Privacy, sharing and the offline consequences
Everything posted has a second life: copied, screenshotted and resurfaced later. That is not a reason to be afraid of the internet, but it is a reason to think in advance.
Lesson overview
What you'll learn in this lesson
Understand how online behaviour, sharing and privacy affect people offline
Key learning points
- • What a footprint is
- • Sharing other people
- • If something goes wrong
This lesson at a glance
- 20 minutes
- 20 parts to scroll through
- 4 quick checks
- Marked quiz at the end
- Gentle pace: short sittings with pauses
Words to know
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Visual introductionPicture this
Privacy, sharing and the offline consequences
Everything posted has a second life: copied, screenshotted and resurfaced later. That is not a reason to be afraid of the internet, but it is a reason to think in advance.
In a nutshell
Understand how online behaviour, sharing and privacy affect people offline
Learning cycle
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Learning cycle 1 of 2
Part 1 · What a footprint is
A short piece of teaching, then a check to make sure it has landed.
Explore the idea
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Learn
What a footprint is
Your digital footprint is everything traceable to you: posts, comments, likes, photos others tag, location data and account activity. Deleting a post removes your copy, not everyone else's.
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Pause
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Stretch, get a drink, look out of the window. There is no timer and nothing is counting down — your place is saved, so you can come back in five minutes or tomorrow.
Explore the idea
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Learn
Sharing other people
Sharing someone else's photo, message or news is a decision about their privacy, not yours. Asking first is the whole rule. Sharing intimate images of a person under eighteen is illegal, even if they sent it themselves and even if you are also under eighteen.
Quick check
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Quick check
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Pause
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Stretch, get a drink, look out of the window. There is no timer and nothing is counting down — your place is saved, so you can come back in five minutes or tomorrow.
Learning cycle
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Part 2 · If something goes wrong
A short piece of teaching, then a check to make sure it has landed.
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Learn
If something goes wrong
Do not delete the evidence. Screenshot, block, report inside the app, and tell a trusted adult. Report Remove, run by Childline and the Internet Watch Foundation, can get intimate images of under-eighteens taken down. Nobody is in trouble for asking for help.
Quick check
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Pause
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Stretch, get a drink, look out of the window. There is no timer and nothing is counting down — your place is saved, so you can come back in five minutes or tomorrow.
Quick check
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Explore the idea
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Worked example
Worked example: the pause question
Before posting, ask: would I be comfortable if this were seen by a stranger, a relative and myself in five years? If any of those three makes you wince, save it as a draft instead. The test takes seconds and settles most decisions without a rule book.
Challenge round
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Game · Sort it
Which of these are true?
Drag each card into the right column. Tap a card first if dragging is fiddly.
True
Not true
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Pause
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Stretch, get a drink, look out of the window. There is no timer and nothing is counting down — your place is saved, so you can come back in five minutes or tomorrow.
Challenge round
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Game · Fill the gaps
Finish the sentences
Choose the word that belongs in each gap.
____ someone else's photo, message or news is a decision about their privacy, not yours.
Challenge round
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Game · Recall cards
What is a digital footprint?
Card 1 of 4
Mastery quiz
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Marked quiz
End of lesson quiz: Privacy, sharing and the offline consequences
4 questions, marked with the reasoning shown. No timer.
1. What is a digital footprint?
2. Before sharing a photo of a friend, what should you do?
3. What should you do first if something goes wrong online?
4. Who can help remove intimate images of under-eighteens?
Lesson round-up
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