WEBVTT 00:00:19.120 --> 00:00:20.400 >>Hello and good morning, 00:00:20.400 --> 00:00:24.400 and welcome to the ninth digital forum on prevention. 00:00:24.400 --> 00:00:25.920 My name is John Picarelli 00:00:25.920 --> 00:00:28.360 and I'm the Director of the Center for Prevention Programs 00:00:28.360 --> 00:00:32.400 and Partnerships here at the Department of Homeland Security. 00:00:32.400 --> 00:00:36.600 And I know we have a very full program for the next two days, 00:00:36.600 --> 00:00:40.800 but what I want to do is briefly introduce the Center 00:00:40.800 --> 00:00:43.320 and these digital forums 00:00:43.320 --> 00:00:46.000 and then turn the floor over to our honorable 00:00:46.000 --> 00:00:49.600 senior leaders for their opening remarks. 00:00:49.600 --> 00:00:54.400 As of last May, Secretary Mallorca's established 00:00:54.400 --> 00:00:57.960 our Center to expand the department's ability 00:00:57.960 --> 00:00:59.400 to prevent targeted violence 00:00:59.400 --> 00:01:01.680 and terrorism through the development of 00:01:01.680 --> 00:01:03.680 local prevention frameworks. 00:01:03.680 --> 00:01:05.400 For these local prevention frameworks, 00:01:05.400 --> 00:01:07.840 we leverage community-based partnerships 00:01:07.840 --> 00:01:11.360 that help prevent individuals from radicalizing the violence 00:01:11.360 --> 00:01:13.440 and intervene to help those 00:01:13.440 --> 00:01:16.480 who have while ensuring all prevention efforts 00:01:16.480 --> 00:01:18.920 are consistent with privacy protection, 00:01:18.920 --> 00:01:20.760 civil rights and civil liberties, 00:01:20.760 --> 00:01:22.480 as well as all applicable laws. 00:01:22.480 --> 00:01:25.000 These digital forums help us to share resources 00:01:25.000 --> 00:01:27.000 from all of our sectors 00:01:27.000 --> 00:01:29.920 and levels of society and government. 00:01:29.920 --> 00:01:31.920 They help to equip, empower 00:01:31.920 --> 00:01:36.200 and share innovative technology-based solutions 00:01:36.200 --> 00:01:40.600 that enable prevention with all of you at the local level. 00:01:40.600 --> 00:01:44.800 In working to prevent targeted violence, 00:01:44.800 --> 00:01:47.040 we often work within schools. 00:01:47.040 --> 00:01:52.480 So CP3, along with DHS' Office of Intelligence and Analysis 00:01:52.480 --> 00:01:56.520 know and believe that the threat of targeted violence in schools 00:01:56.520 --> 00:02:00.240 will remain with the continued back and forth 00:02:00.240 --> 00:02:03.160 return to school that we're experiencing. 00:02:03.160 --> 00:02:06.480 This awareness is also in line with the recent warnings 00:02:06.480 --> 00:02:09.520 from the Surgeon General of an increasing 00:02:09.520 --> 00:02:11.800 mental health crisis among youth. 00:02:11.800 --> 00:02:15.120 All communities, especially schools, educators, teachers 00:02:15.120 --> 00:02:17.120 and students, are working to mitigate 00:02:17.120 --> 00:02:20.160 the impacts of prolonged social isolation, 00:02:20.160 --> 00:02:23.400 loss of social connection, financial hardships 00:02:23.400 --> 00:02:26.960 and other potential risk factors that may make individuals 00:02:26.960 --> 00:02:30.120 more susceptible to radicalization of violence 00:02:30.120 --> 00:02:33.000 during this COVID-19 pandemic. 00:02:33.000 --> 00:02:36.280 We really hope that the experts over the next two days will help 00:02:36.280 --> 00:02:38.760 inform you more about multi-disciplinary 00:02:38.760 --> 00:02:42.000 approaches to student and educator well-being 00:02:42.000 --> 00:02:45.080 and other solutions that support prevention, 00:02:45.080 --> 00:02:47.240 including how to improve digital literacy 00:02:47.240 --> 00:02:51.000 and critical thinking skills and cybersecurity resources 00:02:51.000 --> 00:02:52.920 that build resilience. 00:02:52.920 --> 00:02:55.240 I'd like to especially thank our colleagues 00:02:55.240 --> 00:02:57.160 at the Department of Education, 00:02:57.160 --> 00:03:00.080 especially the Office of Education Technology, 00:03:00.080 --> 00:03:03.400 as well as our colleagues here in DHS Cybersecurity 00:03:03.400 --> 00:03:05.920 and Infrastructure Security Agency 00:03:05.920 --> 00:03:08.400 and their School Safety Task Force for their 00:03:08.400 --> 00:03:11.480 instrumental help in pulling this forum together 00:03:11.480 --> 00:03:15.160 and for serving with us today as co-hosts. 00:03:15.160 --> 00:03:17.680 I also want to dedicate this digital forum 00:03:17.680 --> 00:03:20.240 to our CP3 regional prevention coordinator, 00:03:20.240 --> 00:03:23.000 Selena Green, who recently passed away. 00:03:23.000 --> 00:03:26.000 She was a shining light and an amazing team member who I know 00:03:26.000 --> 00:03:28.520 was looking forward to leading a breakout room 00:03:28.520 --> 00:03:32.080 and helping with duties related to this forum. 00:03:32.080 --> 00:03:34.920 She'll be missed and the partnerships and network 00:03:34.920 --> 00:03:39.720 that she built in her region are evident at this forum today. 00:03:39.720 --> 00:03:41.800 So thank you all for joining us today 00:03:41.800 --> 00:03:43.520 and now I'd like to briefly introduce 00:03:43.520 --> 00:03:47.960 our Under Secretary for Strategy, Policy and Planning, 00:03:47.960 --> 00:03:49.560 Mr. Robert Silvers, 00:03:49.560 --> 00:03:52.640 who will provide the first set of opening remarks. 00:03:52.640 --> 00:03:54.840 Mr. Under Secretary, the floor is yours, thank you. 00:03:56.400 --> 00:03:59.800 >>John, thank you so much and thank you to everyone 00:03:59.800 --> 00:04:01.720 for joining. Good morning. 00:04:01.720 --> 00:04:03.600 My name's Rob Silvers, I'm the Under Secretary 00:04:03.600 --> 00:04:07.000 for Policy at the Department of Homeland Security. 00:04:07.000 --> 00:04:12.360 And we're very excited to host this 9th digital forum 00:04:12.360 --> 00:04:17.360 on prevention with a focus today on student security, 00:04:17.360 --> 00:04:20.240 on student safety and well-being. 00:04:20.240 --> 00:04:22.720 And we're doing that together, we're delighted to do that 00:04:22.720 --> 00:04:23.960 together with our colleagues 00:04:23.960 --> 00:04:27.280 from the Department of Education. 00:04:27.280 --> 00:04:30.840 Here at the Department of Homeland Security every day 00:04:30.840 --> 00:04:36.160 we are working to prevent and detect and mitigate violence. 00:04:36.160 --> 00:04:39.640 We want to empower local efforts, your efforts, 00:04:39.640 --> 00:04:42.320 to prevent individuals in your communities 00:04:42.320 --> 00:04:45.520 from proceeding down the path to violence. 00:04:45.520 --> 00:04:48.960 And in this forum, we're focused on what educators and teachers 00:04:48.960 --> 00:04:52.520 and students and schools could do to mitigate 00:04:52.520 --> 00:04:55.400 and address the threat of targeted violence 00:04:55.400 --> 00:04:58.400 and terrorism in their communities. 00:04:58.400 --> 00:05:03.400 As John mentioned, we're all dealing with the ripple effects 00:05:03.400 --> 00:05:08.040 from the COVID pandemic, the social isolation, 00:05:08.040 --> 00:05:10.720 the loss of social connectivity 00:05:10.720 --> 00:05:15.880 and in person touchpoints, financial hardships 00:05:15.880 --> 00:05:20.000 and other stresses, all of which are, 00:05:20.000 --> 00:05:22.600 could potentially leave individuals susceptible 00:05:22.600 --> 00:05:25.040 to engage in violence. 00:05:25.040 --> 00:05:27.600 And it's especially true for our students. 00:05:27.600 --> 00:05:30.880 We think also that the threat of violence will persist 00:05:30.880 --> 00:05:34.680 as more children return to school fulltime. 00:05:34.680 --> 00:05:38.600 And we've seen increases in online threats while kids 00:05:38.600 --> 00:05:42.400 and adults, in fact, have been spending so much time 00:05:42.400 --> 00:05:47.480 doing their schooling or their work remotely. 00:05:47.480 --> 00:05:50.040 So we're committed to addressing these threats 00:05:50.040 --> 00:05:51.520 and to keeping our kids safe, 00:05:51.520 --> 00:05:55.800 but we also know that we at the Department of Homeland Security 00:05:55.800 --> 00:05:59.480 or even in the broader federal government, 00:05:59.480 --> 00:06:01.800 we can't do that alone. 00:06:01.800 --> 00:06:06.120 This is why we stress that preventing targeted violence 00:06:06.120 --> 00:06:10.040 requires the participation of all stakeholders. 00:06:10.040 --> 00:06:12.760 And our digital forums, like this one today, 00:06:12.760 --> 00:06:14.040 reflect this approach. 00:06:14.040 --> 00:06:16.280 We're bringing together the key stakeholders. 00:06:16.280 --> 00:06:18.240 We've got schools, we have state 00:06:18.240 --> 00:06:20.800 and local governments represented. 00:06:20.800 --> 00:06:25.560 We have the academic community, we have NGOs, 00:06:25.560 --> 00:06:27.800 think tanks and local law enforcement. 00:06:27.800 --> 00:06:30.800 We have the tech industry and many other interested 00:06:30.800 --> 00:06:33.840 stakeholders to raise awareness of this problem 00:06:33.840 --> 00:06:37.640 and to develop innovative solutions together. 00:06:37.640 --> 00:06:39.920 And outside of the prevention space, 00:06:39.920 --> 00:06:43.120 we're committed to providing you with the information 00:06:43.120 --> 00:06:45.720 and resources that you need to feel safe. 00:06:45.720 --> 00:06:48.400 We've expanded our collaborations efforts 00:06:48.400 --> 00:06:50.600 with the Department of Education 00:06:50.600 --> 00:06:54.320 and also with CISA, Schools Safety Taskforce, 00:06:54.320 --> 00:06:58.040 that's the cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency 00:06:58.040 --> 00:07:00.800 which is part of our department. 