Internet Safety Tips

Are you aware of the things that could happen to you when you go onto the internet? 795 million cyberspace users in 2004. 20% have computers in bedrooms, 1/3 easier to talk to people on the internet than in person. Vulnerable to exploitation, pron, inappropriate information, hate sites, gambling sites. 405 of kids visited inappropriate sites. 90% of 8-16 year olds have seen pornography on the internet. typo squatting, bad sites of misspelled child character names. Truth and domain names act, so that this can't happen anymore. spam and spim inappropriate email. Kids will open up and look at the annoying pop ups that look like games but are gambling sites. hate sites 8667 at the end of 2003 10296 at the end of April 2004. Online plagiarism, piracy 455 of high school students have plagiarized from the internet. 3-4th graders 60% go on the internet alone, 46% use e-mail. Cyber bullying is just like old fashioned playground bullying but they can do it 24/7. Blogs allow posts about mean things. 59% have more than one screen name. Cyber bullying can have deadly consequences, depression, suicide, and murder. People online may not be who they say they are. Predator builds a false sense of trust and then brings the kids in for attack and molestation. Some have killed their victims.