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E-SAFETY Sharon Dixon & Louise Allen Essential Safeguarding Outcome of Workshop To raise awareness: Social Media – Cyber Bullying, Pornography, App’s, Sexting & The Law CSE – Risks & Vulnerabilities What Parents Can do – Keeping your children safe The Digital World Children access the internet / social media. It’s their world! •93% of children use a computer and phone •8 out of 10 teenagers have a home computer, mobile phone/tablet and games console •Half of 9-16 year olds in Europe now own a smartphone • An evaluation of 11-16 year olds using the ‘thinkUknow’ resource showed 1 in 5 shared personal information and photos with someone they knew online A study by the NSPCC found that 11-16 year olds place a high value on feeling like they are part of an online or social media community Impact on Children • Fear of missing out leading to excessive use or exaggeration • Getting upset by things they have seen and being uncertain about what to do • Engaging or being pressured into engaging in more risky behaviour either by accident or by design • Developing unrealistic, and possibly depressing ideals of body image and gender • Becoming subject to peer pressure or interactions that are intense or too difficult to handle • Creating an online reputation that may create problems for them in the future • Can restrict social skills building • 24/7 - Impact on education • Seeing inappropriate violent and sexual content It’s not all doom and gloom! Positives • Place to explore positive relationships • Have a voice on certain issues • Reach a large audience for good causes social media children have access to… What do you know about APPS? Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) New Government definition to come… •Project Phoenix worked with young people who were sexually exploited and gave the following definition from workers and young people: “Someone taking advantage of you sexually, for their own benefit. Through threats, bribes, violence, humiliation, or by telling you that they love you, they will have the power to get you to do sexual things for their own, or other people’s benefit or enjoyment (including: touching or kissing private parts, sex, taking sexual photos).” • Abusers use well rehearsed Grooming techniques CSE Vulnerabilities What to do if concerned • Not in education • Contact the Police • Lack of friends from same age group • Seek support from support services such as: PACE, Barnardos, NSPCC, CEOP • Low self-esteem • Domestic Abuse, MentalHealth • Physical & emotional availability of parent / carer Pornography • Children have easy access to pornography. Research has shown that more children accidentally find online porn than deliberately search for it (NSPCC) • 28% of young people felt that pornography changed the way they thought about relationships (NSPCC) • 3 in 4 young women believe porn has led to pressure on women to act a certain way (IP, 2014) • Research found that 39% of boys in England aged 14-17 regularly watched pornography (STIR, 2015) What you can do if worried • Explain that it is normal to be curious about sex but pornography isn’t a healthy way to learn about sex • Explain that pornography isn’t what real sex is like • Try not to ask personal questions. Find a private space for discussion • Signpost your teen to services/websites like BROOK Cyber bullying Cyber bullying is a form of bullying online via social media, gaming, spreading rumours or posting nasty or embarrassing messages, images or videos • More than 16,000 young people are absent from school due to bullying (NSPCC) • Facebook, Twitter and Ask.FM are found to be the most common social networks for cyberbullying (DtL, 2013) • Cyberbullying is found to have catastrophic effects upon the self-esteem and social lives of up to 69% of young people (DtL, 2013) • As a result of bullying, 29% self harmed, 27% skipped class, 14% developed an eating disorder and 12% ran away from home (DtL, 2015) • Appearance is cited as the number 1 aggressor of bullying, with 51% saying they were bullied because of attitudes towards how they look • 26% said their weight was targeted, 21% body shape, 18% clothing, 14% facial features, 9% glasses and 8% hair colour What can you do • Ask your child what they want to do…don’t take over and act without their knowledge • Remind them that it is the attitude and behaviour of the perpetrator that is at fault • Keep clear records of everything • Put anger aside and seek support. School etc, websites - NSPCC, Childline, Childnet, Police for advice SEXTING Sexting is “the exchange of sexual messages and images, creating, sharing and forwarding sexually suggestive nude or nearly nude images through mobile phones and the internet” (NSPCC) •Sexting can have a devastating impact. At it’s most extreme it can lead to suicide and self harming or a criminal record, isolation and vulnerability •Once an image is in the public domain it is very difficult to control and children and young people need to be aware of this • It can affect the mental health of the young person leading them to feelings of paranoia and isolation at a very important developmental stage of their lives • Extreme cases of sexting could lead to a young person moving to another school or moving home The problems posed by sexting come from their peers – from ‘friends’ in their social networks. • Young people using sexting as threats towards others Sexting and the Law Young people involved in sharing sexual videos and pictures may be committing a criminal offence Under Section 1 of the Protection of Children Act 1978 and Section 160 Criminal Justice Act 1988 it is a crime to: • Take an indecent photo or allow an indecent photograph to be taken • Make an indecent photograph (this includes downloading or opening an image that has been sent via email) A crime to… •Distribute or show such an image •Possess with the intention of distributing images •Advertise; and •Possess such images • Prosecution is unlikely. However, children need to be made aware that they may be breaking the law • The police may visit and on some occasions media equipment could be removed but this is more likely to happen if the images have been distributed Employers, universities and colleges are doing ‘digital digging’ – they are looking at profiles, searching for names and asking questions about the online profile of potential recruits What to do if concerned? • Reassure your child that you will work with them to deal with this matter • If images are being circulated you can contact the Police • Inform the school and seek there advice on how to manage within school • Search for additional advice on CEOP, NSPCC, Barnardos CEOP - EXPOSED Parental Controls There are many ways to protect and support your child… •Open conversation •Privacy settings on Facebook, most Apps, Devices •Use filters and controls •Sharing information – no DOB, Age & location There are many ways to seek support if concerned. •If concerned about immediate danger to your child call 999 •Contact the NSPCC •Contact PACE •Contact the school for support •CLICK ‘Report it’ button on CEOP What Next… It is important to: •Reassure your child. Don’t panic! •Apply the same principles as with Stranger Danger, or Road Safety •Keep the dialogue of conversation open…all the time •Remind yourself and children that the internet does have it’s positive uses!! QUESTIONS