Hounslow Schools Online Safety November 2015

Online Safety and
Child Sexual
Exploitation
Julie Campbell
Local Campaigns Manager
NSPCC
• Understand more about Child Sexual Exploitation and
how to prevent it
• Develop a greater understanding of how children and
young people use the internet
• Feel confident about discussing your child’s online
world with them
• Be more informed about what to do if you have a worry
about what your child is doing online
It is a type of sexual abuse in which children are sexually exploited
for money, power or status.
Children or young people may be tricked into believing they're in a
loving, consensual relationship. They might be invited to parties and
given drugs and alcohol. They may also be groomed online.
Some children and young people are trafficked into or within the UK
for the purpose of sexual exploitation. Sexual exploitation can also
happen to young people in gangs.
Sexual exploitation can be very difficult to identify. Warning signs
can easily be mistaken for 'normal' teenage behaviour.
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Young people who are being sexually exploited may:
• be involved in abusive relationships, intimidated and fearful of certain people
or situations
• hang out with groups of older people, or antisocial groups, or with other
vulnerable peers
• associate with other young people involved in sexual exploitation
• get involved in gangs, gang fights, gang membership
• have older boyfriends or girlfriends
• spend time at places of concern, such as hotels or known brothels
• not know where they are, because they have been moved around the country
• go missing from home, care or education
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XasNkfQ5AVM
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Reflections on
the film…
ChildLine’s latest annual review, ‘Always There When I Need You’,
shows:
• Young people aged 12-15 saw the largest increase in counselling sessions
about sexual abuse since 2013/14 (up 17 %).
• Counselling sessions where the main concern was sexual abuse or online
sexual abuse accounted for 45% of discussions.
• The two issues mentioned most often were rape and penetrative sex followed
by online sexual abuse and exploitation (up 21% on the previous year).
• Young people aged 12-15 spoke about the internet as a way to explore their
sexuality and form new relationships. However, this sometimes put them in
risky or upsetting situations.
• Exposure to online sexual abuse, such as grooming behaviour, sexual
harassment, and sharing and viewing sexually explicit images affected this age
group the most.
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• The number of recorded sexual offences against children
increased by 39% in 2013/14 compared with the previous year.
• Young people aged 12 to 15 are more than twice as likely to say
they had viewed harmful content online, compared to children
aged 8 to 11.
• In 2014, the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) removed 31,266
URLs of child sexual abuse images worldwide – a 137% increase
from 2013/14.
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Look out for signs that your child may be being groomed or
exploited.
Children may:
•be very secretive, including about what they are doing online
•have older boyfriends or girlfriends
•go to unusual places to meet friends
•have new things such as clothes or mobile phones that they can't
or won't explain
•have access to drugs and alcohol
Act on your concerns straight away.
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• Children spend twice as long online
as parents think they do
• Children start using the internet aged
3
• Many were viewing self harm, violent
pornography, animal cruelty and
eating disorders websites
• Over ¼ children admitted pretending
to be older to access various sites
• Identified children spend so much
time on line, 1 in 3 now struggle with
other activities such as reading a
book
• Parents were rarely aware of
their children’s activity online
• ¾ parents believed their children
spent less than an hour a day
online
• Children admitted they actually
spent 2 hours a day
• 2/3 children said they had had a
negative experience online
• Only 22% parents realised this
• 97% of parents think that technology helps with education
• Three in ten parents of 5-15 year olds are concerned that their
child may be sharing personal information with strangers
• Most parents believe that their children have not seen
inappropriate content, it is therefore a hypothetical risk
• 74% of parents are concerned about mobile location services on
their child’s mobile phone
• 59% of parents think that technology helps children develop
work related skills
• 46% of parents of 5-15 year olds think their children know more
about the internet than them
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7 in 10
12-15 year olds who go online
have a social network profile
1 in 5
8-11 year olds who go online
have a social network profile
1 in 20
5-7 year olds who go online
have a social network profile
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"It's a great way to
capture memories“
Girl, 14, talking about
Instagram
"It's a portal into your
imagination"
Boy, 15, talking about
Minecraft
"I can communicate
with friends and find
out what everyone is
doing“
Girl, 16, talking about
Facebook
"You can meet and
chat to anyone"
Boy, 15, talking
about Whisper
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• You find that your 13 year old son is playing games online when
he said he was doing his home work
• Your 14 year daughter tells you she has downloaded a movie she
hasn’t seen yet from an illegal file sharing site
• Your 12 year old son has just started a new school and tells you
he wants a Facebook account
• Your 15 year old daughter tells you her friend has been sharing
naked pictures of herself with her boyfriend
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Controlling
Confident
Casual
• Controlling – stopping your child having access to
particular websites/the internet completely
• Confident – feeling you have the knowledge and
confidence to discuss this and agree some rules together
• Casual - not feeling confident about online activity so
ignoring what your child is doing, hoping it will be okay
• WHAT do children and young people do online?
