Online Safety Evening

• LessonUp
• Higher Education (non-degree)

Online Safety Evening

Purpose of this session

• Discuss the tools available to our children in our online lives
• Talk about Social media and the impact of it
•  Cover aspects around privacy, content, grooming and screen time
• Gain tips on speaking and supporting your child in safely navigating the online world

How would you rate your own level of confidence in using technology

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What are your expectations of attending this session tonight?

The Basics

• Talking to your child about online safety
• Monitoring online wellbeing
• The use of parental controls
• Knowing the platforms and associated risks
• Reporting online safety concerns

What activities does your child do in an "online" way

Online world

Social Media (Meta, TikTok etc.)

Instant messaging (Snapchat, Instagram, WhatsApp etc.)

Chatrooms

VOIP (Discord, Xbox Voice Chat, Skype)

Email

Web Browsing

Gaming (Console, PC/Laptop or Phone/tablet)

Streaming services (YouTube, Netflix, Twitch)

VPNs

Where to start?

Communication is key

Open and honest conversation is important

Privacy and Protection

Are your social media accounts locked into a private mode?

Yes - All of them

Some of them are

I know you can do this but I haven't

No - I don't know how

Actions

• Get your child to lock down their online presence
• Talk to them about the risks of what they post online
•  If they do not know a person in real life then they shouldn't be on their friends list
• Remember that some activities lend themselves to different kinds of exposure (online gaming vs Facebook)

Are you fully aware of what grooming is ?

Yes

I know the term but don't fully understand how it happens

No

How much have grooming incidents increased in the past 5 years

1. 10% more
2. 20%more
3. 50%more
4. 80%more

Other facts on grooming

• 26% of all grooming offences were through Snapchat
•  47% took place on Meta owned apps (FB, Instagram and WhatsApp)

TikTok

• Technical research in partnership with the Algorithmic Transparency Institute and AI Forensics using automated accounts showed that after 5-6 hours on the platform, almost 1 in 2 videos were mental health-related and potentially harmful, roughly 10 times the volume served to accounts with no interest in mental health
• There was an even faster “rabbit hole” effect when researchers manually rewatched mental health-related videos suggested to “sock puppet” accounts mimicking 13-year-old users in Kenya, the Philippines and the USA.
  
• Between 3 and 20 minutes into our manual research, more than half of the videos in the ‘For You’ feed were related to mental health struggles with multiple recommended videos in a single hour romanticizing, normalizing or encouraging suicide.
  
• TikTok’s very business model is inherently abusive and privileges engagement to keep users hooked on the platform, in order to collect evermore data about them. 

What is the recommended amount of screen time for Teenagers per day?

1. 1 Hour
2. 2 Hours
3. 3 Hours
4. 4 Hours

Do you use parental controls on your child devices?

Yes

On some but not all

No

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