- Follow your family rules for using the Internet.
- Ask an adult first if you want to register for something or enter a contest online.
- Use an SN*, or screen name on Instant Messaging or IM*, and on chats. Don't use your real name.
- Keep your password a secret. Don't even tell it to your best friend.
- Don't by a cyber-bully*. It's not ok to write mean things about people on the Internet. You can get in trouble!
- Don't stay online if someone or something makes you feel uncomfortable.
- Never agree to get together with someone you meet on the Internet.
- Never put any photos on the Internet unless you check with adults.
- Before you download anything on a computer, ask an adult. Some files can harm your computer.
- If you see something online that you know is not right, tell an adult.
Remember: It's easy for people online to pretend to be someone different than they really are.
Remember: Some information you'll find online is NOT true !
*SN = screen name
*IM = instant messaging
*cyber-bully = someone who writes mean things about people online. It is illegal.
updated June, 2008
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