Tips for Staying Safe on Social Networking Sites
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Guidelines to ensure that you or your child stay safe when using social networking sites.
By: New York State Attorney General's Office
Online Safety Tips Written By Teens
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Here are some online safety tips written by teens for teens. This is great information to have before you begin networking online.
By: TeenAngels, a Division of WiredSafety.org
What You Should Know About Webcams, Microphones, and Digital Cameras
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Read these important tips if you or someone in your household has a webcam, microphone or digital camera. The section "What to Report" lists activities you should report to authorities.
By: CyberTipline and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
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Spanish / Español
I-Safe Chat Room
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Teens can come here to chat with other teens about Internet safety.
By: iSafe.org
X-BLOCK
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This website is dedicated to students and Internet safety. Teenagers can use it to chat, learn more about online safety, and sign up to teach safety lessons to parents or other students.
By: iSafe.org
Browse The Computer Terms, Acronyms & Emoticons Subtopic
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Do you know what "LOL!" or ":-r" means? If your child has been typing letters, numbers and symbols online in ways you can't understand, these resources might help you.
**Please note that after you click on the link you will have to put in your zipcode again**
By: Various
Find and Print an Internet Safety Pledge for Your Family
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Set clear guidelines to help your child or teen stay safe online. These documents include age-appropriate sets of rules about safe Internet use that you can print out, discuss with your family, and implement.
By: The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, NetSmartz.org
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
A Guide to Keeping Your Kids Safe Online (for Teens and Parents)
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Useful guidelines for teenagers and their parents to remember when it comes to Facebook, MySpace, and other similar websites.
By: WiredSafety.org
Short Video: Online Grooming
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Has your child received an expensive gift in the mail, like a webcam, a cell phone with a camera in it, or a trip? These gifts and devices are often for the purpose of encouraging teens to take, produce, and transmit sexually explicit images of themselves. Watch this important video to learn how online predators manipulate and "groom" children and how to protect your child from victimization.
By: National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and NetSmartz.org
List of Social Networking Websites
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Learn more about the social networking websites that your teens may be using. Reminder: this link is provided for informational purposes only and will take you off the LawHelp.org/NY website. This is not an endorsement of any of the websites mentioned.
By: Wikipedia.com
Making Safer Online Choices
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For kids and teens: watch this video and learn important online safety information about social networking and blogging.
By: National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and NetSmartz.org
A Guide to Legal Issues Bloggers May Encounter
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Blog freely and understand your rights. Includes a "Student Bloggers' Legal FAQ," which addresses concerns about censorship in public vs. private schools.
By: Electronic Frontier Foundation
Social Networking Sites & Blogs
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Whether you're a teenager or a parent, find out more about blogs and social networking sites here. Includes helpful online safety tips from New York Criminal Justice Services.
By: New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services
Teens: Test Your Blog Smarts! Take the NetSmartz Blog Beware Quiz
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Take this quiz to find out what sort of information is unsafe to post in your blog -- you might be surprised!
By: NetSmartz.org
MySpace, Facebook and the Middle School Child
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Here are some safety rules you might want to discuss with your middle-school aged teen if he or she has been posting information online through MySpace, Facebook or another social networking site.
By: CyberAngels.org
Browse The Online Bullying Subtopic
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Online bullying, sometimes called cyber bullying, is the misuse of email systems or the Internet for harassing people. See these resources for more information.
*Please note that after you click on the link you will have to put in your zipcode again*
By: Various
Browse The Harassment & Stalking Subtopic
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Online harassment and online stalking (sometimes called cyber harassment and cyber stalking) may occur in chat rooms, email or via another Internet communication method.
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By: Various
Video-Networking Information Sheet
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This resource includes basic info about YouTube and other video-networking technologies, including the differences between video-networking and video-sharing, plus some important information for parents.
By: WiredSafety.org
Online Gaming Risks
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Online gaming has become very popular, among teens and adults. Learn about possible security risks to your computer, as well as to the computers of those with whom you interact while playing online games.
By: United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT)
Browse The Online Dating Resources
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These resources include tips to stay safe when you communicate online with someone new.
**Please note that after you click on the link you will have to put in the zipcode again**
By: Various
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