Safer Internet Day 2007 Blogathon

After the person come into our class and told us about internet safety, paedophiles etc, I had a completely different outlook of the internet, I realised that the internet is practically a home to paedophiles, scammers etc. The person told us that you shouldn’t put any information or personal details of yourself on the net because paedophiles and people like that can trace you and track you down: Ash

Internet safety is a serious issue not to be joke about. Many young children have been kidnapped and killed by murderers and paedophiles. In only 45 minutes a paedophile can find out where you live, your name, your friends and your interest just by giving out an email address, phone number or full name. So just be aware of when you’re in chat rooms, myspace etc. SO DON’T GET SUCKED IN!!! : Billy

I think that the people and programs that warn and help people about internet safety should reach out further to help people. A person came in the other day and warned us about internet safety. I think that we were lucky to get a person to teach us about internet safety. In closing more people need to know about internet safety: Bobby

You and your friends have to be to be very careful if you are not you could become a target to a scam, murderer or paedophile.
A good way to avoid it is never give your real surname, E-mail address and phone number because if you don’t it makes it hard to find you: Callum

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I’m a 13 year old girl and like most I use the msn to talk to my friends, there was a teacher that recently came and talked to us about internet safety. He was saying about how quickly someone could get all the information about you to stalk you of the internet, and how not to put close up pictures of yourself up because they could copy them for something really bad so just think twice about who you talk to and what you do: Chantelle

Today my class had a man from internet safety come and speak to us about netsafety. I was really shocked how easily people can get your information (paedophiles). Some kids in America did a study about it and in 45 minutes they knew everything about this one girl, so if it’s easy for a couple of school kids to do that it would be very easy for an experienced paedophile to do it. So some tips, never give out your last name and never give out your phone number and only give your email address to people you have meet in person. Clair.

The internet is a dangerous place. Not knowing who you’re talking to, not knowing anything about them, most importantly not knowing what they are capable of. Yes they might be nice and all at first…. I’ve learnt after 2 short minutes they can learn your hobbies, what your email address is, and your name. After 7 minutes they know your phone number and where you live. After 45 minutes they know as much as where your mum and dad work, things like your brothers and sisters name and your parent’s bank account details. SO DON’T GET SUCKED IN: Dylan

Computer safety

I think that it is scary that these disgusting people have a right to do what they are doing to our young teenagers. Now I am going to think twice about what I write, think and do on a computer .When I played the game “Runescape” a person that I did not know came up to me and wanted me to buy some naked pictures of girls and wanted to get my e-mail address but I said no because I knew what he was doing: Dylan

Internet Safety………

If you are going to use MSN messenger, Chat rooms etc,
It is a good idea to keep personal information to yourself like: your last name, your phone number, your address etc.
It is also wise not to put any close up pictures of yourself or any one else on the net.
I think it should be compulsory for all students using MSN messenger or Chat rooms to be taught or spoken to about their safety on the internet.
Recently my class was spoken to about how to use internet safety and I totally agree with what was said.

By Emily.

We need to be safe on the internet other wise sometimes we may be talking to a paedophile. Do not send pictures of yourself or your full name and don’t even send our phone number or even where you live. So be very careful and make the internet very safe for yourself and your friends: Joshua

I had a guy come to the school and told us all about internet safety and how people can get on the internet and pretend to be someone there not. So I started to think and I recommend that if you don’t know the person you should never ever talk to them, no matter what. You should always remember your friends email address so if they try to be your friends you will know there not and if you take a picture don’t do any close ups of you or any one else. I think that if you get talked to about internet safety don’t do the wrong thing and don’t take it for granted.
Every school should be told about internet safety and to watch out for paedophiles.

From kaz .

Posting pictures and personal information about yourself can be extremely risky.
If you think about it anyone could find where you live, what your phone number is, your email address just by looking at your MSN My space (if you have one.)
My opinion is to just not open any junk mail you receive unless you know what it is and as I said before Do Not! Post pictures or post personal information (unless you want them to know everything about you yes im talking about the paedophile’s yes they are out there and they will go to all the trouble just to get near you, so I highly suggest not to do the opposite of what I just said: Matt

A person came into our class and told us about Internet Safety. He told us to never put close up photos of your face on the Internet because people can cut out your face and put it on someone else’s body with out you knowing a thing. He also told us to never put your surname and your phone number on the internet, because some people can find where you live and they can steal some of your stuff: Nathan

I had some one add me as one of there friends on a chat site I go on. And at first it didn’t bother me, but after a guy come and told us about the way pedophiles work I either blocked them or deleted them. it just annoys me that there are sick people out there that are willing to do these things. I feel really sorry for the people that are affected by these thing: Ricky

Our class had a guy from NETALERT, (which is like an Ozzy Net Safety Organisation.) Come and chat 2 us about stuff that can happen if you’re not careful on the net. It made me realise just how big of a danger zone it can be. Like, if you’re in a secluded Chat room talking 2 someone you don’t know and you give them your E-mail address, They could be paedophiles just waiting to locate all kinds of things including your phone number your details and even where you live!
………Be Safe People!
Ruby
I think that people should be aware about internet safety and paedophiles trying to rape children and hack into peoples msn yahoo and other chat sites and find there credit card number to steal there money. Sometimes they find all their details and find their address to stork and they might go to Google earth and look what they are doing and wait till the children are alone in the house the they would get ready to kidnap them and to rape and murder them. Other paedophiles go onto internet games and pretend to be young and no all the cheats and ask for credit numbers and home addresses and more detail to find where they live to find and rape them: Shaun

Like most teenaged girls I use the internet to talk to my friends and socialise, I usually put photos of myself and my friends as my display picture on the internet, but now I’ll think twice before I do that because I have all different e-mail addresses that have added me and I don’t know who they are, you never know who could see it, I also have a my space and I used to write my full name, what school I go to and what club I swim for, so If somebody wanted to find me they could really easily: Tara