Anti-Bullying Week 2013 Be Positive and Keep Safe

in Cyberspace

What are young people doing on the internet that’s positive?

• Socialising• Chatting• Learning• Reading• Creating• Sharing• Making music• Having fun

What are young people doing on the internet that’s negative?

• Exposing personal information

• Seeing bad content• Creating bad/unsafe

pictures or content• Excluding• Arguing • Showing off• Joining in or ignoring

unkind behaviours• Cyberbullying

What is cyberbullying?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XgLqTfM-1I

What is cyberbullying?

Cyberbullying is the use of the internet or mobile phones to upset or hurt someone else

• Think about how your behaviour will affect other people

• Think about whether the information you are putting online is “safe”

Internet Quiz

How much do you know

about being positive and staying safe?

It’s ok to pass on a

cyberbullying message or

photo because you weren’t

responsible for creating it

TRUE

You are as much to blame if you pass on a message or photo• Don’t forward it• Don’t laugh at it• Don’t join in

False

Cyberbullying isn’t

against the law so it isn’t that serious

TRUE

Cyberbullying can break the law

• Protection from Harassment Act 1997

• Communications Act 2003

• Malicious Communications Act 1988

• Public Order Act 1986• Computer Misuse Act

1990

False

Cyberbullying can break the law

• An 18 year old girl from Worcestershire was sentenced to 3 months in a young offender institution for posting death threats on Facebooko

• Sending sexual photos on your phone or computer is a criminal offence

You should never reply

to a cyberbullying

message

TRUE

Don’t reply or retaliateYou should print or save the evidence and show it to an adult you trust

What percentage of young people

didn’t tell anyone when

they were cyberbullied?

(Oxon Cybersurvey 2010)

Always tell an adult you trust even if

you were partly to blame

50%

You can trust everyone and

everything on the

internet

TRUE

• People aren’t always who they say they are

• Some websites contain inaccurate and harmful information

False

What percentage of young people had received a message from a stranger asking them to meet up?

(Oxon Cybersurvey 2010)

12%Use the CEOP abuse button

Tell an adult you trust or phone

Child Line 0800 1111

Report Abuse

Has someone acted inappropriately towards you online?It may be sexual chat, being asked to do something that makes you feel uncomfortable or someone being insistent on meeting up

Use the CEOP abuse button tell an adult you trust

or phone Child Line 0800 1111

Stay Safe in Cyberspace

Respect others Treat passwords with

care Don’t reply or

retaliate Save evidence Block or delete

contacts Report Abuse Don’t keep it to

yourself – tell an adult you trust

Remember if you make a

mistake its not too late to tell someone and sort it out

Be positive in cyberspace

What could you do to make the internet a better place?

• Be friendly• Don’t join in• Don’t be a

Bystander• Help a friend• Report abuse• What else?

• Individual poster competition in 3 age categories – individual prizes!

• Group multi-media competition – win £100 for your school/setting to spend on an Anti-Bullying Project

• Closing Date Friday 20th December 2013

Assembly/large group session for 9 - 11 age group

This activity was created by Jeremy Day and Jo Brown of Oxfordshire County Council Youth Engagement and Opportunities for Anti-Bullying week 2013 with the support of the Oxfordshire Safeguarding Children

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