Transcript Safe Surfing

INTERNET SAFETY AND CYBERBULLYING:
NEWS, RESOURCES AND TIPS FOR PROVIDERS
Special Agent Betsy Bartko
BACK IN MY DAY…
BACK IN MY DAY…
NO ONE WANTED TO END UP ON THE MILK CARTON
THIS IS THE NORM
TODAY'S AGENDA
How children use digital media
 Social networks
 Children as victims of online predators
 Cyberbullying
 Cases and laws/statutes
 Resources available
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KNOW YOUR DEVICES
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Don’t underestimate your children
KNOW YOUR DEVICES
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Don’t underestimate your children
KNOW YOUR DEVICES
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Don’t underestimate your children
KNOW YOUR DEVICES
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Don’t underestimate your children
KNOW YOUR DEVICES
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Don’t underestimate your children
KNOW YOUR DEVICES
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Don’t underestimate your children
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75% of teens have cell phones
 Internet
access
 Text messaging
 E-mail
 Smartphone apps
SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES,
JUST TRY TO KEEP UP WITH THEM.
SOME FAVORITES
REASONS SOCIAL NETWORKING IS GOOD!
Enhances communication, social connection, and
technical skills
 Provides a connection to others from diverse
backgrounds
 Sharing of artistic and musical endeavors
 Growth of ideas from blogs, videos, gaming sites
 Can foster individual identity and unique social skills
 Access to online health information
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O'Keeffe, G. S., & Clarke-Pearson, K. (2011). Clinical Report: The Impact of Social Media on Children, Adolescents, and Families. American Academy of Pediatrics:
BUT THERE ARE SOME RISKS
Cyberbullying
 Clique-forming
 Sexual experimentation
 Sexting
 Exposure to inappropriate content
 Internet addiction
 Sleep deprivation
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O'Keeffe, G. S., & Clarke-Pearson, K. (2011). Clinical Report: The Impact of Social Media on Children, Adolescents, and Families. American Academy of Pediatrics:
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Facebook “depression”
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phenomenon defined as depression that
develops when preteens/teens spend a great deal of
time on social sites, then begin to exhibit classic
symptoms of depression
O'Keeffe, G. S., & Clarke-Pearson, K. (2011). Clinical Report: The Impact of Social Media on Children, Adolescents, and Families. American Academy of Pediatrics:
TEENS TODAY
1 in 7 youth online (ages 10 – 17) received a
sexual solicitation or approach over the internet
 1 in 3 youth were exposed to unwanted sexual
material over the internet
 1 in 11 youth were harassed over the internet
 73% of children who have offline sexual
encounters with offenders do so more than once
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2006 NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING & EXPLOITED CHILDREN.
CHILDREN AS VICTIMS OF ONLINE PREDATORS
DO CHILDREN KNOW WHO THEY’RE CHATTING WITH?
DO CHILDREN KNOW WHO THEY’RE CHATTING WITH?
DO CHILDREN KNOW WHO THEY’RE CHATTING WITH?
Probably not…
THINGS WE TELL CHILDREN TO STAY SAFE
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Anyone can be anyone online
Only talk to real people you know
Never post personal information
Do not post photos of yourself
Don’t arrange to meet up with people face to face
Think before you post or chat
Tell an adult if something makes you scared or sad
WHAT THEY HEAR…
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Anyone can be anyone online
Only talk to real people you know
Never post personal information
Do not post photos of yourself
Don’t arrange to meet up with people face to face
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Tell an adult if something makes you scared or sad
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CHILDREN AS VICTIMS OF ONLINE PREDATORS
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Curiosity: children are curious about sex.
