Day 2 Safer Internet Day 2024

Which of the following is not an example of how to be respectful online?

• Sharing pictures of other people without permission.

• Always use lower-case letters, unless you are trying to express excitement or enthusiasm, writing in CAPS can mean you’re shouting.

• Always be polite and kind to others.

• Never do or say anything online that you would not do or say offline.

You are in a chatroom talking about your favourite football team.

Someone starts saying unkind things to you, which makes you feel upset.

What should you do?

• Shut the computer screen and walk away.

• Start saying unkind things back to them.

• Tell your friends at school the next day.

• Tell a trusted adult about what has happened.

You need to create a password for an online account.

Which of the following is a rule to help keep your password safe?

• Include numbers, letters (using both upper case and lower case) and symbols.

• Use an obvious word, such as your name, e.g. sarahjones.

• Write down your password so you don’t forget it.

• Keep the password short so it’s easier to remember.

You are in a gaming chatroom.

Which of the following will help keep you safe when you are talking to people you do not know?

• Not sharing any personal details about yourself, such as your full name, name of school or address.

• Using a nickname your friends give you, instead of your real name.

• Using an avatar (an online character image), instead of a photo of yourself.

• All of the above.

Your friends have been talking about a game they have been playing online.

You find a website where you can download the game.

A pop-up appears on your screen suggesting that you click on it to download the game for free.

What should you do?

• Ask your friends what to do, they have been playing the game so they should know the answer.

• Show the pop-up to a trusted adult and ask them if it is safe for you to click to download the game.

• Download it, if you don’t you wont be able to play the game.

When posting something on the Internet, who might be able to see it?

• Anyone who has an Internet connection.

• Only the people who you are friends with.

• Only your closest family.

• Just yourself.

You go into school and find out that your friend has sent an embarrassing photo of another classmate to everyone in the class.

What should you do?

• Laugh at the photo with your classmates, your classmate won’t mind as it is very funny.

• Forward the photo to other people in school, it’s been shared with your class already so any more won't matter.

• Show a copy of the photo to a trusted adult.

• Share the photo on social media.

Your friend has told you that they have started talking to someone online that they do not know and they are planning on meeting up with this person.

What should you do?

• Ask your friend all about them, maybe you would like to be friends with them too.

• Offer to go with your friend, it will be better if there are two of you.

• Don’t do anything. Your friend has been talking to this person for a long time, it will be fine for them to meet.

• Talk to a trusted adult.

You are using the Internet to find out some information for your homework assignment.

You come across a website when searching on a search engine but you are not too sure if it is reliable.

What do you do?

• Use the website. If it’s on the Internet and included in the search engine then it must be fine.

• Use several other websites to check that the information is reliable.

• You can’t trust anything that is on the Internet. Use a book from the library instead.

• Use the first website on the search engine results page.

Which of the following is true?

• People can fake photos with photo editing software.

• All the information online is real.

• A Facebook post that has been shared many times must be real.