00:07:00.800 --> 00:07:05.200 We enhanced our engagement at all levels of the government 00:07:05.200 --> 00:07:06.760 and also with the private sector. 00:07:06.760 --> 00:07:09.200 And we're just, we're checking in with schoolboards, teachers, 00:07:09.200 --> 00:07:13.120 parents, students to make sure they all have the information 00:07:13.120 --> 00:07:16.800 and resources they need to keep kids safe, 00:07:16.800 --> 00:07:19.800 which is what defines our mission. 00:07:19.800 --> 00:07:24.240 We know that the online threat of false narratives, 00:07:24.240 --> 00:07:25.800 conspiracy theories, 00:07:25.800 --> 00:07:29.240 other kinds of disinformation lead to violence. 00:07:29.240 --> 00:07:30.920 We know that all too well. 00:07:30.920 --> 00:07:34.880 That's why we're working and others to develop digital 00:07:34.880 --> 00:07:39.600 literacy a toolkit to build resilience to disinformation. 00:07:39.600 --> 00:07:42.240 That's just a critical component of the work. 00:07:42.240 --> 00:07:45.000 And that brings us to our digital forum. 00:07:45.000 --> 00:07:48.280 Over the next couple days you're going to be hearing about 00:07:48.280 --> 00:07:50.200 some of the local efforts that are underway 00:07:50.200 --> 00:07:52.360 from a variety of stakeholders 00:07:52.360 --> 00:07:54.000 as they discuss the incredible 00:07:54.000 --> 00:07:56.600 and innovative work that their organizations 00:07:56.600 --> 00:07:58.360 are doing on the ground. 00:07:58.360 --> 00:07:59.760 And they're going to discuss also how 00:07:59.760 --> 00:08:01.400 they're collaborating with their government 00:08:01.400 --> 00:08:05.480 and non-profit private industry partners. 00:08:05.480 --> 00:08:10.800 So the, we'll have a range of incredible panels and workshops 00:08:10.800 --> 00:08:14.080 featuring true world-leading experts and researchers 00:08:14.080 --> 00:08:17.200 and tech experts and practioners to discuss 00:08:17.200 --> 00:08:20.960 community-based strategies for prevention. 00:08:20.960 --> 00:08:22.480 Our first panel this afternoon, 00:08:22.480 --> 00:08:25.560 for example, will discuss innovative solutions 00:08:25.560 --> 00:08:27.920 to promote positive supportive communities 00:08:27.920 --> 00:08:30.800 that can respond to online hate and violence. 00:08:30.800 --> 00:08:36.400 And we just know how some online discourse is driving so many, 00:08:36.400 --> 00:08:40.240 especially young people towards the path to violence. 00:08:40.240 --> 00:08:43.000 And so that's going to be an important emphasis. 00:08:43.000 --> 00:08:45.640 We're going to have panels discussing ways schools 00:08:45.640 --> 00:08:48.280 and educators are building resilience against 00:08:48.280 --> 00:08:50.160 false narratives through digital literacy 00:08:50.160 --> 00:08:53.560 and critical thinking when online. 00:08:53.560 --> 00:08:56.480 We're going to share innovate ways students are leading 00:08:56.480 --> 00:09:00.560 the creation of solutions to targeted violence online. 00:09:00.560 --> 00:09:03.600 And we're also going to provide an overview of cybersecurity 00:09:03.600 --> 00:09:06.160 resources that are available for schools 00:09:06.160 --> 00:09:08.600 from our incredible team at CISA. 00:09:08.600 --> 00:09:15.560 So I want to leave you in closing with just one message. 00:09:15.560 --> 00:09:19.200 There is no mission more important than this one 00:09:19.200 --> 00:09:23.000 that we do across a big sprawling department. 00:09:23.000 --> 00:09:26.800 There is nothing more important than protecting children 00:09:26.800 --> 00:09:28.400 in the school environment, 00:09:28.400 --> 00:09:31.160 and also protecting the teachers and school administrators 00:09:31.160 --> 00:09:33.880 and parents who put so much 00:09:33.880 --> 00:09:37.680 into the education of our children. 00:09:37.680 --> 00:09:41.360 And that's why we're here today. 00:09:41.360 --> 00:09:43.680 I'm looking forward to everyone taking in the insights 00:09:43.680 --> 00:09:45.760 from the next two days 00:09:45.760 --> 00:09:47.320 and I want to thank, in advance, 00:09:47.320 --> 00:09:50.000 all the moderators, panelists and attendees. 00:09:50.000 --> 00:09:51.760 I want to thank our co-organizers of this 00:09:51.760 --> 00:09:54.400 digital forum, the Department of Education's Office of 00:09:54.400 --> 00:09:55.960 Educational Technology 00:09:55.960 --> 00:09:59.480 and also our partners here in the Department at CISA, 00:09:59.480 --> 00:10:01.880 the CISA school Safety Task Force. 00:10:01.880 --> 00:10:06.760 And I especially want to thank as well our own 00:10:06.760 --> 00:10:09.200 Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships, 00:10:09.200 --> 00:10:12.240 CP3 of which John Picarelli 00:10:12.240 --> 00:10:15.080 is the incredibly talented director 00:10:15.080 --> 00:10:18.440 and leads an incredibly talented team 00:10:18.440 --> 00:10:21.520 for the incredible world-leading work 00:10:21.520 --> 00:10:24.680 that they are doing in prevention. 00:10:24.680 --> 00:10:26.520 There's just nothing more important. 00:10:26.520 --> 00:10:31.600 So I wish everyone the best for a wonderful start to the forum. 00:10:31.600 --> 00:10:33.960 I'm grateful to be with you here today. 00:10:33.960 --> 00:10:35.160 Thank you. 00:10:42.600 --> 00:10:44.960 >> Thank you, thank you, sir. 00:10:44.960 --> 00:10:48.400 And thank you, again, for joining us 00:10:48.400 --> 00:10:50.600 and for the very kind opening remarks 00:10:50.600 --> 00:10:52.800 as we get started here today. 00:10:52.800 --> 00:10:57.440 Next, I would like to introduce our cohost partner 00:10:57.440 --> 00:11:00.400 for this digital forum, 00:11:00.400 --> 00:11:01.960 the Executive Assistant Director for 00:11:01.960 --> 00:11:06.600 Infrastructure Security at the Cybersecurity Infrastructure 00:11:06.600 --> 00:11:10.160 Security Agency, Dr. David Mussington. 00:11:10.160 --> 00:11:12.920 Thank you, Dr. Mussington, and the floor is yours. 00:11:15.120 --> 00:11:17.920 >> Well, thanks John, and thanks for the opportunity 00:11:17.920 --> 00:11:21.200 to speak at the 9th digital forum on prevention. 00:11:21.200 --> 00:11:22.880 Thanks to the welcome moderators, panelists 00:11:22.880 --> 00:11:24.600 and workshop leaders who will share their knowledge 00:11:24.600 --> 00:11:27.920 and expertise with you over the next couple of days. 00:11:27.920 --> 00:11:29.480 I'm David Mussington and I serve as the 00:11:29.480 --> 00:11:30.880 Executive Assistant Director 00:11:30.880 --> 00:11:33.160 for Infrastructure Security at the Cybersecurity 00:11:33.160 --> 00:11:34.600 and Infrastructure Security Agency. 00:11:34.600 --> 00:11:36.720 That's a long title. 00:11:36.720 --> 00:11:37.920 On behalf of CISA, I want to thank 00:11:37.920 --> 00:11:39.120 the Department of Education, 00:11:39.120 --> 00:11:41.480 especially the Office of Educational Technology, 00:11:41.480 --> 00:11:44.600 Dr. Picarelli, whose team at the Center for Prevention Program 00:11:44.600 --> 00:11:47.240 and Partnerships and our own School Safety Task Force, 00:11:47.240 --> 00:11:51.200 which told me everything I know about this issue, 00:11:51.200 --> 00:11:52.680 they know a lot more. 00:11:52.680 --> 00:11:54.800 As many of you know, the DHS mission is to protect 00:11:54.800 --> 00:11:56.000 this great nation 00:11:56.000 --> 00:11:59.040 and keep our nations and our citizens safe, 00:11:59.040 --> 00:12:01.000 including our most innocent. 00:12:01.000 --> 00:12:02.920 Under Secretary DeSilva has underscored the ongoing 00:12:02.920 --> 00:12:04.320 and the impact the pandemic 00:12:04.320 --> 00:12:07.240 has had on our nation's youth and school communities. 00:12:07.240 --> 00:12:10.280 Our students continue to contend with the effect of the pandemic 00:12:10.280 --> 00:12:14.240 which led to periods of social isolation, financial 00:12:14.240 --> 00:12:18.680 and academic stress and an increase in cyber bullying. 00:12:18.680 --> 00:12:21.200 Our nation's students are also spending more time online 00:12:21.200 --> 00:12:22.440 than ever before, 00:12:22.440 --> 00:12:24.040 using technology to complete homework, 00:12:24.040 --> 00:12:25.280 communicate with peers 00:12:25.280 --> 00:12:28.360 and engage with teachers and school staff. 00:12:28.360 --> 00:12:31.440 The spread of misinformation has further exacerbated hate, 00:12:31.440 --> 00:12:33.520 harassment and violent rhetoric. 00:12:33.520 --> 00:12:35.800 These threats are often fueled by false narratives, 00:12:35.800 --> 00:12:37.320 conspiracy theories 00:12:37.320 --> 00:12:40.800 and violent extremist rhetoric spread online to recruit 00:12:40.800 --> 00:12:42.600 and incite others to violence, 00:12:42.600 --> 00:12:45.640 all of which are concerns for DHS and for CISA. 00:12:45.640 --> 00:12:48.520 Our growing dependence on technology systems, 00:12:48.520 --> 00:12:49.600 coupled with emerging, 00:12:49.600 --> 00:12:52.680 evolving and increasingly deceptive cyber threats 00:12:52.680 --> 00:12:55.440 demands enhanced awareness and vigilance 00:12:55.440 --> 00:12:58.120 when it comes to our online activity. 00:12:58.120 --> 00:13:00.360 For school communities and for the nation's students, 00:13:00.360 --> 00:13:03.520 it's incumbent upon us to provide tools to help ensure 00:13:03.520 --> 00:13:05.840 a broad awareness of the threat of targeted violence 00:13:05.840 --> 00:13:07.040 and terrorism, 00:13:07.040 --> 00:13:11.760 as well as to amplify innovative solutions for prevention. 