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Children crave attention
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Predators offer flattery to coerce them into sexual acts
Rebellion
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Predators exploit this – act as “guides” about sex
A child who is victimized while disobeying parental rules may
be reluctant to admit it
Children respect adults
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Less likely to disobey an adult
2011 NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING & EXPLOITED CHILDREN.
GROOMING
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Can be a long process a predator uses to gain a child’s trust
Lower a child’s inhibitions by gradually introducing explicit
images and child sex abuse images
May lead to the child’s willingness to meet the person with
whom he or she is chatting
Using his or her adult status to influence and control a
child’s behavior
Betraying a child’s trust by manipulating his or her
emotions and insecurities
Movie Resource: “Trust”
ACTUAL UNDERCOVER CHAT SESSIONS
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Convicted: guilty plea to a charge of using a computer
to commit the crime of child sexual abusive
commercial activity. He received a sentence of 16
months to 20 years in prison. He also had to register as
a sex offender.
JULIE’S STORY
WARNING SIGNS
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Becomes withdrawn from family and friends
They become angry when they can’t get to the
internet
Inappropriate material found on their devices
Quickly turns of the monitor when an adult comes in
the room
The child receives mail, money or gifts from
unknown people
Unknown phone numbers on the phone bill
2011 NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING & EXPLOITED CHILDREN.
ANCHORAGE SEX OFFENDERS
CYBER BULLYING
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Cyberbullying is being
cruel to others by
sending or posting
harmful material or
engaging in other forms
of social cruelty using
the Internet or other
digital technologies
TEENS TODAY
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About one-third of online teens (ages 12-17)
have been cyberbullied. Girls are more likely to
be targeted.
2011 NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING & EXPLOITED CHILDREN.
CYBERBULLYING
COMMON FORMS OF CYBERBULLYING
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Flaming and Trolling – sending or posting hostile messages intended to
“inflame” the emotions of others
Happy-Slapping – recording someone being harassed or bullied in a way
that usually involves physical abuse, then posting the video online for
public viewing
Identity Theft/Impersonation – stealing someone’s password and/or
hijacking their online accounts to send or post incriminating or humiliating
pictures, videos, or information
Photoshopping – doctoring digital images so that the main subject is
placed in a compromising or embarrassing situation
Physical Threats – sending messages that involve threats to a person’s
physical safety
Rumor Spreading – spreading gossip through e-mail, text messaging, or
social networking sites
HAPPY-SLAPPING
PHOTO-SHOPPING
SEXTING
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Sending, receiving, or forwarding sexually
explicit messages, photographs, or images via
cell phone, computer, or other digital devices.
WHOOPS…SEXTING AS AN ADULT
Former U.S. Representative Anthony Weiner - NY
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Megan Meier
Dardenne Prairie, Missouri
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Committed suicide October 15, 2006
MySpace and AOL Messenger
Bullies: Lori Drew, Ashley Grills, et al.
Megan and her friend had a falling out
Megan’s former friend’s mother (Drew)
faked an account “Josh Evans”
Used the account to befriend Megan
Last message to Megan, “The world
would be a better place without you”
Drew indicted/convicted under
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
Convictions overturned – based upon
MySpace’s terms of usage
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Jamey Rodemeyer
Amherst, New York
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Committed suicide September 18, 2011
Formspring, YouTube, Twitter…
An openly gay student endured over a
year of bullying
Jamey posted a video on the YouTube
site “It gets better” telling his story
“I wouldn’t care if you died. No one
would. So just do it  It would make
everyone WAY more happier!
Before he died, he tweeted Lady Gaga,
“@ladygaga bye mother monster, thank
you for all you have done, paws up
forever”
After his death, his sister was verbally
attacked “better off dead”
NO charges were filed
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Jamey Rodemeyer
Amherst, New York
 The statute of limitations had expired.
 Evidence was lacking that a reported offense
was actually committed, or information was
received second- or third-hand and the
actual perpetrator could not be identified.
 Neither Jamey nor his friends reported the
bullying incidents to school administrators or
his parents. The incidents were reported to
police after Jamey died.
 Forensic analysis of Jamey's computer
showed no pattern of "an ongoing course of
conduct" of online abuse by the classmates
reputed to have been harassing him.
