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Drawing the Line with Cyber bullying and Other Misuses of Social Media

1/21/2015 DigitalDanger.org 1

School Safety Summit 2015 Dr. Tim Conrad

[email protected] Officer Don Stanko

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1/21/2015 2:58 PM DigitalDanger.org 2

Our Team

Why We Are Here

• Prevent Problems

– Share what we’ve learned from 41,000 students

– Tips to help kids stay on track with social media

– Share how to use peer leaders to discourage cyber bullying, harassment and other misuses of social media

1/21/2015 DigitalDanger.org

Student Trends

• Facebook no longer cool with students – Parents chased away – Twitter is seen as privacy from parents

• Instagram wildly popular – Becoming cooler than Twitter

• Anonymous Apps are very popular, especially with cyber bullies

• Harassment, Cyber bullying still a problem • Online Gaming leads to chatting with strangers • FOMO is worse than being judged on social media • Kids quantify popular by the number of likes


Schools Using Social Media

• BYOD can bring headaches to schools

• Schools Using Twitter to broadcast – School closings

– Athletic scores

– Showcases of student achievement

– Important school events

– Updates

• Including misuse of social media under citizenship in their student codes of conduct


WHERE DO STUDENTS LIKE TO GO ONLINE?

• YouTube, YouTube,

YouTube !!!

• Instagram

• Twitter

• Wikipedia

• Facebook

• Snapchat

• Sports

• Netflix

• Spark Notes

• Vine

• Hulu Plus

• Google

Videos

FAVORITE STUDENT APPS?

• Instagram

• Twitter

• Geometry Dash

• YouTube

• Circle

• Draw Something

• European War III

• The Tower

• Candy Crush

• PBA

• Trivia Crack

• Stampede Run

• Snapchat

• Words with Friends

• Hanging with Friends

• Vine

• The Bible

• 2 Cars

• Monument Valley

• Madden Mobile

THE DOWNSIDE

OF SOCIAL MEDIA ACCORDING TO STUDENTS

• Hurtful comments

• Bullies

• Racists (high

possibility of being

offended)

• Never completely

gets deleted

• Addicting

• Everyone sees it

(no privacy)

• Harm themselves

because of it

• Not seeing or talking to

your friends personally

• It’s on there for life!

• Predators

• Negativity

• Stays with you forever

Students are Tech Savvy

But have not thought through the implications of their posts


Students Over-estimate Value of Privacy Settings

• They use them (a good thing)

• They forget that those they give access to can repost


Some Students Are Hanging Out in the Bad Digital Neighborhoods


Kind of Like a Hammer

• Social media is not positive, negative, it also is not neutral

– Depends how you use it


Anonymous Apps

• Can be a playground for bullies

• Any apps can be misused

• Anonymous apps are popular with cyber bullies



Yo

Technology is Changing Faster Than

• Laws

• Policies

• Procedures


Bullying and Harassment

• Bullying

– Unwanted

– Repetitive

– Real or perceived power imbalance

– Can take place in person via cellphone, computer or other electronic means

• Harassment

– Threat

– Assault

– Verbal, written or physical abuse

– Threatening, harmful or humiliating conduct


State and Federal Obligations

• Bullying

– Jessica Logan Act

• Harassment

– Unwanted conduct based on a protected class (race, sex, national origin, religion, disability, pregnancy)

– Federal Civil Rights Laws


A Tweet from Penn State Offensive Line Coach Herb Hand

• “If a guy makes the decision to post or

(retweet) stuff that degrades women, references drug use or cyber-bullying crap, then I can make the decision to drop them, especially if I have discussed it with them prior, and especially in today’s climate of athletics.”


When Law Enforcement Intervene? When Should Schools Intervene?


What to Do?

• Kids arguing over favorite boy band

• Kids posting false, negative content about a student on social media

• A student receives an inappropriate image they did not ask for

• Student is cyberbullied

• Someone hacks your kid’s social media account

• Solve it Themselves?

• Tell School?

• Call Law Enforcement?


2907.322 Pandering sexually oriented matter involving a minor

• Create, direct, possess or produce any media that shows a minor participating or engaging in sexual activity;

• Mistake of age is not a defense to a charge under this section.

• Whoever violates this section is guilty of pandering sexually oriented matter involving a minor. Violation of division (A)(1), (2), (3), (4), or (6) of this section is a felony of the second degree


Telecommunications Harassment

• ORC 2917. 21

• Cannot use telecommunications device to harass

• Whoever violates this section is guilty of telecommunications harassment.

• A violation of division (A)(1), (2), (3), or (5) or (B) of this section is a misdemeanor of the first degree on a first offense and a felony of the fifth degree on each subsequent offense.


WHAT IS A DIGITAL REPUTATION ?

• Digital footprint

• What people think of

your posts

• Something that you

post could stay with

you forever

• What you leave behind

digitally

• What you portray of

yourself

• What you do on the

internet

• First impression

• What you post or

comment on the

internet

• The trail you leave of

yourself online

What do they think of me?

“Glad I Saw the Real Person Before I Offered Him”

• Tweet from Penn State Offensive Line Coach Herb Hand

– Stopped recruiting a candidate because of social media


You Can Form An Opinion About Someone You Have Never Met in Person

• Own it!

– If you post it or repost it


Peer Leadership

• Where’s the Line Project – Trained high school students to teach Digital Safety to Middle

School students – Trained middle school students to teach Digital Safety to

Elementary School students

• Themes – If you post it, own it – Your reputation is important – Colleges, colleges, employers, teachers, all use social media – Every post reflects who you are – Here’s my line and here is what I won’t post – Nothing is private, ever – Support, don’t bully or harass others


Ways to Turn a College Off

• Post too much

– Are you paying attention to the important things?

• Bully or harass someone

– I have never heard anyone say “Lets recruit more bullies for our college”

• Racially insensitive posts

• Vulgar or partying posts


Ways to Enhance Your Digital Reputation

• Respect your brand

– You are what you post

• Highlight your accomplishments

• Thank teachers, friends, parents, coaches, mentors, or anyone who has helped you out

• Support others by sending positive messages about peers


The Grandma Test


If You Wouldn’t Show it to Grandma

Don’t Post it!

The Elevator Test


If You Wouldn’t Say It In a Crowded Elevator

Don’t Post It!

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