00:13:11.760 --> 00:13:15.400 To close, this digital forum marks an important milestone 00:13:15.400 --> 00:13:16.760 in our efforts to cultivate 00:13:16.760 --> 00:13:20.200 and expand our collaboration efforts on school safety, 00:13:20.200 --> 00:13:22.200 and to engage with the academic community 00:13:22.200 --> 00:13:25.400 in building awareness and inspiring action. 00:13:25.400 --> 00:13:27.840 I welcome everyone to take part in the panels, workshops 00:13:27.840 --> 00:13:30.160 and sessions happening over the next two days 00:13:30.160 --> 00:13:31.960 and to continue having these important 00:13:31.960 --> 00:13:34.200 and critical conversations on school safety. 00:13:34.200 --> 00:13:36.240 We look forward to our continued working together 00:13:36.240 --> 00:13:38.360 to keep our students safe. Thanks. 00:13:40.680 --> 00:13:42.400 >> Thank you again, Dr. Mussington, 00:13:42.400 --> 00:13:44.880 and thank you for joining us this morning. 00:13:44.880 --> 00:13:48.280 With that, we have concluded our opening remarks 00:13:48.280 --> 00:13:50.000 and so now I will turn the floor 00:13:50.000 --> 00:13:55.360 over to my colleague here at cP3, Hala Furst, 00:13:55.360 --> 00:13:58.000 who will guide us into the first sessions 00:13:58.000 --> 00:13:59.160 for the digital forum. 00:13:59.160 --> 00:14:01.040 Thank you all again for joining. 00:14:01.040 --> 00:14:02.720 Hala, over to you. 00:14:02.720 --> 00:14:04.360 >> Thank you, John, thank you Dr. Mussington 00:14:04.360 --> 00:14:06.320 and thank you Under Secretary Silvers 00:14:06.320 --> 00:14:08.000 for providing those remarks. 00:14:08.000 --> 00:14:10.840 My name is Hala Furst and I'm the Associate Director of the 00:14:10.840 --> 00:14:13.640 Strategic Engagement Team at CP3. 00:14:13.640 --> 00:14:15.400 Before we get started, I just wanted to provide 00:14:15.400 --> 00:14:17.400 a couple quick housekeeping items 00:14:17.400 --> 00:14:20.080 to remind you about our breakout networking rooms 00:14:20.080 --> 00:14:21.600 that we have scheduled throughout the program 00:14:21.600 --> 00:14:23.400 over the next two days. 00:14:23.400 --> 00:14:26.040 So first, we understand that there's some trouble 00:14:26.040 --> 00:14:29.200 with capacity and we are working that. 00:14:29.200 --> 00:14:31.000 Please note that this is being recorded, 00:14:31.000 --> 00:14:32.520 so the recording will be available 00:14:32.520 --> 00:14:33.800 to everybody that registered, 00:14:33.800 --> 00:14:37.000 but we are trying to increase capacity right now. 00:14:37.000 --> 00:14:40.040 Secondly, for this digital forum, please be aware that 00:14:40.040 --> 00:14:43.320 because some of our sessions allow for more engagement 00:14:43.320 --> 00:14:47.000 capabilities, for now until asked to do so, 00:14:47.000 --> 00:14:50.840 we ask that you please keep your video off and stay muted. 00:14:50.840 --> 00:14:52.800 If you have any technology issues, 00:14:52.800 --> 00:14:54.400 please let us know in the chat. 00:14:54.400 --> 00:15:00.200 I see some of you have been doing that and/or contact 00:15:00.200 --> 00:15:03.600 Larissa Kleewah who will also be able to assist you. 00:15:03.600 --> 00:15:06.280 Between and after our panels, we have several breakout room 00:15:06.280 --> 00:15:09.160 opportunities for you all to engage in networking 00:15:09.160 --> 00:15:11.240 with other prevention stakeholders, 00:15:11.240 --> 00:15:13.200 and we hope that you take advantage of that. 00:15:13.200 --> 00:15:16.080 If you have not already emailed our digital forum inbox, 00:15:16.080 --> 00:15:17.720 please let us know in the chat 00:15:17.720 --> 00:15:21.280 or via the digital forum email if you'd like to join, 00:15:21.280 --> 00:15:23.040 and we can get you set up for that. 00:15:23.040 --> 00:15:25.400 So our first breakout is at 2 p.m. 00:15:25.400 --> 00:15:28.680 between the panels and it will feature CP3 Regional Prevention 00:15:28.680 --> 00:15:31.320 Coordinator that covers Region 1 stage, 00:15:31.320 --> 00:15:32.800 which includes Connecticut, 00:15:32.800 --> 00:15:35.120 Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, 00:15:35.120 --> 00:15:37.200 Rhode Island and Vermont. 00:15:37.200 --> 00:15:39.680 We've also listed this info in the chat. 00:15:39.680 --> 00:15:42.160 And then after the second panel we have another breakout room 00:15:42.160 --> 00:15:47.800 opportunity hosted by our Region 5 panel - sorry, Region 5, 00:15:47.800 --> 00:15:51.120 Regional Prevention Coordinators covering the states of Illinois, 00:15:51.120 --> 00:15:55.360 Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio, Michigan and Wisconsin. 00:15:55.360 --> 00:15:59.600 So again, that information is also listed in the chat. 00:15:59.600 --> 00:16:01.840 So with that housekeeping out of the way, 00:16:01.840 --> 00:16:03.400 again, please turn your videos off 00:16:03.400 --> 00:16:05.000 and keep yourselves muted until 00:16:05.000 --> 00:16:07.600 we have those opportunities to connect. 00:16:07.600 --> 00:16:10.560 I'd like to get started with our first workshop. 00:16:10.560 --> 00:16:12.640 So that's going to be hosted by Colton Easton, 00:16:12.640 --> 00:16:13.960 a Threat Analyst Manager 00:16:13.960 --> 00:16:16.760 and Trainer with Safer Schools Together 00:16:16.760 --> 00:16:18.560 who presents to police officers, 00:16:18.560 --> 00:16:20.600 school staff, parents and students 00:16:20.600 --> 00:16:22.280 on social media awareness, 00:16:22.280 --> 00:16:24.720 cyber bullying and online safety. 00:16:24.720 --> 00:16:26.080 So Colton, thank you for being here, 00:16:26.080 --> 00:16:28.920 and I'll turn the floor over to you. 00:16:39.240 --> 00:16:40.720 Colton, if you're speaking, we can't hear you. 00:16:56.480 --> 00:16:58.600 Just bear with us a moment, folks. 00:17:02.160 --> 00:17:04.320 Colton, if you can hear us, can you put it in the chat 00:17:04.320 --> 00:17:06.640 so we can figure out what's going on? 00:17:11.080 --> 00:17:14.400 Yep, thanks, thanks to those in the chat, we are aware. 00:17:14.400 --> 00:17:17.800 Okay, so Colton can hear us, that's great. 00:17:17.800 --> 00:17:19.000 There we go. 00:17:20.920 --> 00:17:23.360 I'm hearing something, is that you, Colton? 00:17:36.680 --> 00:17:38.440 >> Hello, does this work? There it is. 00:17:38.440 --> 00:17:39.600 >> Colton? 00:17:39.600 --> 00:17:40.840 >> So sorry about that. 00:17:40.840 --> 00:17:44.480 I was just trying to say, I can't share my screen right now, 00:17:44.480 --> 00:17:47.280 so I'm hoping if I can do that. 00:17:47.280 --> 00:17:50.400 It says I can't share while the other person is sharing. 00:17:50.400 --> 00:17:53.320 >> Right, we will be sharing, we should be sharing for you, 00:17:53.320 --> 00:17:54.480 I believe. 00:17:54.480 --> 00:17:56.400 >> Okay, okay, no problem, wonderful. 00:17:56.400 --> 00:17:58.000 Cool, we'll go from there. Awesome. 00:17:58.000 --> 00:17:59.040 All right, I'm just going to make my way 00:17:59.040 --> 00:18:00.520 over to the other seat here. 00:18:08.400 --> 00:18:11.160 >> Just want to make sure we're all set up for that. 00:18:11.160 --> 00:18:13.560 >> All right, hello folks, hello, good morning. 00:18:13.560 --> 00:18:14.920 >> There we go. >> Perfect. 00:18:14.920 --> 00:18:17.000 So sorry for the technical difficulties. 00:18:17.000 --> 00:18:18.440 Of course, as with Zoom, 00:18:18.440 --> 00:18:20.360 it's always going to be something wrong. 00:18:20.360 --> 00:18:23.160 You would think we'd have it together by now, by hey, 00:18:23.160 --> 00:18:25.200 that's where we are. 00:18:25.200 --> 00:18:26.440 >> Colton, sorry to interrupt. 00:18:26.440 --> 00:18:29.280 I'm being told that you should be allowed to screen share now, 00:18:29.280 --> 00:18:31.880 so you should be allowed to do it. 00:18:31.880 --> 00:18:33.040 >> I've got this here. 00:18:33.040 --> 00:18:35.280 Yeah, I can screen share now. 00:18:35.280 --> 00:18:37.800 It'll just be a little bit of a higher quality, so I'll do this, 00:18:37.800 --> 00:18:39.600 just give me two seconds. 00:18:39.600 --> 00:18:41.400 >> Okay, great. 00:18:45.960 --> 00:18:48.240 Thanks for bearing with us, everyone. 00:18:52.360 --> 00:18:54.720 There we go, okay, great. 00:19:00.520 --> 00:19:04.280 >> All right, I hope that looks a little bit better. Cool. 00:19:04.280 --> 00:19:05.840 >> That's fantastic - thanks, Colton. 00:19:05.840 --> 00:19:08.400 >> All right. So my name is Colton Easton. 00:19:08.400 --> 00:19:10.440 I am the Project and Training Manager, 00:19:10.440 --> 00:19:12.040 also Threat Analyst Manager, 00:19:12.040 --> 00:19:13.800 for Safer Schools Together. 00:19:13.800 --> 00:19:17.040 Thank you so much for the DHS for hosting our session today. 00:19:17.040 --> 00:19:18.960 This is going to be a lot of information 00:19:18.960 --> 00:19:20.760 that we're going to try to share with you folks. 00:19:20.760 --> 00:19:23.360 But I've been a trainer with Safer Schools Together 00:19:23.360 --> 00:19:26.640 for the better part of five years now. 00:19:26.640 --> 00:19:29.600 And you know, when I first started as a Threat Analyst, 00:19:29.600 --> 00:19:31.160 our team was very, very small. 00:19:31.160 --> 00:19:34.400 And one thing I kind of realized while going to all these 00:19:34.400 --> 00:19:36.800 wonderful conferences and meeting wonderful people 00:19:36.800 --> 00:19:38.240 such as yourselves 00:19:38.240 --> 00:19:41.600 was that the school safety world is very, very small, 00:19:41.600 --> 00:19:43.840 but how important it is to really keep 00:19:43.840 --> 00:19:45.360 our kids safe online. 