Child Safety - Brett Lee
Has the internet ruined child safety?
Many people - especially parents - feel that the internet has seriously compromised the safety, wellbeing, and even innocence of young people, by exposing them to risks that the offline world struggles to contain.
To help us understand the reality, we’re joined by Brett Lee, a Cyber Safety Advocate, Author, and Founder of Internet Safe Education. https://www.internetsafeeducation.com/
We discuss:
00:00 Introduction to Cyber Safety Education
03:08 The Evolution of Internet Dangers
05:56 The Nature of Online Predators
09:38 The Impact of Technology on Perception
11:52 Harmful Platform Features for Youth
14:29 Vulnerability of Young Users
17:07 Age Restrictions and Social Media
19:30 The Challenge of Cyberbullying
23:00 Anonymity and Its Dangers
25:53 The Role of Parents in Online Safety
26:37 The Role of Technology in Youth Creativity
27:55 Parental Guidance in Digital Spaces
29:45 Strategies for Safe Technology Use
31:37 Peer Pressure and Technology Access
33:25 Legislation and Community Norms
35:10 Positive Online Platforms for Youth
38:04 Navigating Social Media Risks
41:25 The Importance of Communication
45:41 Grassroots Efforts for Online Safety
48:07 Final Advice for Concerned Parents
Let us know what else you’d like us to look into, or just say hello at www.ruinedbytheinternet.com
Brett Lee
Child Safety Advocate
Cyber Safety Advocate and author Brett Lee, worked as a Queensland Police Officer for 22 years, 16 of those as a Detective in the field of Child Exploitation. In the 5 years prior to his retirement from the QPS, he was a specialist in the field of undercover internet child exploitation investigations. Brett has been personally involved in the online investigation, arrest and prosecution of numerous offenders whose medium for preying on children is the internet.
In the area of online internet investigations, Brett has delivered training/instruction to members of law enforcement agencies including New South Wales Police, South Australian Police, West Australian Police and Australian Customs. Within his own police service he was involved in the training of plain clothes police through Detective Training and Sexual Crimes courses in Online Child Exploitation investigations.
Further to Brett's experience he has completed the FBI Advanced Internet Investigations Course and has worked with the FBI Innocent Images Unit, Maryland USA, the Department of Homeland Security Cyber Crimes Centre, Virginia USA and the San Jose Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, California USA.
He has attended conferences on internet child exploitation investigation in the Australia, New Zealand and the United States.
Brett has received the Queensland Police Commissioner's Gold Award and the Crime and Misconduct Commissioner's Award for his role in the development and implementation of software that is now utilised by various Australian Law enforcement agencies to t…
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