📱 Worksheet: Staying safe on social media

1. Mark ✅ or ❌

1. Only accept people you know in real life.
2. Don't keep a conversation that makes you feel bad “secret”.
3. Don't accept requests from strangers, even if they have “mutual friends”.
4. Check by phone when a “friend” messages you from a new account.
5. Don't meet up with someone you only know online without a parent.
6. Keep your account private and allow messages from friends only.
7. Don't send photos or videos you wouldn't want everyone to see.
8. Think about safety before you try a viral challenge.

2. Choose the correct answer

1. A profile you don't know, with 50 mutual friends, sends you a request. What do you do?

   • A) I accept it – we have mutual friends
   • B) I accept it only if they have nice photos
   • C) I don't accept it unless I know them in real life
   • D) I ask them for their phone number

2. Someone threatens to publish a photo of you unless you send them money. What's the best thing to do?

   • A) Send the money quickly
   • B) Send them a different photo
   • C) Don't pay, keep the evidence, block them and tell an adult
   • D) Delete your account and don't tell anyone

3. Which setting does most to reduce the risk from strangers?

   • A) A public account
   • B) A private account and messages from friends only
   • C) Location switched on
   • D) A profile photo in your school uniform

3. Think and write

1. Write three reasons why a private profile is safer.

2. How does an app choose which videos to show you? Explain in your own words.

3. Write one safe username and one unsafe username. What makes them safe or unsafe?

4. Before you post, which three questions do you ask yourself?

5. A stranger messages you: “Your photos are really nice, how old are you?” What do you do?

6. How do you feel when you spend a lot of time on social media? Write one thing you could change.

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