00:19:45.360 --> 00:19:48.600 You know, that work that we do is just so, so important. 00:19:48.600 --> 00:19:50.560 So again, thank you so much for hosting me. 00:19:50.560 --> 00:19:53.600 And what I want to do today is share with you folks 00:19:53.600 --> 00:19:55.240 some of the current trends 00:19:55.240 --> 00:19:58.400 that our analyst team here in Vancouver, 00:19:58.400 --> 00:20:01.280 which I'm coming at you live and from Bellingham, Washington. 00:20:01.280 --> 00:20:03.600 You know, we work throughout North America to identify 00:20:03.600 --> 00:20:06.200 what are some trends within our school communities 00:20:06.200 --> 00:20:07.400 and districts. 00:20:07.400 --> 00:20:09.320 And we want to share with you folks some of those trends, 00:20:09.320 --> 00:20:10.720 some of those datas 00:20:10.720 --> 00:20:14.640 and as well some interactive ways for you folks 00:20:14.640 --> 00:20:17.520 to go back to your departments, your districts 00:20:17.520 --> 00:20:20.240 and utilize some of these tools 00:20:20.240 --> 00:20:22.440 that we're going to provide with you to kind of identify, 00:20:22.440 --> 00:20:23.840 get ahead of what is going on. 00:20:23.840 --> 00:20:26.000 So we're going to jump right into it here. 00:20:26.000 --> 00:20:28.520 Now I said I'm coming at you live from beautiful Vancouver, 00:20:28.520 --> 00:20:31.280 British Columbia where it is cold, it's zero degrees, 00:20:31.280 --> 00:20:32.560 it's foggy. 00:20:32.560 --> 00:20:33.840 Our weather is just not that great. 00:20:33.840 --> 00:20:37.520 But we're on the shared traditional territory of the 00:20:37.520 --> 00:20:41.000 Salish and Semiahmoo peoples, on whose land we work, 00:20:41.000 --> 00:20:42.560 play and learn. 00:20:42.560 --> 00:20:44.760 And for those of you who have never heard of 00:20:44.760 --> 00:20:46.040 Safer Schools Together, 00:20:46.040 --> 00:20:47.800 a little bit about our company here. 00:20:47.800 --> 00:20:49.560 You know, we are absolutely committed 00:20:49.560 --> 00:20:50.880 to ending school violence. 00:20:50.880 --> 00:20:54.040 And we want to encourage school districts to create positive, 00:20:54.040 --> 00:20:56.680 safe, and caring learning environments 00:20:56.680 --> 00:20:59.720 for every single student, staff and parent. 00:20:59.720 --> 00:21:03.200 So we provide law enforcement agency, school districts, 00:21:03.200 --> 00:21:05.600 community partners, comprehensive violence 00:21:05.600 --> 00:21:07.960 prevention and intervention strategies. 00:21:07.960 --> 00:21:11.360 And what we aim to do is give teams the tools they need 00:21:11.360 --> 00:21:14.160 to build capacity and sustainability. 00:21:14.160 --> 00:21:16.400 And part of our other work involves our highly skilled 00:21:16.400 --> 00:21:18.400 threat analyst team and trainers, 00:21:18.400 --> 00:21:20.080 which helps school districts 00:21:20.080 --> 00:21:22.760 through various parts of the world minimize, manage, 00:21:22.760 --> 00:21:26.200 and respond to different types of threats and violence. 00:21:26.200 --> 00:21:28.800 So of course, we operate under the foundation of behavioral 00:21:28.800 --> 00:21:31.520 threat assessment and we want our staff 00:21:31.520 --> 00:21:34.560 to have that behavioral threat assessment training 00:21:34.560 --> 00:21:35.880 and those threat assessment teams 00:21:35.880 --> 00:21:38.200 to really help make sure that they can minimize 00:21:38.200 --> 00:21:40.520 those risks in their schools. 00:21:40.520 --> 00:21:42.800 So a little bit about us and the services that we provide. 00:21:42.800 --> 00:21:45.800 Obviously, like I said, I'm from Vancouver, British Columbia 00:21:45.800 --> 00:21:47.360 and we also have an office in Bellingham, 00:21:47.360 --> 00:21:49.160 Washington where our threat analyst team 00:21:49.160 --> 00:21:52.280 is working 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 00:21:52.280 --> 00:21:55.600 to assist school districts with any ongoing situations, 00:21:55.600 --> 00:21:57.880 or maybe provide a little bit of next steps 00:21:57.880 --> 00:21:59.320 and suggestions as they're 00:21:59.320 --> 00:22:01.760 moving along their behavioral threat assessment. 00:22:01.760 --> 00:22:05.120 And we have 24 X 7 on-call availability because as we know, 00:22:05.120 --> 00:22:08.360 school safety is not Monday to Friday, 9 to 5. 00:22:08.360 --> 00:22:10.400 And a little bit about what I'm going to be going through 00:22:10.400 --> 00:22:11.720 and as well, 00:22:11.720 --> 00:22:13.400 Greg later on tomorrow is going to be going through 00:22:13.400 --> 00:22:16.120 some of our digital threat assessment techniques 00:22:16.120 --> 00:22:19.000 are tools and techniques that we give school districts. 00:22:19.000 --> 00:22:20.520 So very excited for that. 00:22:20.520 --> 00:22:22.480 And then what we're going to share in just a little bit 00:22:22.480 --> 00:22:26.280 is data that we've seen in three different capacities of 00:22:26.280 --> 00:22:28.040 our analyst world. 00:22:28.040 --> 00:22:30.440 So when school districts reach out to us, 00:22:30.440 --> 00:22:32.560 what we identify to school districts 00:22:32.560 --> 00:22:34.920 through our worrisome online behavior reports. 00:22:34.920 --> 00:22:37.480 So each school district that works with us actually receives 00:22:37.480 --> 00:22:41.200 a once a month report of open source social media content 00:22:41.200 --> 00:22:42.760 where our team actually looks at 00:22:42.760 --> 00:22:45.800 from the 30,000 foot view of what's happening. 00:22:45.800 --> 00:22:47.520 What are the trends, what's going on, 00:22:47.520 --> 00:22:50.200 what are some of the key pieces of information 00:22:50.200 --> 00:22:51.760 that school districts need to know. 00:22:51.760 --> 00:22:55.800 So whether we're talking about guns, gangs, drugs, violence, 00:22:55.800 --> 00:22:57.520 mental health concerns, 00:22:57.520 --> 00:22:59.640 anything under that umbrella of school safety, 00:22:59.640 --> 00:23:02.760 we aim to give that through open source social media 00:23:02.760 --> 00:23:04.400 to our school districts. 00:23:04.400 --> 00:23:06.760 And, of course, many different presentations 00:23:06.760 --> 00:23:08.680 and then PSST World, 00:23:08.680 --> 00:23:12.200 which is our anonymous reporting tool for students. 00:23:12.200 --> 00:23:14.440 And I'll show you folks a little bit of what that looks like 00:23:14.440 --> 00:23:15.680 in just a few moments. 00:23:15.680 --> 00:23:17.760 And because today's going to be a little bit 00:23:17.760 --> 00:23:20.200 interactive throughout the end of the day, 00:23:20.200 --> 00:23:21.480 or end of the session here, 00:23:21.480 --> 00:23:22.800 we're going to be giving you guys some tools 00:23:22.800 --> 00:23:25.520 that you folks can use live as I'm going through. 00:23:25.520 --> 00:23:28.000 So if you want to have, you know, a browser ready to go, 00:23:28.000 --> 00:23:29.240 feel free to do that. 00:23:29.240 --> 00:23:30.760 And then as well, all the resources 00:23:30.760 --> 00:23:31.880 that I'm going to be mentioning 00:23:31.880 --> 00:23:34.600 I'm going to put in the chat at the very end of my session. 00:23:34.600 --> 00:23:36.200 So I'm going to put a long list of links 00:23:36.200 --> 00:23:37.680 that shows all the different websites 00:23:37.680 --> 00:23:39.480 and resources that I've been talking about. 00:23:39.480 --> 00:23:41.160 You folks will have access to all of that, 00:23:41.160 --> 00:23:43.000 because we operate under open source, 00:23:43.000 --> 00:23:45.240 everything that we do is publicly available. 00:23:45.240 --> 00:23:47.920 So some other resources available as well, 00:23:47.920 --> 00:23:50.400 our new website, ICDTA, the International Center 00:23:50.400 --> 00:23:51.800 for Digital Threat Assessment. 00:23:51.800 --> 00:23:54.000 I won't go too much into it, but this is a new website 00:23:54.000 --> 00:23:58.000 that we're launching with social media modules. 00:23:58.000 --> 00:24:00.920 I kindly ask that there be no audiovisual recording of 00:24:00.920 --> 00:24:02.000 what we have on the screen. 00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:04.120 Of course, we're reporting today, that's totally fine, 00:24:04.120 --> 00:24:06.920 but just for everybody's sake of privacy and safety. 00:24:06.920 --> 00:24:09.640 So I mentioned that I wanted to go through the data. 00:24:09.640 --> 00:24:12.480 So as I mentioned, our analyst team operates 00:24:12.480 --> 00:24:14.000 in three different capacities. 00:24:14.000 --> 00:24:16.960 So the first capacity is our case consultations 00:24:16.960 --> 00:24:18.080 or our critical incidents. 00:24:18.080 --> 00:24:19.600 And this is what happens when school districts 00:24:19.600 --> 00:24:20.920 reach out to us. 00:24:20.920 --> 00:24:22.960 So we have this in multiple different types of 00:24:22.960 --> 00:24:24.440 behavior categories. 00:24:24.440 --> 00:24:26.320 And one of the things that's happened with the pandemic, 00:24:26.320 --> 00:24:29.400 obviously with all of our students, all of our staff 00:24:29.400 --> 00:24:32.000 having to go to that remote learning environment. 00:24:32.000 --> 00:24:33.440 As mentioned at the beginning, 00:24:33.440 --> 00:24:35.520 you know, we've seen a large increase 00:24:35.520 --> 00:24:38.080 in threat related behavior online, 00:24:38.080 --> 00:24:39.640 hate and racism online 00:24:39.640 --> 00:24:42.320 because so much of our time was dedicated 00:24:42.320 --> 00:24:44.040 to being behind screens. 