An Introduction to Digital Safety

An Introduction to
Digital Safety
Safeguarding in the context of the
internet, social media, uploading,
downloading and storing!
Version:- February 2014
Sandy Youngson
Health Improvement Specialist (Training)
Safeguarding Team,
Children and Families Department,
London Borough of Brent,
Brent Civic Centre (4th Floor)
Engineers Way,
HA9 0FJ
sandy.youngson@brent.gov.uk
020 8937 6262
07876 001 706
Aim
To learn more about methods of digital
communication, how people and organisations
use social media and the safeguarding
implications and best practice guidance when
using these methods of communication for work
and personal purposes.
The session will briefly cover:
 Use of social media and digital communication
 Attitudes to risk
 Legislation and policy
 Safeguarding implications of digital communication, including references
to…
Gaming
Gambling
Pornography
Sexting
Grooming
Cyber Bullying
Instant Messaging
Trolling
VOIP and video conversations, web-cams
Tracking/geo locating Apps
Policy, guidance & service mapping Apps
 Referral pathways to support services
 Requirements to embed digital safeguarding into every day practice
Introductions
Taking less than 30 seconds each, introduce
yourself to the group. Telling us…
1. Your Name
2. Your Place of work (if applicable)
3. Your favourite bit of tech or app
In small groups list as
many types of
communication
that you can think of
(not just digital)
Stand in a line and place yourself in relation to
each other, depending on your answer to the
following questions.
1. Who has a personal email address?
2. Who has Facebook, Twitter, a website or something similar?
3. How often do you check them?
4. When was the last time you reviewed your security settings
for the above?
Stand in a line and place yourself in relation to
each other depending on your answer to the
following questions.
1. Who takes photos with their phones
2. Who has a ‘cloud’ account which automatically saves
images or documents,
(e.g. Drop Box, Sky Drive, iCloud, Photostream, etc.)
3. Who uses Skype? BBM? iChat, etc.
In groups
List as many types of digital media that you can think of
• List the benefits of digital communications
• List the drawbacks of digital communications
‘Social media is an official form of
external and internal communication and
communications that go our through
social media channels are as much the
official voice of the council as press
releases, posters or information on
brent.gov.uk’
Brent Social Media Policy, V1.0, Page 3 – May 2011
http://intranet.brent.gov.uk/intramain.nsf/Communications/LBB-3442
Airbnb: 4 million users  App.net: 20,000 users  AppGratis: 10 million users  Apple GameCenter: 200 million  Aviary: 35 million users  Badoo: 172 million users
 Bang With Friends: 200,000 “Matches”  Banjo: 4 million users  Bebo: 30 million users  Biip.no: 450,000 users  Blippar: 1 million downloads  box.net: 15 million
users  Branchout: 30 million users  Buffer: 500,000 users  Busuu: 30 million members  Camera360: 100 million users  Care2: 18 million users  Change.org: 30
million users  Classmates.com: 55 million users  Cloob: 1 million users  Cooliris: 3 million users  Couple: 1 million users  Cubie: 6.5 million users  Deezer: 26
million users  Delicious: Still searching  DeviantArt: 26 million members  Digg:  Disqus: 300 million users  Douban: 100 million users  Dropbox: Over 100 million
users, 1 billion files uploaded daily  DXY: 3.5 million  Edmodo: 18 million users  Ebay: 100 million active users  eToro: 2.75 million users, 50 million trades  Eskimi:
10 million users  Etsy: 20 million users, 100 million products  Evernote: 60 million users  Fab: 12 million users  Facebook: 1.11 billion users  Fancy: 2 million users
 Feedly: 7 million users  Fitocracy: 1 million users  Flickr: 87 million users, 8 billion photos  Flipboard: 56 million users  Flixster: 20 million users  Fotolog: 22