 There is no prosecutable crime to which
hate crime laws could be applied. Also, the
motives behind the gay slurs used by kids to
antagonize and harass Jamey were not clearcut
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Hope Witsell
Ruskin, Florida
 Committed suicide September 12, 2009
 Sexting
 Spring 2009, she took a picture of her
breasts with her cell phone and sent it to her
boyfriend
 It was forwarded to students in six schools
almost immediately
 Parents were notified
 Hope became a target of cyberbullying:
people called her slut, skank, whore
 Bullies posted about her on MySpace pages
“Shields Middle School Burn Book" and
started a "Hope Hater Page"
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Phoebe Prince
South Hadley, Mass.
 Committed suicide January 14, 2010
 Moved to the U.S. in the fall of 2009
 Cyber-bullied by 9 teens
 Was accused of “taking away” another
girl’s boyfriend
 Repeatedly threatened to beat her up,
called her “b*tch, Irish slut, whore”
 Defendants posted derogatory Facebook
comments after Phoebe’s death
 Aggressive DA charges with Violations of
Civil Rights, Bodily Injury and Statutory
Rape
 (2) defendants plead, (3) juveniles likely
to plead, (1) facing rape charge
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Tyler Clementi
Rutgers University
 18 year-old jumped from the GW bridge
on September 22, 2010
 His roommate, Dharun Ravi and friend
Molly Wei placed a hidden web cam in
their room
 They live-streamed the video of
Clementi and another man during a
sexual encounter
 Wei plead out and Ravi is facing invasion
of privacy (sex crimes), bias intimidation
(hate crimes), witness tampering, and
evidence tampering
WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES?
(what we tell kids)
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Your parents could be sued
Your parents could pay
thousands of dollars in legal
defense
Guilt, remorse
Sexting – under 18? Distribution
of Child Pornography – a state
and federal offense requiring
registration as a sex offender
More and more prosecutors are
becoming comfortable with the
laws – more juveniles are
getting charged
DIGITAL EVIDENCE IN CYBERBULLYING
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Cell phone forensics can find
text messages, emails, websites,
photos
Cell phone toll records
Computer forensics
Subpoenas or search warrants
can be sent to ISPs, Social
Networking sites for access to
your pages and history
Cyberbullying leaves a digital
trail that is not hard to trace
Don’t not do it because you can
get caught, but because it’s
wrong to do
STATE LAWS
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Alaska
House Bill 482 (2006): Sec. 14.33.200. Harassment, intimidation, and
bullying policy. (a) By July 1, 2007, each school district shall adopt a
policy that prohibits the harassment, intimidation, or bullying of any
student. The policy must also include provisions for an appropriate
punishment schedule up to and including expulsion and reporting of
criminal activity to local law enforcement authorities.
05-09-06: Passed the Legislature, to be transmitted to the Governor
for signature.
Various statutes: http://www.olweus.org/public/laws_alaska.page
Does not have a Cyberbullying statute, but ALASKA STAT. § 11.61.120
which is an anti-harassment statute defines harassment as including
by electronic means which threatens the physical well-being of
another person.
WHAT CAN YOU DO IF YOUR CHILDREN (YOU) ARE
TARGETED?
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Tell your child not to respond to rude e-mails, messages, and comments.
Save the evidence, such as e-mail and text messages, and take screenshots of
comments and images. Also, take note of the date and time when the
harassment occurs.
Contact your Internet service provider (ISP) or cell phone provider. Ask the
website administrator or ISP to remove any Web page created to hurt your
child.
If harassment is via e-mail, social networking sites, IM, and chat rooms,
instruct your child to “block” bullies or delete your child’s current account and
open a new one.
If harassment is via text and phone messages, change the phone number and
instruct your child to only share the new number with trustworthy people. Also,
check out phone features that may allow the number to be blocked.
Get your child’s school involved. Learn the school’s policy on Cyberbullying and
urge administrators to take a stance against all forms of bullying.
Make a report to www.cybertipline.com, and if you feel something illegal has
occurred, inform law enforcement.
2011 NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING & EXPLOITED CHILDREN.
RESOURCES
missingkids.com or ncmec.org: The National
Center for Missing and Exploited Children
 Netsmartz.org
 i-safe.org: protecting the online experiences of
youth everywhere
 wiredsafety.org: cyberbullying, cyberstalking,
cyber abuse
 cybertipline.com: report any crimes against
children
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