Outrun the FBI 5K run/walk
to SHUT DOWN Internet predators
We run so they can't hide.
Proceeds from this event will help support the FBI Citizens' Academy's Sexual Predator Initiative -- a program designed to educate parents and children statewide about the dangers of online predators, and how to safely combat this growing problem. FBI agents and members of the FBICA meet with school groups, religious organizations, and other community groups to provide the facts and resources needed to take action.
An Internet Safety initiative from the FBI’s Citizens Academy:
Remember when you taught your little ones how to cross the road alone? Now your children navigate a far more dangerous highway called the Internet and they still need your guiding hand.
Although your kids are smart enough to use a computer, they might not be wise enough to protect themselves from online strangers or graphic Web sites. Sexual predators and scam artists looking to exploit children find the Internet a rich source of victims to target.
But research reveals good news. While many teens share personal information online and put themselves in potentially harmful situations, their exposure to possible threats declines and they make safer online decisions when parents and guardians talk to them about Internet Safety.
The Citizen Academy’s Act Smart Be Safe Online initiative is designed to provide you key information and resources you need to ensure that your kids have a safe and positive experience on the Internet.
Predators Cruise the Internet for Potential Victims. Online sexual predators cruise millions of teen-oriented Internet chat rooms, blogs, photo-sharing and social networking sites to observe, approach and “groom” unsuspecting young victims. The information they gather is readily available online courtesy of the children they are pursuing. Piecing together information from their intended victims’ screen names, personal profiles, journals, and chat room conversations, they formulate their approach and contact their prey using instant messaging, email, online chats, discussion groups, and sometimes the telephone.
With the ultimate goal of a face-to-face meeting, child predators patiently groom their potential victims to gain their trust. They exploit their inexperience, sympathize with their adolescent problems, offer psychological support and appear enthusiastic about their interests. Given a false sense of security that makes them vulnerable, some children consent to meet their “friend” in person, which could have dire consequences. A recent study found that most children who agree to meet with an adult do so willingly. They are not tricked or coerced.
Proceeds from this event will help support the FBI Citizens' Academy's Sexual Predator Initiative -- a program designed to educate parents and children statewide about the dangers of online predators, and how to safely combat this growing problem. FBI agents and members of the FBICA meet with school groups, religious organizations, and other community groups to provide the facts and resources needed to take action.
An Internet Safety initiative from the FBI’s Citizens Academy:
Remember when you taught your little ones how to cross the road alone? Now your children navigate a far more dangerous highway called the Internet and they still need your guiding hand.
Although your kids are smart enough to use a computer, they might not be wise enough to protect themselves from online strangers or graphic Web sites. Sexual predators and scam artists looking to exploit children find the Internet a rich source of victims to target.
But research reveals good news. While many teens share personal information online and put themselves in potentially harmful situations, their exposure to possible threats declines and they make safer online decisions when parents and guardians talk to them about Internet Safety.
The Citizen Academy’s Act Smart Be Safe Online initiative is designed to provide you key information and resources you need to ensure that your kids have a safe and positive experience on the Internet.
Predators Cruise the Internet for Potential Victims. Online sexual predators cruise millions of teen-oriented Internet chat rooms, blogs, photo-sharing and social networking sites to observe, approach and “groom” unsuspecting young victims. The information they gather is readily available online courtesy of the children they are pursuing. Piecing together information from their intended victims’ screen names, personal profiles, journals, and chat room conversations, they formulate their approach and contact their prey using instant messaging, email, online chats, discussion groups, and sometimes the telephone.
With the ultimate goal of a face-to-face meeting, child predators patiently groom their potential victims to gain their trust. They exploit their inexperience, sympathize with their adolescent problems, offer psychological support and appear enthusiastic about their interests. Given a false sense of security that makes them vulnerable, some children consent to meet their “friend” in person, which could have dire consequences. A recent study found that most children who agree to meet with an adult do so willingly. They are not tricked or coerced.
