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icat

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po

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fun

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sk:

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yo

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o w

ill y

ou

be

talk

ing

to?”

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w lo

ng

will

yo

u b

e o

nlin

e?”

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ces:

Net

Smar

tz, W

eb W

ise

Kids

, FBI

, Haw

aii

Inte

rnet

Cri

mes

Aga

inst

Chi

ldre

n

Dep

artm

ent

of t

he A

ttor

ney

Gen

eral

Cri

me

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enti

on

& J

ust

ice

Ass

ista

nce

(CPJ

A) D

ivis

ion

Cri

min

al J

ust

ice

Div

isio

n,

Haw

aii I

nte

rne

t &

Te

chn

olo

gy

Cri

me

s (H

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C)

Un

it

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pro

ject

was

su

pp

ort

ed in

par

t b

y A

war

d

No.

200

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he

Ch

ild S

exu

al

Pred

ato

r Pro

gra

m, O

ffice

of C

om

mu

nit

y O

rien

ted

Po

licin

g S

ervi

ces,

U.S

. Dep

artm

ent

of J

ust

ice.

Th

e o

pin

ion

s, fin

din

gs,

and

co

ncl

usi

on

s o

r re

com

men

dat

ion

s ex

pre

ssed

in t

his

pre

sen

tati

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r pu

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e au

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essa

rily

rep

rese

nt

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offi

cial

po

siti

on

, vie

ws,

or p

olic

ies

of t

he

U.S

. Dep

artm

ent

of J

ust

ice.

Dec

emb

er 2

010

Loca

l Res

ourc

es

Haw

aii I

nter

net

Crim

es A

gain

st C

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ren

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ceD

escr

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n: C

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nti

on

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urc

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tect

th

e ch

ildre

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tion:

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vid

es In

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y re

sou

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line.

com

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crip

tion:

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rep

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ch

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xplo

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escr

iptio

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rovi

des

Inte

rnet

saf

ety

edu

cati

on

al re

sou

rces

for c

hild

ren

of a

ll ag

es.

Net

Sm

artz

.org

Des

crip

tion:

An

inte

ract

ive

reso

urc

e to

teac

h

child

ren

ho

w to

sta

y sa

fe o

nlin

e.

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s.or

gD

escr

iptio

n: F

ocu

ses

on

bu

llyin

g, b

log

gin

g,

soci

al n

etw

ork

ing,

on

line

pre

dat

ors

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d m

ore

.

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eed to Know

CYB

ERB

ULLY

ING

:

Th

e act of pickin

g on

other

peop

le, trying

to hu

miliate

and

intim

idate th

em th

roug

h

e-m

ail, text messag

es, web

posts, an

d/or in

stant m

essages.

Fact: O

ne in

3 on

line teen

s have

experien

ced o

nlin

e harassm

ent.

Law

: Harassm

ent b

y Imp

erson

ation

To

harass, an

noy, o

r alarm an

y perso

n b

y telep

ho

ne, fax, e-m

ail with

ou

t pu

rpo

se of

legitim

ate com

mu

nicatio

n.

To

po

se as ano

ther p

erson

.

To sp

read p

erson

al info

rmatio

n o

f any

perso

n b

y any electro

nic m

eans w

itho

ut

the au

tho

rization

of th

at perso

n w

ith th

e in

tent to

harass, an

noy, o

r alarm th

is p

erson

. M

aximum

: 1 year in jail or 1 year probation

ON

LINE PR

EDA

TOR

S:

An

adu

lt Intern

et user w

ho

exp

loits vu

lnerab

le child

ren

or teen

s, usu

ally for sexu

al or

oth

er abu

sive pu

rpo

ses.

Fact: Nin

e ou

t of 10 p

arents w

ill never

kno

w th

at any in

app

rop

riate con

tact has

occu

rred.