00:24:44.040 --> 00:24:46.880 So what I want to share with you is this three key data points of 00:24:46.880 --> 00:24:48.320 some of those worrisome behaviors 00:24:48.320 --> 00:24:49.840 that we've seen online. 00:24:49.840 --> 00:24:51.400 So we've actually broken down into 00:24:51.400 --> 00:24:53.520 three different time periods. 00:24:53.520 --> 00:24:56.160 So the first iteration of the pandemic, 00:24:56.160 --> 00:25:00.520 so when we look at March 1st, 2019 to February 29, 2020, 00:25:00.520 --> 00:25:01.880 about a ten month period. 00:25:01.880 --> 00:25:03.600 You see this data in blue here. 00:25:03.600 --> 00:25:07.800 We start to notice, when we break down the baseline data 00:25:07.800 --> 00:25:09.560 that we've seen for our school districts, 00:25:09.560 --> 00:25:10.600 the many school districts 00:25:10.600 --> 00:25:12.520 that we work with throughout North America. 00:25:12.520 --> 00:25:17.520 But the second data point is our first iteration of the pandemic. 00:25:17.520 --> 00:25:21.160 So right at March, 2020 when we first started 00:25:21.160 --> 00:25:23.880 to lock everything down, for about a ten month period. 00:25:23.880 --> 00:25:25.400 So you'll see our data in orange 00:25:25.400 --> 00:25:28.720 and you'll notice that our negative digital climate 00:25:28.720 --> 00:25:30.480 and culture really skyrocketed. 00:25:30.480 --> 00:25:33.200 We started to see an increase in threat related behavior 00:25:33.200 --> 00:25:35.000 and we also started to see other things, 00:25:35.000 --> 00:25:37.000 like risk of sextortion because again, 00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:39.200 a lot of our time is spent online. 00:25:39.200 --> 00:25:41.920 So when we have, when we talk about digital literacy, 00:25:41.920 --> 00:25:43.800 you know, part of what we present to is parents 00:25:43.800 --> 00:25:46.000 and understanding that we need 00:25:46.000 --> 00:25:48.400 to be good role models with our phones as well. 00:25:48.400 --> 00:25:51.200 Some key things that your families can take home, 00:25:51.200 --> 00:25:53.800 some central charging stations and some other really great 00:25:53.800 --> 00:25:56.720 techniques to keep our kids safe online. 00:25:56.720 --> 00:25:58.120 So we did end up seeing, 00:25:58.120 --> 00:25:59.800 you know, an increase in some of those behaviors. 00:25:59.800 --> 00:26:03.000 But when we go down into the most recent iteration, 00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:07.520 of course, of March, 2021 to November 30th of 2021, 00:26:07.520 --> 00:26:10.440 our threat related behavior has absolutely skyrocketed 00:26:10.440 --> 00:26:13.200 and so has our bullying and cyberbullying. 00:26:13.200 --> 00:26:15.680 So these are what our schools are noticing, 00:26:15.680 --> 00:26:17.840 and this is what they're reaching out to us 00:26:17.840 --> 00:26:19.680 with those types of behaviors. 00:26:19.680 --> 00:26:23.320 So the second iteration of where our analyst team operates, 00:26:23.320 --> 00:26:24.440 as I mentioned before, 00:26:24.440 --> 00:26:26.600 was our worrisome online behavior reports. 00:26:26.600 --> 00:26:28.600 So this is what our team actually sends 00:26:28.600 --> 00:26:29.800 to school districts. 00:26:29.800 --> 00:26:32.440 And we found this to be a very, very valuable tool 00:26:32.440 --> 00:26:33.600 for the sole reason 00:26:33.600 --> 00:26:36.080 is that because it operates through publicly 00:26:36.080 --> 00:26:38.120 available open source social media, 00:26:38.120 --> 00:26:39.280 there's some things that our team 00:26:39.280 --> 00:26:41.640 are able to gather that maybe some of these other 00:26:41.640 --> 00:26:43.000 key word monitoring softwares 00:26:43.000 --> 00:26:46.040 and some of these specific searching 00:26:46.040 --> 00:26:49.240 and filters and monitors that for schools, 00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:50.960 they tend to miss. 00:26:50.960 --> 00:26:53.000 And I'm not saying that those are bad softwares. 00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:55.200 They have their place, absolutely. 00:26:55.200 --> 00:26:58.200 But some of them don't capture, they don't have the technology 00:26:58.200 --> 00:26:59.920 to capture what's happening on TikTok, 00:26:59.920 --> 00:27:04.400 what's going on in non-GO tag posts on social media. 00:27:04.400 --> 00:27:07.000 So some of these things that our team is able to identify. 00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:10.400 The most glaring and obvious one that we've been able to identify 00:27:10.400 --> 00:27:13.120 for staff is mental health concerns. 00:27:13.120 --> 00:27:16.560 So when, of course, we look at the impact of what the pandemic 00:27:16.560 --> 00:27:19.600 had throughout everybody's mental health, 00:27:19.600 --> 00:27:21.200 it's no surprise that 00:27:21.200 --> 00:27:23.600 the data that we have absolutely showcases that, 00:27:23.600 --> 00:27:26.400 especially during that first iteration of the pandemic 00:27:26.400 --> 00:27:28.680 when we were in such a state of the unknown. 00:27:28.680 --> 00:27:31.400 This is what a lot of our students and our youth 00:27:31.400 --> 00:27:34.200 were showing what they were feeling online. 00:27:34.200 --> 00:27:36.600 And this is a great help for school districts because 00:27:36.600 --> 00:27:38.280 some of the feedback that we get 00:27:38.280 --> 00:27:40.480 when we send this information over to them 00:27:40.480 --> 00:27:43.240 is that not a lot of these students were on the radar. 00:27:43.240 --> 00:27:45.800 They had no idea the types of concerning posts 00:27:45.800 --> 00:27:47.080 that they had online, 00:27:47.080 --> 00:27:49.400 or maybe that they were on their radar previously, 00:27:49.400 --> 00:27:51.720 but not for these types of concerns. 00:27:51.720 --> 00:27:54.960 So this is the second capacity in which we operate. 00:27:54.960 --> 00:27:58.600 And then the third is the data gathered from our reported tips. 00:27:58.600 --> 00:28:02.400 So like PSST World, the erase reporter tool is actually a tool 00:28:02.400 --> 00:28:06.440 that's strictly for here in the province of British Columbia. 00:28:06.440 --> 00:28:08.400 So you know, when we go talk to some of these 00:28:08.400 --> 00:28:09.560 other different districts 00:28:09.560 --> 00:28:10.800 and areas, they always ask, 00:28:10.800 --> 00:28:12.280 you know, we have it so together, 00:28:12.280 --> 00:28:15.000 how is, how is it so easy for all of our teams 00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:16.240 to collaborate 00:28:16.240 --> 00:28:18.600 and all of our multidisciplinary teams to come together? 00:28:18.600 --> 00:28:20.800 Well, it's because we have our work done 00:28:20.800 --> 00:28:21.800 through our government. 00:28:21.800 --> 00:28:24.200 Our government is absolutely onboard with all of this. 00:28:24.200 --> 00:28:26.680 So ERASE in our territory stands for Expect, 00:28:26.680 --> 00:28:28.880 Respect and a Safe Education. 00:28:28.880 --> 00:28:31.320 So part of that is giving students the knowledge 00:28:31.320 --> 00:28:34.040 and the power to report worrisome behavior 00:28:34.040 --> 00:28:35.760 that they see either online, 00:28:35.760 --> 00:28:39.000 in the schools, or wherever it is that affects 00:28:39.000 --> 00:28:42.000 their culture, climate and safety and they have the ability 00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:44.960 to do this 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 00:28:44.960 --> 00:28:47.400 So the most glaring one that we've seen, 00:28:47.400 --> 00:28:48.800 that students have seen, 00:28:48.800 --> 00:28:51.760 have been reporting is bullying and cyberbullying. 00:28:51.760 --> 00:28:55.360 So bullying and cyberbullying is what our students are seeing. 00:28:55.360 --> 00:28:57.560 So when we look at these three different data points, 00:28:57.560 --> 00:28:59.760 we look at what staff are noticing, 00:28:59.760 --> 00:29:03.000 what we're noticing and what students are noticing. 00:29:03.000 --> 00:29:05.120 So you'll notice that there's three 00:29:05.120 --> 00:29:06.400 different types of categories. 00:29:06.400 --> 00:29:09.360 Their biggest concerns right now are mental health concerns, 00:29:09.360 --> 00:29:12.200 threat related behavior, and bullying or cyberbullying. 00:29:12.200 --> 00:29:15.040 So the question is, what can we do to combat these effects? 00:29:15.040 --> 00:29:17.280 What can we do to combat these in our schools? 00:29:17.280 --> 00:29:20.560 Of course, education and having community come together 00:29:20.560 --> 00:29:23.320 and having these presentations to staff, to students, 00:29:23.320 --> 00:29:25.480 to parents is so, so important, 00:29:25.480 --> 00:29:27.560 but what can we as a system do together 00:29:27.560 --> 00:29:29.160 to find out what's going on? 00:29:29.160 --> 00:29:32.000 So I just wanted to share some examples of some of these 00:29:32.000 --> 00:29:33.800 reported tips that we've seen. 00:29:33.800 --> 00:29:36.200 Because what makes these really effective is what, 00:29:36.200 --> 00:29:39.400 getting our students onboard with this information, 00:29:39.400 --> 00:29:41.280 showing them that they can have a voice, 00:29:41.280 --> 00:29:43.200 they can report the behavior. 00:29:43.200 --> 00:29:44.800 Not to get their friends into trouble, 00:29:44.800 --> 00:29:47.120 but to get their friends out of trouble. 