million users  Fotopedia: 14 million users  foursquare: 33 million users, 1.3 million businesses  Freelancer.com: 6.6 million users  Friends Reunited: 24 million users
 Gaia Online: 26 million registered users  GetGlue: 3.2 million users  GitHub: 3.5 million users  Glassdoor: 18 million users  Glympse: 4 million users  Gmail:
425 million users  Goodreads: 16 million users  Gogobot: 2.5 million users  Google+: 343 million active users  Google Chrome: 750 million users  Gree: 25 million
users  Groove: 1 million users  Groupon: 36.9 million users  Habbo Hotel: 4 million users  HealthTap: 1 million users  Hike: 5 million users  Hootsuite: 5 million
users  hoppr: 3 million users  Hulu Plus: 4 million users  Hyves: 9.8 million users  iCloud: 300 million users  iHeartRadio: 20 million users  Imgur: 56 million
users  Instagram: 100 million users, 4 billion photos  Instapaper: 2 million users  iQiyi: 200 million viewers  iwiw: 4.7 million users  iWork: 10 million users 
Jiepang: 4 million users  Kakao Talk: 90 million users  Keek: 6 million users  Kik Messenger: 50 million users  Kiloo: 26.5 million daily active users  Kiwibox: 10
million users  Kleii: 1 million users  Last.fm: 40 million users  LevelUp: 1 million users  Life360: 34 million users  Line: 150 million users  LinkedIn: 225 million
users  Listia: 2 million users  Living Social: 70 million users  LockerDome: 4 million users  LoginRadius: 10 million users  Mailbox: 1 million users  MeetMe: 1
million users  MeetMoi: 3 million users  Mega: 3 million users, 125 million files uploaded  MessageMe: 1 million users  Mint.com: 10 million users  Mobage: 25
million users  Momo: 20 million users  Mixi: 26 million users  Mxit: 50 million users  MyFitnessPal: 30 million users  MyHeritage: 72 million users  MyLife: 60
million users  MySpace: 25 million users  Netflix: 30 million users  Netlog: 84 million users  Nexopia: 1.2 million registered users; 200,000 active members 
Nimbuzz: 150 million users  Noom: 6.7 million users  Odnoklassniki: 45 million users  Ookbee: 3 million users  ooVoo: 75 million subscribers  Openstreetmap: 1
million users  Ortsbo: 212 million unique users  Outlook.com: 400 million users  Pandora: 200 million registered users  Path: 10 million users  Paypal: 123 million
users  Pheed: 1 million users  PicMix: 8 million users, 108 million photos  Pinterest: 48.7 million users  Plurk: 1 million users  Pocket: 8.5 million users 
Popcornflix: 1 million users  Prezi: 20 million users  Pulse: 30 million users  qeep: 18 million users  Quora: 1.5 million monthly unique users  QQ: 700 million
monthly users  Qzone: 600 million users  Rally.org: 3 million users  Ravelry: 3 million users  Rdio: 10 million users  Readability: 5 million users  Reddit: 69.9
million monthly users, 4.8 billion monthly page views  Renren: 100 million users  ResearchGate: 2.7 million users  Rounds: 6 million users  Rovio (Angry Birds): 1.7
billion downloads, 263 million monthly active users  Runkeeper: 14 million users  Saavn: 10 million users  Scoop.it: 7 million users  Shazam: 300 million users; 5
billion tags  ShopAdvisor: 10 million users  Shopkick: 4 million users  Sina Weibo: 503 million users  SkillPages: 8 million users  SkyDrive: 250 million users 
Skype: 280 million users  Skyrock: 40 million users  Slacker: 4 million monthly users  SlideShare: 50 million users  SnapDeal: 20 million users  Socialcam: 56
million monthly users  Songza: 1 million users  Sonico: 55 million users  Soundcloud: 180 million monthly users  SoundHound: 130 million users  Spotbros: 1
million users  Spotify: 24 million total users, 6 million paid subscribers  Springpad: 4 million  Square: 3 million users, 250,000 merchants  Steam: 50 million users 
Storybird: 2 million members  Stumbleupon: 25 million users, 1 billion monthly page referrals  Tagged: 330 million registered users  Tango: 100 million users  Tango
Card: 600,000 users  Tibbr: 1.5 million subscribers  Trello: 1 million users  Truecaller: 11 million users  Trulia: 23.6 million monthly active users  Tuenti: 13 million
