TEENANGELS.ORGa program of WiredSafety.org

Parry AftabBrittany

JoeyEmmaBrian

Patrick

What are TeenAngels?• Teens helping others• 13-18, and now tweenangels and alumni• Experts in:

– Cybercrime– Cyberabuse– Information literacy– Privacy and security– Technology and communication

• Training the trainers

What do Kids do Online?• Communicate• Gaming• Searching• Schoolwork• Entertainment• E-Commerce and buying decisions• Downloading media• Learn

IMing…it’s their Life!• Which application do their friends use?• Yahoo!, MSN and AIM• Trillian, cross-platform communication• Managing their buddylists• Blocking and controlling

communications• Away messages

Dangers Kids Face (and pose to others) Online

Online Predators

• Katie, Nashville, Margaret• 100% preventable• Georgina and telling your mom• Kids being killed• Even one is too many!

Kids are Different Online• 60% of teen girls polled admitted to

having cybersex• 12-14% admitted to meeting Internet

friends offline (but 14% and 24% stats from Family PC study)

• 60% admitted to acting out online- swearing, cyber-bullying, cyberabuse

• Cyberstalking for fun…it’s virtual

Cyber-Bullying• Posing as each other• Hacking or guessing passwords• Signing each other up for SPAM/porn, etc.• The bathroom stall wall – 700 million

people wide• Forwarding and posting sexual images• Posting and sharing private messages

Pictures and Video• Surveillance• Sharing personal images• Porn• Cyber-bullying• Predators• Privacy issues• Schools

Kids as Internet Consumers

None of your business!• How kids fill out forms• How old are they?• E-mail addresses• Bill Gates, Frank Sinatra and Benjamin

Franklin• But “rent a coder” and credibility• Not until you really need it!

Earning their Trust!

Whom do you Trust?• Brands online and offline• Government vs. commercial sites• Notice clear and concise• Don’t trick us• Have a good reason and share it• Personally identifiable vs. non-PII• Opt-in vs. Opt-out

R-E-S-P-E-C-T!• Aretha said it best!!

– Respect our personal space and bandwidth!• Tell us:

– What you are doing– How you are doing it– Why you’re doing it– What’s in it for us?

• Don’t talk down to us

Online Brands• Microsoft vs. everyone else• Yahoo! And Google• G-Mail• Apple vs. Microsoft• MTV, Johnson & Johnson, Disney, AOL, the

Gap• Double-Click

Lying to Kids• Kids expect to be lied to…• They weigh the benefits against the risk• Hate being marketed to and bothered• Don’t read the policies and make decisions

based on trusted brand• Never give a second chance

TeenAngels and You!

Getting kids involved• 70 million online• Kid-power and Nag-factor buying

decisions• COPPA issues• Advisory boards and focus groups• Ask the kids!

TeenAngels…supporting our work

• Advisors, sharing your expertise• Guiding us to the right people• Sponsoring a chapter• Sponsoring a video or webpage• Linking to or using our content• In-kind or funding contributions• Fellowships• Hosting conference

What we need…• Website development help• Video equipment and software• Printing• Travel and accomodations• Introductions• Video and multi-media production• Public relations and government relations

support

Reaching us…

• Through Parry – parry@aftab.com• Teenangels@wiredsafety.org• Teenangels.org not .com!!!• WiredSafety.org• Brittany@wiredsafety.org