00:29:47.120 --> 00:29:48.880 So when we look at some of the reports like this, 00:29:48.880 --> 00:29:50.720 you know, we've seen somebody 00:29:50.720 --> 00:29:53.800 share that they are making more and more suicide jokes, 00:29:53.800 --> 00:29:56.160 they are giving their belongings away, 00:29:56.160 --> 00:29:57.600 they're engaging in behaviors 00:29:57.600 --> 00:29:59.920 that would be consistent with what they've made. 00:29:59.920 --> 00:30:03.840 And again, students have the ability to remain anonymous 00:30:03.840 --> 00:30:06.200 when they bring this information forward. 00:30:06.200 --> 00:30:09.400 We've got shooting threats that we receive almost on a monthly 00:30:09.400 --> 00:30:12.600 basis from school districts, especially here in Canada. 00:30:12.600 --> 00:30:14.600 Yes, in Canada we do have gun violence. 00:30:14.600 --> 00:30:16.960 We do have threats of violence here. 00:30:16.960 --> 00:30:20.000 So it's really great to see that students are reporting 00:30:20.000 --> 00:30:22.800 this behavior and students are getting the help 00:30:22.800 --> 00:30:26.800 and the education and the right discipline that they need. 00:30:26.800 --> 00:30:29.000 So just another couple categories. 00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:32.160 Mental health concerns that we've seen, bullying 00:30:32.160 --> 00:30:34.400 and cyberbullying and all this is available 00:30:34.400 --> 00:30:38.440 through the availability for students to report. 00:30:38.440 --> 00:30:40.800 So I'll put a link to PTSST World in the chat 00:30:40.800 --> 00:30:42.200 if you are interested. 00:30:42.200 --> 00:30:44.600 I'm not saying you have to use our reporting tool. 00:30:44.600 --> 00:30:47.960 If you don't have one, I definitely would consider 00:30:47.960 --> 00:30:50.200 figuring out which reporting tool works best 00:30:50.200 --> 00:30:51.520 for your students. 00:30:51.520 --> 00:30:52.920 And it doesn't matter what tool it is. 00:30:52.920 --> 00:30:56.000 You know, my boss isn't on here, so she won't, it doesn't matter. 00:30:56.000 --> 00:30:57.600 You don't have to use our tool. 00:30:57.600 --> 00:30:59.640 But as long as that communication is that 00:30:59.640 --> 00:31:00.840 they can see something 00:31:00.840 --> 00:31:02.680 and say something, but more importantly, 00:31:02.680 --> 00:31:05.360 is that we are going to do something about these reports. 00:31:05.360 --> 00:31:08.520 So these are just some examples of what students can report, 00:31:08.520 --> 00:31:12.760 how they see this information, and what they can do. 00:31:12.760 --> 00:31:15.680 All right, so I'm going to turn this over now to talk a little 00:31:15.680 --> 00:31:19.080 bit more about the actual trends that we are seeing, 00:31:19.080 --> 00:31:21.840 what we are seeing here within Safer Schools Together. 00:31:21.840 --> 00:31:26.440 So we're going to take it back all the way to the pound sign, 00:31:26.440 --> 00:31:30.320 or more colloquially known as the hashtag. 00:31:30.320 --> 00:31:33.000 So we know the hashtag is such an important tool 00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:35.240 for helping individuals find posts 00:31:35.240 --> 00:31:37.960 that have been categorized by keywords. 00:31:37.960 --> 00:31:41.240 So people use hashtags hoping that others will find them 00:31:41.240 --> 00:31:43.880 based on those self-described categories. 00:31:43.880 --> 00:31:47.080 So they make content more discoverable within platforms 00:31:47.080 --> 00:31:48.600 in their search tools. 00:31:48.600 --> 00:31:52.200 They help users reach more and they make it easier 00:31:52.200 --> 00:31:56.720 for people to find, follow and contribute to conversations. 00:31:56.720 --> 00:31:59.800 So whenever a user adds a hashtag to their post, 00:31:59.800 --> 00:32:01.680 whether it be on Twitter, 00:32:01.680 --> 00:32:05.000 on Instagram, on TikTok, on Facebook, 00:32:05.000 --> 00:32:07.680 that social media network indexes that post 00:32:07.680 --> 00:32:09.440 and boosts its searchabilty 00:32:09.440 --> 00:32:12.080 and discoverability with other users. 00:32:12.080 --> 00:32:15.880 So consider students who tag their schools. 00:32:15.880 --> 00:32:17.320 What is their tag? 00:32:17.320 --> 00:32:20.200 Will it help you find content associated with that school 00:32:20.200 --> 00:32:22.000 and that student user group? 00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:23.800 Well, absolutely it's going to. 00:32:23.800 --> 00:32:26.200 So that's why it's really important to pay attention 00:32:26.200 --> 00:32:27.400 to some of the hashtags 00:32:27.400 --> 00:32:29.720 that are coming around in our different areas, 00:32:29.720 --> 00:32:32.440 what those look like and how we can search for them. 00:32:32.440 --> 00:32:35.960 So I wanted to share some of the concerning hashtags 00:32:35.960 --> 00:32:37.200 that we've started to see 00:32:37.200 --> 00:32:39.560 and where it's kind of evolved because 00:32:39.560 --> 00:32:41.880 the language is really, really changing. 00:32:41.880 --> 00:32:45.400 So when we look at some of these self-harm related images, 00:32:45.400 --> 00:32:47.080 you know, very concerning to see, 00:32:47.080 --> 00:32:50.000 but it's also attributed with a concerning caption, 00:32:50.000 --> 00:32:54.480 a concerning post that has lots of different hashtags. 00:32:54.480 --> 00:32:56.600 So when we look at these hashtags, you know, 00:32:56.600 --> 00:32:59.000 our biggest concern for the student is risk to self. 00:32:59.000 --> 00:33:01.240 You know, what other things are they posting, 00:33:01.240 --> 00:33:03.080 what are they filling themselves up with. 00:33:03.080 --> 00:33:05.040 Of course, we want to get them the help that they need. 00:33:05.040 --> 00:33:07.000 But when we look at the specific hashtags, 00:33:07.000 --> 00:33:09.000 when we see that says don't worry guys, 00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:12.200 Sally, I'm still here, I was just grounded for a long time, 00:33:12.200 --> 00:33:16.520 #sad, suicide, suicidal, depressed, depression, ugly. 00:33:16.520 --> 00:33:19.440 And we go down a little bit further, we see #stopped eating, 00:33:19.440 --> 00:33:24.080 #ana, mia, deb, sue, cut, cutting, lost, unfixable, alone, 00:33:24.080 --> 00:33:26.160 unloved, secret society 123. 00:33:26.160 --> 00:33:31.040 So I have the chat section here on my TV screen here, 00:33:31.040 --> 00:33:33.000 so I'm going to ask the question to you folks, 00:33:33.000 --> 00:33:34.320 what are some of these hashtags 00:33:34.320 --> 00:33:36.320 that you're noticing that you want to find a little 00:33:36.320 --> 00:33:39.280 bit more information about or what are some questions you have 00:33:39.280 --> 00:33:40.920 regarding some of these hashtags? 00:33:40.920 --> 00:33:42.280 And please feel free to use the chat 00:33:42.280 --> 00:33:45.280 so we can see some of your hypotheses. 00:33:45.280 --> 00:33:48.640 Go full screen here and make it easier to read. 00:33:48.640 --> 00:33:51.840 So we see #depression, absolutely. 00:33:51.840 --> 00:33:53.200 We're seeing threats. 00:33:53.200 --> 00:33:54.800 Secret society 123. 00:33:54.800 --> 00:33:59.200 What is the secret society 123? 00:34:02.720 --> 00:34:03.920 Eating disorder. 00:34:06.840 --> 00:34:08.840 Interesting, interesting hypothesis. 00:34:08.840 --> 00:34:10.160 Eating disorder. 00:34:10.160 --> 00:34:12.600 Ana, who is Ana? 00:34:12.600 --> 00:34:14.760 Who's Mia, who's Deb, who's Sue? 00:34:14.760 --> 00:34:15.880 Are they names? 00:34:15.880 --> 00:34:17.640 Yeah, are they peers, or are they other individuals 00:34:17.640 --> 00:34:20.480 contributing to the self-harm? 00:34:20.480 --> 00:34:23.760 These are all different hypothesis that our teams have 00:34:23.760 --> 00:34:24.800 and, more importantly, 00:34:24.800 --> 00:34:27.280 our multidisciplinary teams can have. 00:34:27.280 --> 00:34:29.680 But yeah, Jenny, you got it, absolutely right. 00:34:29.680 --> 00:34:32.640 When we look at these hashtags that are being used, 00:34:32.640 --> 00:34:36.200 we found that this is not just names of other individuals, 00:34:36.200 --> 00:34:39.720 but the language of self-harm on social media. 00:34:39.720 --> 00:34:45.000 So when we look at #Ana, #Mia, Deb, Sue, Secret Society 123, 00:34:45.000 --> 00:34:49.000 this is the language of self-harm on Instagram. 00:34:49.000 --> 00:34:51.080 This is what it means. 00:34:51.080 --> 00:34:55.760 So those associated tags with the larger family of tags 00:34:55.760 --> 00:34:59.360 highlight various disorders and each of those disorders 00:34:59.360 --> 00:35:02.440 has a masculine and a feminine variety. 00:35:02.440 --> 00:35:05.560 So paying attention to these hashtags is essential. 00:35:05.560 --> 00:35:08.920 So the my Secret Family, the Secret Society 123, 00:35:08.920 --> 00:35:12.160 you know, we started to see this evolve on Instagram. 00:35:12.160 --> 00:35:14.240 So whenever we see these hashtags, 00:35:14.240 --> 00:35:16.560 you know, maybe I'm feeling #Ana today 00:35:16.560 --> 00:35:21.000 or I'm feeling #Mia today, we know what they are, 00:35:21.000 --> 00:35:22.400 what they are self-ascribing 00:35:22.400 --> 00:35:26.320 and their afflictions that they are showcasing online. 00:35:26.320 --> 00:35:28.920 Now the good news is, if we go back to this previous post, 00:35:28.920 --> 00:35:30.440 you'll see that this journal article, 00:35:30.440 --> 00:35:31.920 the Journal of Adolescent Health, 00:35:31.920 --> 00:35:34.800 this was posted in 2015. 