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GooseberryAlert26DigitalFriendships

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GooseberryStudent‘Discussions’oftheweek

Didyouknowthatonaverage,inthepastweek,twoinfiveyoungpeoplereportedfeelinganxiousorworriedaboutsomethingthathadhappenedonline?

Communicating and connecting online should be fun but it MUST BE SAFE. Usingtechnologytoconnectwithothersprovideschallengesforyou,yourfamilyandteachers.Itcanputusallatriskandmakeusfeelunhappy.

Usingyourtechnologywiselycanhelpprotectandkeepyousaferonline.Behavingrespectfullyandrespondingsensiblytoaproblemonlinecanhelptoo.

Discussthefollowingquestions: Howdoyouconnectandcommunicateonline? Howcanbeingonlineaffectyourmood? Whatdoyoudotomakeyourselffeelbetterifsomeoneupsetsyouonline? Doyouagree,thatcommunicatingyourfeelingsiseasieronline?Explainyourthoughts. Whoisresponsibleforyoursafetyonline? Doyourfamilyandteachersalwaysunderstandtheimportanceofyouronlinelife? Howwouldyoulikeyourfamiliesandschooltosupportyouwithyouronlinelife?

KeyMessages:Everyoneonlinehasaresponsibilitytomakeitakind,respectfulandsupportiveenvironment.

Wemustallleadbyexampleanddemonstratepositiveandrespectfulbehaviouronlineourselves.

Createcontentthatisfunandenjoyable.Connectsafelyonlineandreportcontentthatisbullying,offensiveorupsetting.

Yourgenerationmustleadthewayandcreateabetteronlineworldforusall.

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GooseberryTeacher‘Thoughts’oftheweek

Althoughwearenowbetterinformedaboutthenegativeeffectsofalifeonline,thishasnotpreventedtechnologybecomingcentraltoyoungpeople’srelationships.Inmanyrespects,theuseoftechnologytocreate,connectandcommunicateonlineisapositivephenomenon.

Youngpeopletypicallymakeuseofavarietyofmethodsandplatformstocommunicatewithothersonline,makenewfriends,shareexperiencesandsupporteachotheremotionally.

But, the ‘DigitalFriendships’ report,publishedby theUKSafer InternetCentre (2018), states that‘more than two in five young people reported feeling anxious orworried in the pastweek aboutsomethingthathadhappenedonline’.

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Thesenewnorms forcommunicatingand forming relationships,whilst largelypositive, clearly stillpresentnumerouschallengesforyoungpeople,theirfamiliesandschools.Forsome,exclusionandmeannesshavebecomecommonplaceinyoungpeople’slivesonline.

Whatperhapsissurprisingandthankfulisthat,accordingtothereport,youngpeoplerecognisethesechallengesanddesirethesupportoftheirfamilies,schoolsandpeersincreatingasafer,happierandmorerespectfulinternetforall.

Regardingyourschool:• Howdoyouteachyourstudentsandtheirparents,tohelprecognisetherisksonline?• What opportunities do you provide to safely practice and demonstrate independence,

decisionmakingandpositivebehavioursonline?• Howdoyousupportyourstudentsandtheirparentswhenthereisaproblemonline?

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GooseberryParent‘Thoughts’oftheweek

Doyouknowwhatisgoingoninyourchild’sonlineworld?

Asaparent,youhaveavitalroletoplayinsupportingandmanagingyourchild’sonlinerelationships.

Childrenandyoungpeoplewantoursupportandhelpnavigatingandexploringalifeonline.Thisdoesn’thavetomeanknowingeverydetailofhowtheyusetheinternetandtheWorldWideWebtocommunicateandmakefriends,butratherjustbeingthereasasourceofsupportiftheyencounteranyconcerns,knowingwhattodoiftheyhaveandbeingproactiveinhelpingthem.

• Focusonthepositiveaspectsthatalifeonlinecanbringtoyourchild’ssociallife.• Helpthemtocreateapositiveonlineidentityanddigitalfootprint.• Supportthemwithchallengesthattheymayfacewiththeironlinelife.

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‘Deepfakes’-Face-swappingsoftware

Howwouldyoufeelifyourfacesuddenlynolongerbelongedtojustyou?

TheBBChavereportedonanalarmingnewtechnologyandAppcalled‘Deepfakes’.Thisalgorithmdriventechnologyenablescreatorstoedit,manipulateandexploitaperson’sfacialfeatures.TheAppallowsaperson’soriginalfacialimagetobedigitallyreplacedwiththatofanotherforanypurposeandwithinanycontext.Mostalarmingly,withouttheirknowledgeorconsent.

Thispresentsnewchallengesandrisksforusallwhenchoosingifandhowweshareouruniquepersonalimageandidentity,online.

Withoutpermission,‘Deepfakes’hasalreadybeenusedtoexploitandmisusethefacial imagesbelongingto‘celebrities’,tocreate‘fake porn’. Although the content has been banned on somewebsitesforthisreason,thereisnoclearpieceoflegislationthatcoverstheactofnon-consensualface-swapping.Findoutmoreandreadthereport:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/technology-43118477/deepfakes-the-face-swapping-software-explained

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