users  Tumblr: 216.3 million monthly visitors, 108.9 million blogs  Twitter: 500 million total users, more than 200 million active users  Viadeo: 50 million users  Viber:
200 million users  Viddy: 39 million users  Viewster: 8.3 million unique viewers  Viggle: 1.8 million users  Viki: 22 million users  Vimeo: 12.6 million users  Vine:
Still Searching  Visual.ly: 145,000 users  VK.com: 190 million users  Voddler: 1.2 million users  Voxer: 70 million users  Wanelo: 8 million users  WAYN: 21
million users  Waze: 44 million users  WeChat: 300 million users  WeiXin: 100 million registered users  WhatsApp: 200 million users  Wix: 25 million users 
WordPress: 74 million blogs  WorldFloat.com: 6 million users bb: 1 million users  Wunderlist: 4 million users  Xing: 11 million users  Yahoo! Mail: 281 million users
 Yammer: 7 million users  Yandex.Fotki: 10 million users  Yelp: 78 million users; 30 million reviews  Youku Tudou: 150 million users  Youtube: 1 billion users, 4
billion views per day  Yummly: 7.5 million monthly users  Zalo: 2 million users  Zing: 8.5 million users  Zoo.gr: 1.2 million users
Source: Craig Smith – May 2013
http://expandedramblings.com/index.php/resource-how-many-people-use-the-top-social-media/
Airbnb  App.net  AppGratis  Apple GameCenter  Aviary  Badoo  Bang With Friends
 Banjo  Bebo  Biip.no  Blippar  box.net  Branchout  Buffer  Busuu  Camera360
 Care2  Change.org  Classmates.com  Cloob  Cooliris  Couple  Cubie  Deezer 
Delicious  DeviantArt  Digg  Disqus  Douban  Dropbox  DXY  Edmodo  Ebay 
eToro  Eskimi  Etsy  Evernote  Fab  Facebook  Fancy  Feedly  Fitocracy  Flickr 
Flipboard  Flixster  Fotolog  Fotopedia  foursquare  Freelancer.com  Friends Reunited
 Gaia Online  GetGlue  GitHub  Glassdoor  Glympse  Gmail  Goodreads  Gogobot
 Google+  Google Chrome  Gree  Groove  Groupon  Habbo Hotel  HealthTap  Hike 
Hootsuite  hoppr  Hulu Plus  Hyves  iCloud  iHeartRadio  Imgur  Instagram 
Instapaper  iQiyi  iwiw  iWork  Jiepang  Kakao Talk  Keek  Kik Messenger  Kiloo 
Kiwibox  Kleii  Last.fm  LevelUp  Life360  Line  LinkedIn  Listia  Living Social 
LockerDome  LoginRadius  Mailbox  MeetMe  MeetMoi  Mega  MessageMe:  Mint.com
 Mobage  Momo  Mixi  Mxit  MyFitnessPal  MyHeritage  MyLife  MySpace  Netflix
 Netlog  Nexopia  Nimbuzz  Noom  Odnoklassniki  Ookbee  ooVoo  Openstreetmap
 Ortsbo  Outlook.com  Pandora  Path  Paypal  Pheed  PicMix  Pinterest  Plurk 
Pocket  Popcornflix  Prezi  Pulse  qeep  Quora  QQ  Qzone  Rally.org  Ravelry 
Rdio  Readability  Reddit  Renren  ResearchGate  Rounds  Rovio (Angry Birds) 
Runkeeper  Saavn  Scoop.it  Shazam  ShopAdvisor  Shopkick  Sina Weibo  SkillPages
 SkyDrive  Skype  Skyrock  Slacker  SlideShare  SnapDeal  Socialcam  Songza 
Sonico:  Soundcloud  SoundHound:  Spotbros  Spotify  Springpad  Square  Steam 
Storybird  Stumbleupon  Tagged  Tango  Tango Card  Tibbr  Trello  Truecaller  Trulia
 Tumblr  Twitter  Viadeo  Viber  Viddy  Viewster  Viggle  Viki  Vimeo  Vine 
Visual.ly  VK.com  Voddler  Voxer  Wanelo  WAYN  Waze  WeChat  WeiXin 
WhatsApp  Wix  WordPress  WorldFloat.com Wrapp  Wunderlist  Xing  Yahoo! Mail 
Yammer  Yandex.Fotki  Yelp  Youku Tudou  Youtube  Yummly  Zalo  Zing  Zoo.gr
Source: Craig Smith – May 2013
http://expandedramblings.com/index.php/resource-how-many-people-use-the-top-social-media/
Airbnb  App.net  AppGratis  Apple GameCenter  Aviary  Badoo  Bang With Friends
 Banjo  Bebo  Biip.no  Blippar  box.net  Branchout  Buffer  Busuu  Camera360
 Care2  Change.org  Classmates.com  Cloob  Cooliris  Couple  Cubie  Deezer 
Delicious  DeviantArt  Digg  Disqus  Douban  Dropbox  DXY  Edmodo  Ebay 
eToro  Eskimi  Etsy  Evernote  Fab  Facebook  Fancy  Feedly  Fitocracy  Flickr 
Flipboard  Flixster  Fotolog  Fotopedia  foursquare  Freelancer.com  Friends Reunited
 Gaia Online  GetGlue  GitHub  Glassdoor  Glympse  Gmail  Goodreads  Gogobot
 Google+  Google Chrome  Gree  Groove  Groupon  Habbo Hotel  HealthTap  Hike 
