a pattern of
behavior committed over a period of time.
The anonymity, ease of provocation,
and almost infinite source of targets
means the Internet is full of predators
from pedophiles targeting children to
serial bullies targeting
... anybody.
Cyber Bullying
Cyber Bullies use electronic information and communication
devices such as:
 E-Mail
 Instant Messaging (IM)
 Text Messages
 Mobile Phones
 Pagers
 Online Gaming
 Defamatory websites
to bully or otherwise harass an individual or group through
personal attacks or other means.
37% of teens online have used IM
to write something that they
would not have said in person
Source: Childnet International
Threats
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It is against the law to use the Internet to:
make threats to do harm to anyone
 Make threats to damage anyone’s property
 Make threats to damage anyone’s school
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Illegal Computer Access (Hacking)
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It is against the law to:
 Use the Internet to access
someone else’s computer
without their permission.
 Use someone else’s Internet
account without their
permission.
 Use someone else’s Internet
password without their
permission.
Software Piracy
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Public Domain:
no copyright, can be copied and distributed
freely.
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Freeware: has copyright. Can be distributed without advance
payment but donations may be requested if used.
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Shareware: copyrighted. Can be distributed without advance
payment but expectation of payment if used.
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Licensed software: copyrighted. Expectation of payment prior to
use.
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License Restrictions: per machine. Home/office
Criminal and civil law violations.
Bottom line? If the software costs money, and you
are using it in violation of the user agreement,
it’s stolen...
Chat Rooms
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Instant Messaging
Chat Rooms
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Areas where people can “meet” on-line to exchange ideas, information
and be educational.
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Some sites require it’s users to provide info such as name, address, e-mail,
likes/dislikes and info on family & friends as the cost of participation. (Keep
personal safety and responsibility in mind)
People in chat-rooms can talk “anonymously” and say anything they choose.
Fact v. Fiction
Instant Messaging
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Instant Messaging (IM)
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A real time conversation where the 2 people communicating
are seeing their responses immediately.
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Commonly referred to as
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IM
Chatting
Consider this when Instant Messaging
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Choose an non identifiable, non gender specific screen
name
Never give out any personal information.
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real name, telephone or cell phone number, mailing address,
passwords,
Never accept files or downloads from people you don't
know or from people you do know, if you weren‘t
expecting them.
Never arrange to meet someone offline that you
only know through IM conversations.
Know how to save copies of your IM conversations.
Information You DO NOT want to tell
Strangers
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Full Name
Nicknames
DOB
Hair color
Eye color
Personality
Siblings & Their Ages
Location
School
Future School
Best/Close Friends
Online Best Bud
Pets & Their Names
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Stupidest Thing You Ever Did
Fav color
Fav Food
Least Fav Food
Funniest person(s) you know
(or wish you knew)
Fav Vacation Spot,
Fav. Thing To Do In The
Summer
Fav Thing To Do In The Fall
Fav Thing To Do In The
Winter
Information You DO NOT want to tell
Strangers
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Job
Things you like to do
Things you collect
Best Advice
Words or Phrases You
Overuse
Dream Car
Coolest Experience In Life
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Little-Known Talent You
Possessed
Special Skills or Talents
Special Awards You Have Won
Traits You Look For Most In a
Guy/Girl
You Want To Be
Future Goals
Religion (if any)
Church (if any)
Groups/Singers you enjoy
Non- Sport Game You Enjoy
Non-Sport Game Which You
Excel
Online Communities
Homepages/Webpages
Thinking about a Home Page?
Be aware that…
*Anything you put on the internet can be easily be saved forever by
Strangers whom you did not intend to have.
*What you post can be used to easily identify you and/or those you care
about.
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Before you create a personal page on the internet...
 What are you going to include?
 Consider all the facts before deciding to put a picture of you, your
family, your friends, or any other person or thing that might be used to
identify you on the Web.
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Does everyone who creates a personal page on the Internet
get stalked, harassed or worse?
 ***of course NOT***
Popular Online Communities
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My Space
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Face Book
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A free social networking website that uses the Internet for online
communication through an interactive network of photos, blogs, user
profiles, groups, and an internal email system.
A facebook is a book that is made up of photographs of individuals along
with their names. Facebooks are often published at the start of the
academic year by the administrations of colleges and universities, with the
intention of helping students, faculty, and staff to get to know each other
better.
Xanga
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A free web-based journal-hosting community of online journal-hosting,
based in NYC
Intended for people who are at least 13 years old.
If only she knew where her pics
would end up...
MyTeenEx.com is a free site that allows browsers to view thousands of user-submitted amateur pictures.
My Space.com
Not what you think…
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My space.com
very popular place on the Internet where people
network, send messages to one another, post
pictures of themselves and others, and make cyberfriends.
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A few users of Myspace have been involved in
incidents recently involving luring or enticement of
minors. Myspace has also been used for cyber
bullying, cyber stalking and harassment.
Let’s look at someone’s my space profile –
(the actual screen name is blocked out below)
He calls himself, “Danny”
http://www.myspace.com/phuckuuphuckingphuck
Here’s Dannys profile…he likes
poetry, plants, flowers and
watching movies by the fire.
Danny loves his
country and is
here for dating,
serious
relationships,
friends and
networking. So far
he has 14 friends
listed
Danny has posted some pics of
his tatoo’s.
Says here that he is looking for
a girlfriend!
Let’s look at another
web site…………………………
how about…
www.azsexoffender.org
State of Arizona,
government-operated sex offender registration site.
Hey! There’s Danny. Surprise!
His myspace page never
mentioned that he is a level 3,
high-risk sex offender.
Did You Know?
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Employers and Colleges are now checking the
internet to include Myspace.com, for profiles
and web pages of applicants
Also these employers and colleges can and will
deny employment or admission based on
information you place on the internet if they
believe your character comes into question.
Bottom Line watch what you place on the
internet for everyone to see.
Dangers of the Internet
Some Risks of Getting Online
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Distribution of Pornography
Sexual Predators
Misinformation and Hidden Messages
Loss of Privacy
Cyber bullying/Harassment/Stalking
Development of Childhood Behavior Disorder
Resources
Who can I call for help?
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
 24 Hour hotline 1-800-THE-LOST
 CyberTipLine: www.missingkids.com
Norwalk Police Department
www.norwalkpd.com
203-854-3000 or your local Police
Local CSP State Police Barrack
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FBI New Haven
600 State Street
New Haven, Connecticut 06511-6505
newhaven.fbi.gov
(203) 777-6311
***Always dial 9-1-1 in case of an emergency
Thank You!
Sgt. Andre Velez
Norwalk Police Department
Community Services Division
Crime Prevention Unit
Tel # 203-854-3197
Email: [email protected]