00:35:34.800 --> 00:35:37.640 In the internet times, that is ancient, believe it or not. 00:35:37.640 --> 00:35:41.560 2015 in the internet times was a long time ago. 00:35:41.560 --> 00:35:43.120 So the good news, because of this, 00:35:43.120 --> 00:35:45.760 is that Instagram has caught up with these hashtags. 00:35:45.760 --> 00:35:48.680 Instagram knows about Secret Society 123, 00:35:48.680 --> 00:35:50.760 they know about #Ana and Mia. 00:35:50.760 --> 00:35:53.400 So what happens when users start to put those hashtags 00:35:53.400 --> 00:35:56.320 on their post, is that they'll find something like this. 00:35:56.320 --> 00:35:58.160 When you click or when you search for 00:35:58.160 --> 00:36:01.120 some of these hashtags, Secret Society 123. 00:36:01.120 --> 00:36:05.200 Instagram knows about it and it says post with these words 00:36:05.200 --> 00:36:07.960 often encourage other behaviors that can cause harm 00:36:07.960 --> 00:36:09.160 and even lead to death. 00:36:09.160 --> 00:36:13.200 So they lead with support, they lead to kids' help phones 00:36:13.200 --> 00:36:17.560 or wherever state specific resources for students. 00:36:17.560 --> 00:36:20.400 But then you still have the availability to show these posts 00:36:20.400 --> 00:36:22.240 and use these posts. 00:36:22.240 --> 00:36:23.400 So even if it saves one life, 00:36:23.400 --> 00:36:25.440 I'm totally fine with it being there. 00:36:25.440 --> 00:36:27.920 So Instagram has caught up. 00:36:27.920 --> 00:36:31.040 Other social media platforms, not so much. 00:36:31.040 --> 00:36:36.320 So we actually don't see these hashtags being used on Instagram 00:36:36.320 --> 00:36:40.240 anymore because of Instagram putting those safeguards 00:36:40.240 --> 00:36:42.400 and those filters on these posts. 00:36:42.400 --> 00:36:46.320 Where we do start to see this, though, is actually on Twitter. 00:36:46.320 --> 00:36:48.600 So I'm going to be showing some posts and some captions 00:36:48.600 --> 00:36:52.320 related to eating disorders just so you folks know. 00:36:52.320 --> 00:36:54.800 But we start to see this shift. 00:36:54.800 --> 00:36:57.000 So when one social media kind of dies down, 00:36:57.000 --> 00:36:59.320 our youth tend to shift over to others. 00:36:59.320 --> 00:37:01.840 They still share those same thoughts, those feelings 00:37:01.840 --> 00:37:05.240 and behaviors, but on other sides of different platforms. 00:37:05.240 --> 00:37:08.200 So while we didn't see this post on Instagram, 00:37:08.200 --> 00:37:12.200 we started to see an increase in eating disorder Twitter, 00:37:12.200 --> 00:37:16.160 which is #EDTW, but utilizing that 00:37:16.160 --> 00:37:20.160 same hashtags of #Ana, #Mia, 00:37:20.160 --> 00:37:22.960 hashtag whatever it is. 00:37:22.960 --> 00:37:27.800 EDNOS is eating disorder not otherwise specified. 00:37:27.800 --> 00:37:29.960 So when we look at utilizing some of these 00:37:29.960 --> 00:37:31.320 hashtags within Twitter, 00:37:31.320 --> 00:37:34.200 you can see that we are already into a rabbit hole. 00:37:34.200 --> 00:37:36.640 And this, all these screenshots, by the way, were captured 00:37:36.640 --> 00:37:40.800 within the first two weeks of January of this year. 00:37:40.800 --> 00:37:43.240 So these are very recent, these are very new. 00:37:43.240 --> 00:37:45.480 But they are still using those same hashtags 00:37:45.480 --> 00:37:47.880 all the way from 2015. 00:37:47.880 --> 00:37:50.480 So when we see things like finsbo being utilized 00:37:50.480 --> 00:37:58.200 and a diet and again, EDTW, Eating Disorder Twitter. 00:37:58.200 --> 00:37:59.720 So Twitter is usually broken down 00:37:59.720 --> 00:38:01.320 into other different categories. 00:38:01.320 --> 00:38:04.520 You know, why am I using Twitter for this specific reason? 00:38:04.520 --> 00:38:08.000 Well, it's because I'm going to interact in other echo chambers 00:38:08.000 --> 00:38:12.520 with others who are suffering the same disorders 00:38:12.520 --> 00:38:15.400 and they are encouraging these other disorders as well. 00:38:15.400 --> 00:38:17.440 You can see this one that says eat your weight. 00:38:17.440 --> 00:38:19.440 So day one, eat the same amount of calories 00:38:19.440 --> 00:38:21.920 as what you weigh in pounds, 00:38:21.920 --> 00:38:23.640 which for anybody is not going to be 00:38:23.640 --> 00:38:26.720 a sustainable amount of calories per day, 00:38:26.720 --> 00:38:28.640 but we're seeing others encouraging 00:38:28.640 --> 00:38:31.560 those behaviors online. 00:38:31.560 --> 00:38:34.480 One of the other things that we've started to see is that 00:38:34.480 --> 00:38:36.040 they're necessarily isn't a causation, 00:38:36.040 --> 00:38:37.720 but one of the things that we've noticed 00:38:37.720 --> 00:38:41.640 is that those who actually are engaging in behaviors 00:38:41.640 --> 00:38:46.080 such as this online share thinspo posts, 00:38:46.080 --> 00:38:48.480 which is what they refer to as thinspiration, 00:38:48.480 --> 00:38:50.040 so inspiration of people 00:38:50.040 --> 00:38:52.400 who are extremely thin and underweight. 00:38:52.400 --> 00:38:56.040 Where we start to see a lot of increase in post usage 00:38:56.040 --> 00:39:00.040 is actually related to K-Pop. 00:39:00.040 --> 00:39:02.520 I will fully admit, I am not a K-Pop fan. 00:39:02.520 --> 00:39:06.200 It's not the life, it's not the type of music that I listen to. 00:39:06.200 --> 00:39:09.200 However, we start to see those who are inspired 00:39:09.200 --> 00:39:12.360 by the girls who are part of it, 00:39:12.360 --> 00:39:15.400 black pink is the largest one that we've seen. 00:39:15.400 --> 00:39:20.080 Utilizing them as thinspo so I can lose my appetite. 00:39:20.080 --> 00:39:23.520 But it's even been discussed in other forums, such as Reddit, 00:39:23.520 --> 00:39:26.080 where they're talking about how negative it is 00:39:26.080 --> 00:39:28.840 and how it is ruining some of these conversations 00:39:28.840 --> 00:39:30.760 that are happening about K-Pop 00:39:30.760 --> 00:39:33.200 because the other individuals who are suffering 00:39:33.200 --> 00:39:36.120 with eating disorders are posting a lot about them. 00:39:36.120 --> 00:39:39.520 So it is a concerning trend that we are seeing for those 00:39:39.520 --> 00:39:43.000 who maybe are, make their life about K-Pop. 00:39:43.000 --> 00:39:44.200 These are some of the other trends 00:39:44.200 --> 00:39:45.400 that we are seeing with that. 00:39:45.400 --> 00:39:50.080 So the language of self-harm changes based on 00:39:50.080 --> 00:39:52.560 the social media platform that we utilize. 00:39:52.560 --> 00:39:54.000 So again, on Instagram, 00:39:54.000 --> 00:39:56.360 this is kind of where we saw it start to shift 00:39:56.360 --> 00:39:59.280 and then Twitter is where we're continuing to see 00:39:59.280 --> 00:40:00.760 the same hashtags. 00:40:00.760 --> 00:40:02.840 But TikTok is a whole other different beast. 00:40:02.840 --> 00:40:05.360 And for those of you who have a TikTok account of your own, 00:40:05.360 --> 00:40:07.400 you know exactly what I'm talking about. 00:40:07.400 --> 00:40:09.400 That algorithm really sucks you in 00:40:09.400 --> 00:40:11.800 and gives you way too much content. 00:40:11.800 --> 00:40:15.080 And it can expose our youth to way too much information 00:40:15.080 --> 00:40:17.200 that they may or may not needed to know. 00:40:17.200 --> 00:40:18.960 So how do we start to know what's going, 00:40:18.960 --> 00:40:20.360 what's popular around TikTok? 00:40:20.360 --> 00:40:24.880 Well, just by simply going to TikTok.com/discover, 00:40:24.880 --> 00:40:26.000 I'll put a link to that in the chat 00:40:26.000 --> 00:40:27.000 at the end of the session, 00:40:27.000 --> 00:40:28.120 but this is just for you 00:40:28.120 --> 00:40:30.320 if you don't have an account to see what's popular. 00:40:30.320 --> 00:40:32.960 What are some of the current things that are going on? 00:40:32.960 --> 00:40:35.880 But just know that this is a very, very, I would take this 00:40:35.880 --> 00:40:37.840 with a grain of salt because a lot of these videos 00:40:37.840 --> 00:40:40.320 do have a lot of views and a lot of content, 00:40:40.320 --> 00:40:43.160 but that is what TikTok wants to promote. 00:40:43.160 --> 00:40:46.000 TikTok does not want to promote those 00:40:46.000 --> 00:40:47.960 who are struggling with mental health issues 00:40:47.960 --> 00:40:50.640 or eating disorders because TikTok's algorithm 00:40:50.640 --> 00:40:52.080 is probably one of the most strictest 00:40:52.080 --> 00:40:54.760 that we've seen in any social media platform. 00:40:54.760 --> 00:41:01.280 So if you use #depression, #Ana, #Mia or Secret Society 123, 00:41:01.280 --> 00:41:04.200 TikTok already knows about all these hashtags. 00:41:04.200 --> 00:41:07.400 And what it does is it suppresses your video. 00:41:07.400 --> 00:41:10.240 So your video can't be shared, it can't be liked, 00:41:10.240 --> 00:41:11.800 it can't be commented on. 00:41:11.800 --> 00:41:14.840 If you post too much with those things that violate their terms 00:41:14.840 --> 00:41:17.120 and conditions or the community guidelines, 00:41:17.120 --> 00:41:19.400 your account could be terminated. 00:41:19.400 --> 00:41:22.600 But because our youth are smart and resilient, 00:41:22.600 --> 00:41:23.680 they're changing 00:41:23.680 --> 00:41:26.880 the language of self-harm on the specific platform. 00:41:26.880 --> 00:41:30.000 So not only are they not using these hashtags at all, 00:41:30.000 --> 00:41:31.320 they are completely changing 00:41:31.320 --> 00:41:33.640 how they are communicating through TikTok. 