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online safety tips

top ten tips

  1. Follow your family rules for using the Internet.
     
  2. Ask an adult first if you want to register for something or enter a contest online.
     
  3. Use a screen name (not your real name) on IM, blogs and chats.
     
  4. Keep your password a secret. Don't even tell it to your best friend.
     
  5. It's not ok to write mean things about people on the Internet. You can get in trouble !
     
  6. Don't stay in a chat if someone makes you feel uncomfortable.
     
  7. Never agree to get together with someone you meet on the Internet.
     
  8. Never put any photos on the Internet unless you check with adults.
     
  9. Before you download anything on a computer, ask an adult. Some files can harm your computer.
     
  10. If you see something online that makes you uncomfortable, tell an adult.
     

Remember: It's easy for people online to pretend to be someone different than they really are.
 
Remember: Some information you'll find online is NOT true !
 

SN = screen name
IM = instant messaging
chat = talking online in real time with other people
cyber-bullying = writing mean things about people online. It is illegal. updated June, 2007