Protecting Kids Online

Intended Audience: Parents and trusted adults (must be 18+)

This presentation takes an honest and thorough approach to the difficult topic of online chid sexual exploitation and abuse. It includes an in-depth overview where Homeland Security Investigations special agents describe the threats and trends they see in their investigations. They discuss real world case examples using national and local investigations. At the end this presentation, you will understand how children and teens can be victimized online, how to make a report and have an informed discussion with children or teens.

• Scale and scope of the threat.
• Local and national HSI cases.
• What kids are doing online.
• Top apps overview.
• Grooming tactics of predators.
• Sextortion.
• Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) and peer-to-peer online abuse.
• Data permanency.
• Parental controls.
• How to have conversations with your child.
• How to take action if your child is a victim.

Know what’s Happening Next — before everyone else does.

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Host or Publisher Weatherford Police Department