Safer Internet Day 2022

Keanu is watching a livestream of one of his favourite YouTubers gaming. During the stream, the YouTuber makes rude comments about another streamer and suggests that everyone goes and spams them with snake emojis “just as a joke.” What should Keanu do?

• Join in and post the emoji on the chat on the other streamer’s channel

• Ignore the instruction

• Message his favourite YouTuber privately to let them know this isn’t okay

• None of these

Mae is playing an online roleplay game when another player starts following her around in the game and asking for her personal information. What should Mae do?

• Turn it into a game and run away from the other player for as long as possible

• Tell an adult about what’s happening, then report and block the other player

• Message some of her friends and start spamming the other player with messages

     in return

• None of these answers

Yasmeen is trading

on her favourite game when another player offers her a purple invisibility potion, but only in exchange for a green crystal. Yasmeen doesn’t have a green crystal, but really wants the potion. What should Yasmeen do?

• Turn it into a game and run away from the other player for as long as possible

• Tell an adult about what’s happening, then report and block the other player

• Message some of her friends and start spamming the other player with messages

     in return

• None of these answers

Tyler is playing in a team online with one of his friends from school. They're in a difficult match and Tyler can hear his friend getting more and more frustrated over his headset. When they lose, his friend loses his temper and there’s a loud noise before he disconnects from the game. What should Tyler do?

• Wait until his friend is next online then make a joke about him rage quitting

•  Give his friend some time to cool off then send him a supportive message

•  Suggest they don’t play that game again as it’s too tricky

• None of these answers

Ishaan is online with

a group of friends, but knows he needs to log off soon to finish his chores. When he messages them to say goodbye, they all try to convince him to stay. Ishaan hates saying no to his friends and doesn’t want to miss out on the fun. What should Ishaan do?

• Log off for now but agree another time when they can all play together

• Focus on having fun and forget about his chores

•  Lie to his friends and tell them his internet is broken so they don’t think he’s ignored them

• None of these answers

Kayla has lots of friends who are boys and loves playing online with them. They always have fun with lots of competition and banter, but lately Kayla has been feeling fed up with the constant jokes about “girl gamers.” What should Kayla do?

• Block and report the next person who makes a joke about girl gamers

• Find some other girl gamers to play with instead of

  the boys

• Explain to her friends how she is feeling and give them a chance

  to change their behaviour

• None of these answers

Nico has been

playing online with a more experienced gamers for several months. They have a good friendship, and the player has always been supportive and helped him out. Now the player has invited him to a gaming party at his house, which is just around the corner from where Nico lives. What should Nico do?

• Go to the party but take a school friend with him for company

• Block the other gamer and only play online with people he knows offline as well.

• Tell an adult about his friend’s invitation and decide how to respond together

• None of these answers

Jamie is new to gaming and has noticed a lot of swearing on some

of the servers they play on. The language makes them feel uncomfortable and even though they doesn’t swear themselves, they’re worried they might get in trouble if their parents see it. What should Jamie do?

• Block and report any players they

  see or hear swearing

• Speak to their parents about what’s happening and how it’s making them feel

•  Start their own server where swearing isn’t allowed

• None of these answers

Dajuan has always loved going online but recently it’s been causing lots of arguments with his family. They always call for dinner right in the middle of a level and he finds it frustrating when he has

to let his team down and leave the game. What should Dajuan do?

• Shout at his family for ruining his game

• Explain to his team that he has to leave because of his family and it’s not his fault

•  Talk to his family about what time dinner usually is and try not to start new games just before this

• None of these answers

Sena and her friends all love going online, but a new girl has just joined their class who doesn’t have a device at home. Sena wants her to feel included but isn’t sure what they’ll have in common if she doesn’t use the internet – plus she can't join their group chat! What should Sena do?

• Invite the new girl to her house to get to know her better and find something better they both enjoy

• Stop worrying about it, there’s nothing she can do.

• Spend 5 minutes

  every morning updating the new girl with what’s happened in the group chat in the last 24 hours

• None of these answers