Safe on Social Media

What is personal information? Select all the examples of personal information that should be kept private when using social media.

• Your full name

• Your plans for the holidays

• Where you hide your money

• A photograph of somebody you do not know

Answer explanation

You are off to a good start!

What should you do if someone you do not know tries to add you as a friend on social media?

• Say no, you do not know if the request is coming from a real person

• Accept them immediately as a friend, everybody loves having lots of friends!

• Accept their friend request and tag your friends, after all who doesn't want to be hacked or scammed

• Block them from your account after saying no

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Awesome!

Have you ever seen something on social media that made you feel uncomfortable or unsafe? What did you do about it?

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You are on a roll...

Can you identify strategies to keep your online identity safe?

• Set strong, unique passwords

• Use the same password for all of your accounts and games

• Say no to strangers bearing friend requests

• Set your account to private, if you don't know how ask a grown-up

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Brilliant!

Tell me about a way that you can build and maintain a positive digital footprint online.

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Well done!

How do you know if a site or app is safe to use?

• A secure website's URL should begin with “https” rather than “http”. The “s” at the end of “http” stands for secure

• Find their contact information and make sure the links click through to the information (this will also help you identify scammers)

• Trust your gut instinct

• Apps downloaded from official stores are safe

Somebody sends you a news item with breaking news: "Teachers say yes to students using ChatGBT for class assessments". How can you work out if this is "fake news" or "real news?"

• Celebrate with chocolate and popcorn and immediately download ChatGPT onto your device

• Apply the Rule of 3, if you can find the same information on three different sites, it just might be correct

• Share it with all your friends

• Delete the original work you have done for your assessment and replace word for word from ChatGPT

Answer explanation

Thank you for demonstrating responsible social media behaviour. 

What should you do if someone asks you to meet them in person after talking to you online?

Answer explanation

Now that is playing safe!

You receive a message from a friend that includes a video of somebody you know being pushed down the stairs by a senior schoolboy. What do you do?

• Share it with your friends list

• Comment, therefore encouraging this sort of behaviour

• Tell a grown-up

• Write back to the person who shared it with you reminding them that this is not responsible or ethical online behaviour

Answer explanation

Now that is what friends are for

Did you like the song you danced to (like nobody was watching?)

• Loved it!

• Not quite my style, thank you

• Uh, could love it or leave it

• Please don't make me listen to that again, it makes my ears bleed!

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