Inappropriate Content
Inappropriate content has been defined in the Children's Internet Protection Act
as visual depictions that are obscene, child pornography, or material "harmful to minors"
Categories include pornography, hate groups, violence, illegal activity, extremist groups, online advertising.
as visual depictions that are obscene, child pornography, or material "harmful to minors"
Categories include pornography, hate groups, violence, illegal activity, extremist groups, online advertising.
Safety and Legal Issue for Inappropriate Content
What to do if inappropriate content is on a computer, make a report. Pictures and other content can be flagged if posted on a social network. If the inappropriate content is stored on the drive of the computer certain people must be notified. Managing computer use must model safe and legal use. The computers are an implement for digital citizenship and responsibility. Computers as a means for accomplishing creative applications must be approached with a prescribed practice, most notably the schools prescribed practice. Nonetheless, notification must be had.
Tips for Parents
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Tips for Educators
- We must empower young people to handle a wide range of interactions and activities on the Internet that could be harmful to their well being. These safety concerns include sexual predation, hate group recruitment, invasion of personal privacy, Internet addiction, Internet fraud and scams, harassment, stalking, and harmful speech, as well as the inadvertent access of harmful material. We cannot expect that reliance on technology "tools" will be effective in addressing these safety concerns.
- Choosing Not To Go Down the Not-so-good Cyberstreets Nancy Willard (Center for Safe & Responsible Internet Use) discusses how can we help young people gain the knowledge, decision-making skills, and motivation to make safe and responsible choices when they are using the Internet. Tips from the website is for one, the teens who are likely to be most at-risk are those who perceive themselves to be outcasts in the school environment and those who have come from dysfunctional families where they have been the victims of emotional, sexual and/or physical abuse.
- Securing the Learning Environment New Survey of 1,500 Education Professionals Reveals U.S. Schools Rife with Serious Internet Infractions
- Encourage school districts and schools to develop a plan of action to address how they will assist students to engage in the safe and responsible use of the Internet. Schools should work with parents, public libraries, and community technology centers to develop a comprehensive, community-wide approach. This approach will move schools beyond the simple adoption of an Internet Use Policy. School districts and schools will need support for this planning through the provision of information about the issues of concern and access to recommendations for effective strategies.
Tips for Students
- SafeTeens.com A place for teens and parents to learn how to use the Internet safely. No preaching, just good advice. Operated by Larry Magid, a broadcaster and syndicated columnist and author of numerous articles about online safety.
- Trash talk's a reality. It may not be pretty, some of it could be abusive, but it's not necessarily all bad. Just like there's trash talk on the football field, it happens in games and virtual worlds, too. Most games today can be played online, communicating with other players via text chat, talk, or Webcam video.. Be sure you know how to deal with it. Often players can block harassers or report them to the game’s publisher.
- If a sexting photo arrives on your phone, first, do not send it to anyone else (that could be considered distribution of child pornography). Second: Talk to a parent or trusted adult. Tell them the full story so they know how to support you. And don't freak out if that adult decides to talk with the parents of others involved - that could be the best way to keep all of you from getting into serious trouble.
- Constant texting and talking can affect sleep, concentration, school, and other things that deserve your thought and focus. You need your sleep and real friends understand there are times you just need to turn off the phone - harassment can happen between midnight and morning too.
- Teen Guide to Safe Blogging Tips from Larry Magid on being smart about what you share online.