• WHERE do they go online, what websites do
they use?
• WHO do they talk to online?
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• Ask your child what movies they watch online or what
music they download
• Think about what security settings you might want to
put on your devices e.g. setting safety modes
• Discuss starting a Family Internet Agreement
• Remind them they can talk to you if they see anything
that upsets them online
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• Ask your child to show you their favourite
websites
• Look at their internet history – discuss setting
‘safe’ parameters of where children can go
• Discuss with your child what they look at online,
e.g. gaming forums, chat rooms, video
download sites etc.
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• Discuss with your child who they are friends with
online, have they met them in real life?
• Ask them what social networks they are on
• Ask what gaming sites they play on
• Ask them to show you their privacy settings on their
accounts
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Any illegal content should be reported to the
IWF (Internet Watch Foundation)
Any abuse online can be reported to Click CEOP
If a child is being bullied online they can
receive help at www.cybermentors.org
Any problems online should be reported to the website the child
was on. If serious enough concerns should also be reported to
the Police.
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• Internet Gaming
• Homework
• Social Networking
– Facebook, Instagram, Twitter
• Sharing videos, blogs, pictures
• Shopping
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• Social Network Sites – Lots of sites are set up for children of
different ages, not all have moderators
• Gaming Sites – Children can talk to different gamers whilst
playing online – these are not monitored
• Video Sharing Sites – e.g. YouTube, millions of videos posted
daily, many are not suitable for children
• Shopping Sites – Children may access inappropriate products
and services – cookies can also capture information about your
child's activity online to target advertising towards them
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• Chat Sites – Some sites encourage children to talk to
strangers online – allow them to search for those local
to them – also can allow them to be targeted easily
• Advice Sites - Some sites may provide ‘advice’ to
children that is not appropriate e.g. dieting and selfharm websites
* Visit some sites you feel happy for your child to use –
put into your Family Internet Agreement*
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• Gamers - Children can use sites such as Minecraft to
play against friends and strangers online
• ‘Friends’ - Social networking sites allow
communication with friends or friends of friends. Some
children may have ‘friends’ they have never met in real
life
• Avatars – Online characters on sites such as Moshi
Monsters or Club Penguin
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• Strangers – Some sites such as Twitter, BBM and KIK allow
children to ‘follow’ and send messages to strangers
• Anonymous – Sites such as Askfm allow users to ask
questions/talk to other anonymous strangers
• Video chat - Sites such as Omegle and Chat Roulette allow
webcams to be used to ‘chat’ to other strangers
How could you talk to your child about their online friends........
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• Downloading/streaming movies/images – A child might be
using illegal sites to do this without realising
• Creating and uploading videos – Posting videos of themselves or
others online e.g. through YouTube (over 13yrs)
• Sharing photos and videos – Sending sexualised images of
themselves or others can be referred to as ‘sexting’
• Gambling – Children may falsely claim to be older than they are
to access online gambling sites
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• Bullying or harassing others – This may be someone they know
via a social networking site or anonymously e.g. Askfm or
Omegle - this is sometimes referred to as ‘trolling’
• Hacking - Where children ‘hack’ into another’s account such as
Facebook - often called ‘Fraping’
• Dating – Children can claim to be over 18 and access online
dating sites to talk to older people online where they can often
be groomed and incited to send sexualised images of themselves
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The next slide is a real
case example of
inappropriate contact
online....
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(19:47) Luceee:heyaaaaa
(19:47) Ben:lolage
(19:47) Luceee:u ok
(19:47) Ben:yh u... cn i see ur pussy thn bbe?
(19:47) Luceee:nopeee
(19:48) Ben:why?
(19:48) Luceee:becauseee
(19:48) Ben:because wat????
(19:49) Ben:tell me why?
