Online Safety

Never download the toolbar or web browser or extras SkyDrive hou12jam@students.gcshools.net Longer is better than strange. Select a phrase. and you have not won a new laptop • Around half of teens have been the victims of cyber bullying and about the same number have engaged in cyber bullying. • Only 1 in 10 teens tells a parent if they have been a cyber-bully victim • Fewer than 1 in 5 cyber bullying incidents are reported to law enforcement • 1 in 10 adolescents or teens have had embarrassing or damaging pictures taken of themselves without their permission, often using cell phone cameras • More than 1 in 3 young people have experienced cyber threats online. • Over 25 percent of adolescents and teens have been bullied repeatedly through their cell phones or the Internet • 35% of kids have been threatened online. Nearly 1 in 5 has had it happen more than once. • About 1 in 5 teens have posted or sent sexually suggestive or nude pictures of themselves to others • Girls are somewhat more likely than boys to be involved in cyber bullying Cyber bullying can take many forms: • Sending mean messages or threats to a person's email account or cell phone • Spreading rumors online or through texts • Posting hurtful or threatening messages on social networking sites or web pages • Stealing a person's account information to break into their account and send damaging messages • Pretending to be someone else online to hurt another person • Taking unflattering pictures of a person and spreading them through cell phones or the Internet • Sexting, or circulating sexually suggestive pictures or messages about a person A woman allegedly sent a text message accidentally to a local cop’s daughter, requesting illegal drugs.