Law

: Electron

ic Enticem

ent o

f a Ch

ild

An

y perso

n w

ho

uses a co

mp

uter o

r any

oth

er electron

ic device to

com

mu

nicate

with

a min

or u

nd

er the ag

e of 18 to

p

rom

ote o

r facilitate a felon

y or travels to

m

eet the m

ino

r. M

aximum

: -10 years in prison

- Registered as a sex offender

- Sex offender treatment

SEXTIN

G:

The act o

f send

ing

sexually

explicit m

essages o

r imag

es

electro

nically.

Fact: O

ne in

5 teens (13-19 years o

f age)

have sen

t/po

sted n

ud

e or sem

i-nu

de

pictu

res or vid

eos o

f them

selves.

Law: P

rom

otin

g C

hild

Ab

use

Pro

du

ces or p

articipates in

the

prep

aration

of ch

ild p

orn

og

raph

y. M

aximum

: 20 years in jail

Rep

rod

uces ch

ild p

orn

og

raph

y with

in

tent to

dissem

inate.

Maxim

um: 10 years in jail or 5 years probation

Sto

res data th

at con

tains an

imag

e or

child

po

rno

grap

hy.

Maxim

um: 5 years in jail or 5 years probation

SO

CIAL N

ETWO

RKIN

G:

A w

ebsite th

at enab

les users

to create p

ub

lic pro

files and

fo

rm relatio

nsh

ips w

ith o

ther

users w

ithin

the sam

e web

site.

Fact: 45% o

f teens h

ave been

asked fo

r p

erson

al info

rmatio

n fro

m p

eop

le they d

o

no

t kno

w.

Law

: The C

hild

ren’s O

nlin

e Privacy

P

rotectio

n A

ct (CO

PPA

)

Gives p

arents co

ntro

l over wh

at in

form

ation

is collected

on

line fro

m th

eir ch

ildren

un

der th

e age o

f 13 and

ho

w

such

info

rmatio

n m

ay be u

sed.

Provid

es paren

ts access to th

eir child

’s p

erson

al info

rmatio

n an

d th

e o

pp

ortu

nity to

delete th

e child

’s p

erson

al info

rmatio

n an

d o

pt-o

ut o

f fu

ture co

llection

or u

se of th

e in

form

ation

. M

aximum

: - Website w

ill terminate services

provided to child.

What Can Parents D

o?

Keep

an o

pen

com

mu

nicatio

n w

ith yo

ur

child

abo

ut th

eir on

line lives. * Talk to

you

r ch

ild ab

ou

t you

r Intern

et safety con

cerns in

a p

ositive w

ay.

Instruct your child:

to n

ever arrang

e a face-to-face m

eeting

w

ith so

meo

ne th

ey met o

nlin

e;

to n

ever up

load

(po

st) pictu

res of

them

selves on

to th

e Intern

et or o

nto

an

on

line service fo

r peo

ple th

ey do

no

t p

erson

ally kno

w;

to

never g

ive ou

t iden

tifying

info

rmatio

n

such

as their n

ame, h

om

e add

ress, scho

ol

nam

e, or telep

ho

ne n

um

ber;

to

never d

ow

nlo

ad p

ictures fro

m an

u

nkn

ow

n so

urce, as th

ere is a go

od

ch

ance th

ere cou

ld b

e sexually exp

licit im

ages;

to

never resp

on

d to

messag

e or b

ulletin

b

oard

po

sting

s that are su

gg

estive, o

bscen

e, bellig

erent, o

r harassin

g;

th

at wh

atever they are to

ld o

nlin

e may

or m

ay no

t be tru

e;

to n

ot resp

on

d to

offen

sive or d

ang

erou

s e-m

ail, chat, o

r oth

er com

mu

nicatio

ns;

to

tell you

if they see so

meth

ing

that

makes th

em feel scared, u

nco

mfo

rtable,

or co

nfu

sed;

to

keep th

e offen

sive or d

ang

erou

s e-m

ail; turn

off th

e mon

itor, and

contact local law

enforcem

ent.

Keep the com

puter in a comm

on area.

Do

n’t thin

k of th

e Intern

et as a bab

ysitter. K

ids on

the In

ternet n

eed ad

ult

sup

ervision. M

onitor you

r child

’s activities.