Saskatchewan Federation of Police Officers 111 Tips: • It’s easy to lie online, but remember: if you can lie, so can others! Don’t believe everything you are told online. • Stay in control of your online reputation. Think about how your behaviour online may be perceived by others (including coaches, employers, parents and strangers). • Remember that all online choices have offline consequences and, in some cases, maybe even legal implications. About Us: DEAL.org is operated by the Youth Engagement Section of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and is part of the National Youth Services branch of the RCMP’s Crime Prevention Services. PHOTOS/VIDEOS: Any photos or videos you post online can be downloaded, copied, altered or printed. Once you post them online, they may be on the Internet forever – even if you take them down at a later time! If you include pictures in your profile, they should be ones that you wouldn’t mind your parents or teachers seeing. Also, be sure that no other information is included in the pictures or videos, such as your school, street name or sports teams. For your main profile picture, a cool graphic or avatar would probably do. POSTS/BLOGS: Posting on profiles or blogs is a quick way to communicate with your friends online, and it doesn’t cost you minutes on your phone. But, anyone may be able to read what you write.Think about what you write before you click SEND. Would your parents be upset if they saw what you wrote? Are you giving out too much information such as where you are going to be, or that you are on vacation (in other words, “hey everyone, my house is going to be empty for awhile!”). MUSIC: Many people may break laws by sharing and/or distributing music online (simply downloading music is illegal in Canada). Someone else usually owns the rights or has copyrighted the music. Adding music to your profile is alright as long as you have the rights to do so.Try using a song you put together! PROFILE SETTINGS: Privacy settings exist on almost every site where you can create a profile.When possible, make sure your profile is set to private. This makes it harder for people you don’t know to see your profile. However, it is not impossible! As we stated earlier, nothing online is truly private. ONLINE PROFILE CHECKLIST www.deal.org Fast facts: Bullying and harassment by mobile devices are at least as big an issue as they are on social networks. ...continued from page 109
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