(19:49) Luceee:errrrmmmm cz im to yound as u even said :
(19:50) Ben:haha yh but things cud change
(19:50) Luceee:haha
(19:50) Ben:they cud :/
(19:50) Luceee:haha they wunt n tht is just bribe or w.e
(19:50) Ben:no its not bbe
(19:51) Luceee:iss
(19:51) Ben:no its not bbe
(19:51) K Luceee :k then
(19:51) Ben:i mean it bbe
(19:53) Luceee:uno i like u but u said im too young sooo (
19:53) Ben:yh but feelins change
(19:54) Luceee:k
(19:54) Ben::L
(19:59) Luceee:okay then
(20:00) Ben:booobies!!!
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• Talking to your child about your concerns
• Agree sites you are happy for them to use
• Set up different security modes online e.g. YouTube
Safety mode and Google SafeSearch to help filter
content you don’t want your child to see
• Turning off in-app purchasing on smartphones/tablets
• Check privacy settings on accounts such as Facebook
etc.
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• Ensure webcams are in a shared space
• Talk to your child about how they use the internet on their
phones/tablets/at school etc.
• Encourage children to recognise if they feel uncomfortable about
something and to tell you or another trusted adult
• If you have a concern about what your child is doing online,
decide whether you need to involve your child’s school or even
the Police
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Share Aware campaign
Share Aware is an NSPCC campaign to help parents
keep their children as safe as possible when they are
socialising online.
Simple, straightforward advice to help parents:
1. Understand what their children may be doing online
2. Feel confident in talking to them about how to stay
safe
We tell our children it’s good to share – but online it’s different.
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‘I Saw Your
Willy’ animation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sch_WMjd6go
They know more about online
technologies than I do!
BUT…
I can’t keep up with all
the latest apps!
How do I get them to talk to
me about what they do
online?
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Net Aware is a simple guide
to the social networks, sites
and apps children use –
based on parents’
experiences and the views
of young people.
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Stay up to date with the latest apps,
websites and games your child uses.
Find information on:
• Potential risks
• Protections & safeguards
• Age restrictions
The Share Aware section of the
NSPCC website contains a range of
expert advice on online safety.
As part of this, we’ve developed
conversation starters to help start a
family discussion to set boundaries and
agree what's appropriate online,
particularly in relation to safe sharing.
(visit www.nspcc.org.uk/shareaware)
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What’s OK, and not
OK, to share online
Explore
sites & apps
together
What’s personal
information &
why is it
important ?
Talk about
tricky things
Talk to them
about how to
stay safe
Set some ground
rules together
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This guide, downloadable
from the NSPCC website,
gives parents information
on how to talk to their
children about safe sharing
online, including what to
share and what not to
share, with whom and on
what sort of sites, as well
as information on what to
do if your child overshares.
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‘Lucy and the
Boy’ animation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwcL-VP3FYc
1. Have the conversation early and often
2. Explore online together
3. Know who your child is talking to online
4. Set rules and agree boundaries
5. Make sure content is age appropriate
6. Use parental controls
7. Check they know how to use privacy settings and reporting tools
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Share Aware: online safety help and advice, downloadable Share
Aware guide
http://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/share-aware
NetAware: your guide to the social networks your kids use
http://www.net-aware.org.uk
NSPCC & O2 partnership: let’s keep kids safe online
http://www.nspcc.org.uk/fighting-for-childhood/about-us/partners/nspcc-o2online-safety-partnership
O2 & NSPCC online safety helpline: 0808 8005002
CEOP: Thinkuknow website www.thinkuknow.co.uk
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• Any concerns about anything we have discussed
today, please contact NSPCC’s helpline for
adults on 0808 800 5000
• Children and young people can contact ChildLine
on 0800 1111 or visit the website
www.childline.org.uk
• The West London NSPCC Service Centre offers a
Protect and Respect service for young people
and can be contacted on 020 3763 2333
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Hounslow Council: report any concerns to the Early Help Hounslow team on
020 8583 6600 option 1 or email earlyhelp@Hounslow.gov.uk
Police: if you think a child is at immediate risk of harm, don’t delay, call 999.
To report Child Sexual Exploitation or to speak to the police about anything,
call 101. This is a 24 hour non-emergency number and you will be referred to the
most appropriate department / officer.
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• Millions of children access the internet every day and
most do so in a safe, secure way that enriches their
learning and social experience....
• However, there are risks out there and as parents we
need to have the knowledge and confidence to help
our children manage those risks to keep themselves
safe.....
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Any Questions?
Julie Campbell
julie.campbell@nspcc.org.uk
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