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1. Internet Safety Tips!
By: Rachel Ramesh
G-9
Subject: GK
Teacher: Ms. Uma

2. What is Internet Safety??
• Internet safety or online safety is the security of people and
their information when using the Internet. Internet safety
means protecting your personal information while online.
Details such as your address, full name, telephone number,
birth date and/or social security number can potentially be
used by on-line criminals.

3. Introduction
• Internet is like a Super Highway! It has almost all of
the information on the Earth…
• As you all know, over 75% of people on the earth
access Internet.
• Statistics show that--- Children are the largest group
of users…
• Out of 100%, 37% of the children are bullied!! Only
19% reported this!
• Internet is mostly used for entertainment

4. What Children Usually do
Online!
• Visit virtual worlds
• Play multiuser games
• Text or instant message one another
• Post profiles and interact with others on social
networking sites
• View and post videos
• Download music, movies, and more
• Create and upload art
• Do research

5. Some Online Concerns
• Cyberbullying
• Disturbing content
• Stranger Danger
• Viruses and spyware
• Violence
• Cyber stalking
• Online Predation, etc…

6. FOLLOW SOME
RULES TO BE SAFE
AND PROTECTED
WHEN YOU’RE
ONLINE!!

7. RULE NUMBER 1- ZIP IT!
• Keep your personal stuff private and think about what you
say and do online.
• Remember that people online may not be who they say they
are. Online friends are still strangers even if you have been
talking to them for a long time.
• Don’t share personal information online including your full
name, photos, addresses, school information, telephone
numbers and places you like to spend time. Make sure you
have set privacy settings to restrict access to personal
information.

8. Passwords ARE Confidential!
• DON’T GIVE PEOPLE YOUR PASSWORD!
• Passwords are meant to be confidential, unless an account is
used by multiple users (like an admin).
• Make sure you have a complicated password.
• Use both Uppercase and Lowercase letters, Symbols, Numbers
and Spaces. Also try substituting letters or entire words with
misspellings, symbols and numbers. Eg: If you want your
password to be “My cousin was born July 21, 2000.”, you
could make it: “Mic$n’s bdayiz 07210” or “McwbJuly/21,0”

9. RULE NUMBER 2- BLOCK
IT!!
• Block people who send nasty messages and don’t open unknown
links and attachments.
• Always delete emails from people you don’t know, and don’t
open
attachments from people you don’t know. They might be
nasty or have a virus that can stop your computer working.
• If someone is mean or sends nasty messages online, block
them.
Cyber bullying is very real and very upsetting… it is no
different to usual bullying.

10. BE CAREFUL, MIND YOUR
WORDS!
It’s so easy to say something online that you wouldn’t say to
someone’s face because you know it would hurt their feelings.
Don’t hide behind your mobile phone or computer – words on a
screen can be as hurtful as the words that come from your
mouth.
Mobile phones are making it much easier to communicate in lots
of different ways.
BBM, WhatsApp, FB Messenger, Line, etc.. are great ways of
communicating with your friends…
But DON’T get caught up in nasty arguments.

11. RULE NUMBER 3: FLAG IT!
• Flag up with someone you trust if anything upsets you or if
someone asks to meet you offline.
• If a friend you have made online asks to meet you in the
offline world, talk to your parents or a trusted adult about
it. You should never meet up with someone you have met
online without an adult going with you because it is
dangerous.
• You never know who you are going to meet!
• If someone you know is being nasty to someone online, speak
to a parent or a trusted adult about it.

12. RULE 4: 4 R’S TO
REMEMBER
• Recognize techniques used by online predators to
deceive their victims.
• Refuse requests for personal information.
• Respond assertively if you are ever in an
uncomfortable situation while online. Exit the
program, log off or turn off the computer…
• Report to a parent or other trusted adult any
suspicious or dangerous contact that makes you
uncomfortable.

13. BE SAFE-SMART or
SMART-SAFE 
• Always use a nick-name instead of your real name. Use an
avatar instead of your real picture. Make your passwords
complicated.
• Being safe is about being smart, making the right choices and
knowing what to do when you just don’t feel happy about
something.
• Don’t respond to offensive messages

14. SMART RULES!
• SAFE – Keep safe by being careful not to give out personal information – including full name
and email address - to people who you don’t trust online.
• MEETING – Meeting up with someone you have only been in touch with online can be
dangerous. Only do so with your parent’s/carer’s permission and even then only when they
can be present.
• ACCEPTING – Accepting e-mails, IM messages or opening files from people you don’t know
can be dangerous – they may contain viruses or nasty messages!
• RELIABLE – Someone online may be lying about who they are, and information you find
on the internet may not be true. Check information and advice on other websites, in books
or ask someone who may know.
• TELL – Tell your parent/carer or teacher if someone or something makes you feel
uncomfortable or worried, or you or someone you know is being cyberbullied.

15. ^STATISTICS^
• 75% of children and teens report sharing personal information
about them and their families to complete strangers in chat
rooms1
• 93% of American teens (ages 12-to-17) use the Internet2
• 73% of American teens use social network sites2
• 75% of American teens own cell phones2
• 4% of American teens have sent sexually suggestive images or
videos of themselves via cell phone, and 15% have received
such images from someone they know2
• 43% of teens have been victims of cyberbullying3