Hootsuite  hoppr  Hulu Plus  Hyves  iCloud  iHeartRadio  Imgur  Instagram 
Instapaper  iQiyi  iwiw  iWork  Jiepang  Kakao Talk  Keek  Kik Messenger  Kiloo 
Kiwibox  Kleii  Last.fm  LevelUp  Life360  Line  LinkedIn  Listia  Living Social 
LockerDome  LoginRadius  Mailbox  MeetMe  MeetMoi  Mega  MessageMe:  Mint.com
 Mobage  Momo  Mixi  Mxit  MyFitnessPal  MyHeritage  MyLife  MySpace  Netflix
 Netlog  Nexopia  Nimbuzz  Noom  Odnoklassniki  Ookbee  ooVoo  Openstreetmap
 Ortsbo  Outlook.com  Pandora  Path  Paypal  Pheed  PicMix  Pinterest  Plurk 
Pocket  Popcornflix  Prezi  Pulse  qeep  Quora  QQ  Qzone  Rally.org  Ravelry 
Rdio  Readability  Reddit  Renren  ResearchGate  Rounds  Rovio (Angry Birds) 
Runkeeper  Saavn  Scoop.it  Shazam  ShopAdvisor  Shopkick  Sina Weibo  SkillPages
 SkyDrive  Skype  Skyrock  Slacker  SlideShare  SnapDeal  Socialcam  Songza 
Sonico:  Soundcloud  SoundHound:  Spotbros  Spotify  Springpad  Square  Steam 
Storybird  Stumbleupon  Tagged  Tango  Tango Card  Tibbr  Trello  Truecaller  Trulia
 Tumblr  Twitter  Viadeo  Viber  Viddy  Viewster  Viggle  Viki  Vimeo  Vine 
Visual.ly  VK.com  Voddler  Voxer  Wanelo  WAYN  Waze  WeChat  WeiXin 
WhatsApp  Wix  WordPress  WorldFloat.com Wrapp  Wunderlist  Xing  Yahoo! Mail 
Yammer  Yandex.Fotki  Yelp  Youku Tudou  Youtube  Yummly  Zalo  Zing  Zoo.gr
Source: Craig Smith – May 2013
http://expandedramblings.com/index.php/resource-how-many-people-use-the-top-social-media/
www.facebook.com
www.twitter.com
www.linkedin.com
sandyyoungson.smugmug.com
What are your safeguarding concerns
about digital communications?
What used to be referred to as a ‘Digital Footprint’
may more accurately be referred to as a
‘Digital Tattoo’
‘over one in four children aged 11-16
with a profile on a social networking site
have experienced something upsetting
on it in the last year (28 %), and of those
who were upset, 11 % were dealing with
this on a daily basis.’
The experiences of 11 – 16 year olds on social networking sites
Claire Lilley, Ruth Ball and Heather Vernon - NSPCC – 2014
www.nspcc.org.uk/Inform/resourcesforprofessionals/onlinesafety/11-16-social-networking-sites_wda101495.html
The experiences of 11 – 16 year
olds on social networking sites
Claire Lilley, Ruth Ball and
Heather Vernon - NSPCC – 2014
www.nspcc.org.uk/Inform/resourcesforprofessio
nals/onlinesafety/11-16-social-networkingsites_wda101495.html
The experiences of 11 – 16 year olds on social networking sites
Claire Lilley, Ruth Ball and Heather Vernon - NSPCC – 2014
www.nspcc.org.uk/Inform/resourcesforprofessionals/onlinesafety/11-16-social-networking-sites_wda101495.html
The experiences of 11 – 16 year olds on social networking sites- NSPCC – 2014
www.nspcc.org.uk/Inform/resourcesforprofessionals/onlinesafety/11-16-social-networking-sites_wda101495.html
Link to the CEOP web site
‘Think U Know’ – Privacy settings page
www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/Secondary/Tools/Parental-Controls
Text talk
Convenience or coded Messages?
LOL
CUL8R
POS
TTYL
ASLA
ROFL
2NTE
F2F
LH6
NSA
RUMOF
UNA
Text talk
Convenience or coded Messages?
LOL
CUL8R See You Later
Over Shoulder
POS Parent
MOS – Mum / DAS – Dad
TTYL Talk To You Later
Sex? Location?
ASLA Age?
Availability?
ROFL Rolling On Floor Laughing
Laugh Out Loud or
Lots Of Love
Tonight
Face To Face
Let’s Have Sex
Name? Sex?
Age?
Are You Male
or Female?
Use No
Acronyms!
2NTE
F2F
LH6
NSA
RUMOF
UNA
Case Scenarios
Split into groups and discuss
the following scenarios
Scenario One
Two 15 year olds at school are in an intimate relationship,
she takes a picture of herself topless and sends it to him,
he keeps it on his phone, but doesn’t share it.
1. What is you reaction to this scenario?
2. If he shares it with his friends, would your reaction
be any different in this scenario?
3. If they were both 17 would that change things?
Link to the CEOP web site
‘Think U Know’ – Sexting & Selfies page
www.thinkuknow.co.uk/14_plus/need-advice/selfies-and-sexting