00:41:33.640 --> 00:41:35.000 So instead of suicide, 00:41:35.000 --> 00:41:38.240 they're going to use the word unalive or sewerslide. 00:41:38.240 --> 00:41:39.440 They're going to change the spelling. 00:41:39.440 --> 00:41:43.040 Instead of utilizing, you know, spelling weed, 00:41:43.040 --> 00:41:45.960 they're going to substitute letters with numbers. 00:41:45.960 --> 00:41:49.840 And instead of describing how they're going to participate 00:41:49.840 --> 00:41:51.200 or what they're going to do, 00:41:51.200 --> 00:41:54.400 they're going to utilize emoji's to communicate 00:41:54.400 --> 00:41:56.160 those different things that they're doing 00:41:56.160 --> 00:41:57.440 or that they're engaging with. 00:41:59.760 --> 00:42:01.080 So of course, like I mentioned, 00:42:01.080 --> 00:42:04.560 TikTok obviously isn't going to stop 00:42:04.560 --> 00:42:07.840 and disrupt any sort of mental health concerns. 00:42:07.840 --> 00:42:10.600 Of course, they're going to promote #mentalhealthmatters. 00:42:10.600 --> 00:42:12.800 But if we look at some of the other hashtags 00:42:12.800 --> 00:42:14.000 that are being used, 00:42:14.000 --> 00:42:18.560 if we still use different spellings of those negative, 00:42:18.560 --> 00:42:21.480 negatively used hashtags, they're still going to show up. 00:42:21.480 --> 00:42:26.200 So youth are actually purposely misspelling some of these 00:42:26.200 --> 00:42:28.800 disorders that they may be dealing with 00:42:28.800 --> 00:42:31.360 so that way the algorithm doesn't see that video 00:42:31.360 --> 00:42:34.400 and it still shares it with other individuals. 00:42:34.400 --> 00:42:36.680 So just know that we're changing the language 00:42:36.680 --> 00:42:39.200 at self-harm at TikTok. 00:42:39.200 --> 00:42:43.200 So you can see TW on this one here stands for trigger warning 00:42:43.200 --> 00:42:45.360 when we look at unalive. 00:42:45.360 --> 00:42:49.000 So they're going to purposely misspell unalive, 00:42:49.000 --> 00:42:52.200 self-harm and depression. 00:42:52.200 --> 00:42:55.800 And again, unalive myself and then - 00:42:55.800 --> 00:42:59.720 so a lot of changes in how that language is being used. 00:42:59.720 --> 00:43:02.840 When we look at different ones related to different, 00:43:02.840 --> 00:43:04.480 other afflictions like handprints. 00:43:04.480 --> 00:43:08.880 This is where #handprints where other individuals will put paint 00:43:08.880 --> 00:43:11.200 on their hands and then on their body to symbolize 00:43:11.200 --> 00:43:14.600 where they have been sexually abused in the past. 00:43:14.600 --> 00:43:21.360 And we also have #shampoo and #conditioner and #Iatepasta. 00:43:21.360 --> 00:43:23.120 How is that related to self-harm? 00:43:23.120 --> 00:43:24.400 Well, believe it or not, it is. 00:43:24.400 --> 00:43:29.000 So this actually stems from a poem, a poem, the artist is 00:43:29.000 --> 00:43:30.320 named Hannah Danes. 00:43:30.320 --> 00:43:32.840 And the poem is called Don't Kill Yourself Today. 00:43:32.840 --> 00:43:36.680 So part of that poem is saying don't kill yourself 00:43:36.680 --> 00:43:38.160 until you finish your shampoo 00:43:38.160 --> 00:43:39.400 and conditioner at the same time, 00:43:39.400 --> 00:43:44.280 or don't kill yourself until all the pasta in your shelf is gone. 00:43:44.280 --> 00:43:45.920 Typically things that take others 00:43:45.920 --> 00:43:48.400 a very long time to do or complete. 00:43:48.400 --> 00:43:49.960 That is the goal behind that. 00:43:49.960 --> 00:43:51.400 But, of course, our youth take that 00:43:51.400 --> 00:43:53.120 and they decide to make jokes about that saying 00:43:53.120 --> 00:43:55.880 that my shampoo is gone or I've eaten all my pasta, 00:43:55.880 --> 00:43:58.040 so now I'm going to complete suicide 00:43:58.040 --> 00:44:01.360 or now I'm moving further down that pathway along self-harm. 00:44:01.360 --> 00:44:04.120 So just know that some of these indicators that are out there. 00:44:04.120 --> 00:44:05.760 As well as, like I mentioned, 00:44:05.760 --> 00:44:08.320 emoji's being utilized to describe, 00:44:08.320 --> 00:44:09.840 you know, when things are happening 00:44:09.840 --> 00:44:11.680 or when they've done certain things. 00:44:11.680 --> 00:44:14.280 So, you know, I'll leave it up to you folks to decide 00:44:14.280 --> 00:44:17.600 and hypothesize as to what each of these emoji's mean. 00:44:17.600 --> 00:44:20.040 But just know that it's going to be different for each student. 00:44:20.040 --> 00:44:21.680 Each student is going to have a different use, 00:44:21.680 --> 00:44:23.240 usage for each emoji, 00:44:23.240 --> 00:44:26.160 what it means in that certain context based on 00:44:26.160 --> 00:44:29.920 whatever their behavioral baseline already is. 00:44:29.920 --> 00:44:32.000 It's going to be different for each student. 00:44:32.000 --> 00:44:34.040 But just know that they are using emoji's 00:44:34.040 --> 00:44:37.440 to express behaviors and certain situations. 00:44:39.960 --> 00:44:43.040 So is TikTok hiding this to keep away attention from the topic, 00:44:43.040 --> 00:44:45.040 or is there a way of bringing attention 00:44:45.040 --> 00:44:46.880 and giving other ideas? 00:44:46.880 --> 00:44:49.120 So I think it's more along the lines of that second. 00:44:49.120 --> 00:44:51.000 It's hiding that information, 00:44:51.000 --> 00:44:53.600 but also kind of saving face saying that oh yeah, 00:44:53.600 --> 00:44:55.680 we're totally about mental health awareness 00:44:55.680 --> 00:44:57.240 and we'll use this hashtag, 00:44:57.240 --> 00:45:00.440 but they're not actually going to do anything about it, right? 00:45:00.440 --> 00:45:03.600 So they're going to censor that content that goes against 00:45:03.600 --> 00:45:04.720 their community guidelines 00:45:04.720 --> 00:45:08.200 because brand deals and sponsors, 00:45:08.200 --> 00:45:10.080 again, it's all about making money for the company, 00:45:10.080 --> 00:45:11.200 so they're not going to say 00:45:11.200 --> 00:45:14.240 that our platform is used for other individuals 00:45:14.240 --> 00:45:16.280 to express their mental health concerns 00:45:16.280 --> 00:45:17.840 or showcase their self-harm, 00:45:17.840 --> 00:45:19.480 because that's not brand friendly. 00:45:19.480 --> 00:45:21.200 That's not money friendly. 00:45:21.200 --> 00:45:23.440 And that's the only reason why they do that. 00:45:23.440 --> 00:45:26.040 So it's very unfortunate, but. 00:45:26.040 --> 00:45:28.840 One of the resources I wanted to share with you folks is when 00:45:28.840 --> 00:45:31.320 we do come across some of these hashtags 00:45:31.320 --> 00:45:32.720 that we've never seen before, 00:45:32.720 --> 00:45:35.080 what does it mean, how do we navigate through it? 00:45:35.080 --> 00:45:36.920 Well, there are websites out there for that. 00:45:36.920 --> 00:45:40.680 So tagdef.com is a really great way to actually search hashtags 00:45:40.680 --> 00:45:43.360 or phrases, find out what the actual meaning is, 00:45:43.360 --> 00:45:44.600 where it started from. 00:45:44.600 --> 00:45:45.880 And again, this will be put in a link 00:45:45.880 --> 00:45:47.400 in the chat at the end of my session here, 00:45:47.400 --> 00:45:49.080 so just know that that's coming. 00:45:49.080 --> 00:45:50.840 Tagdef.com is a really great website 00:45:50.840 --> 00:45:52.120 just too really quickly check, 00:45:52.120 --> 00:45:53.400 see what does this hashtag mean, 00:45:53.400 --> 00:45:54.520 where does it come from 00:45:54.520 --> 00:45:56.200 and where is it being utilized. 00:45:56.200 --> 00:45:58.960 So some other great resources to try to figure out 00:45:58.960 --> 00:45:59.880 some of this lingo 00:45:59.880 --> 00:46:02.400 that is being utilized, that is out there, 00:46:02.400 --> 00:46:04.200 urban dictionary. 00:46:04.200 --> 00:46:06.880 Honestly, as much as it's funny to utilize that, 00:46:06.880 --> 00:46:08.240 urban dictionary has saved me 00:46:08.240 --> 00:46:09.760 many time in trying to figure out 00:46:09.760 --> 00:46:11.400 what this certain hashtag means, 00:46:11.400 --> 00:46:13.400 what this certain phrase means. 00:46:13.400 --> 00:46:15.360 And it gives you plenty of different resources 00:46:15.360 --> 00:46:18.480 and definitions that could potentially match up 00:46:18.480 --> 00:46:20.000 with what that phrase 00:46:20.000 --> 00:46:22.920 or what that word or what that hashtag potentially means. 00:46:22.920 --> 00:46:26.120 As old as urban dictionary is, it is still being utilized 00:46:26.120 --> 00:46:29.000 and kept up to date with what's current and what's trending. 00:46:29.000 --> 00:46:31.240 As well, in our parent resources section in our website, 00:46:31.240 --> 00:46:32.800 again, completely for free. 00:46:32.800 --> 00:46:37.840 We've put in an internet lingo slang terms and dictionary. 00:46:37.840 --> 00:46:39.160 So some of these words, 00:46:39.160 --> 00:46:42.680 I mean, maybe you folks have seen before in the past. 00:46:42.680 --> 00:46:45.680 Some of you, you may have never seen any of these words at all. 00:46:45.680 --> 00:46:48.600 Some of these words, these hashtags, these phrases, 00:46:48.600 --> 00:46:51.040 we've put together in a comprehensive guide 00:46:51.040 --> 00:46:55.600 to kind of get a better sense of how are you communicating, 00:46:55.600 --> 00:46:57.200 what exactly that means. 00:46:57.200 --> 00:46:58.960 Especially when we look at a couple different things, 00:46:58.960 --> 00:47:00.520 when we look at wins. 00:47:00.520 --> 00:47:02.520 You'll see the word nudes beside that. 00:47:02.520 --> 00:47:04.960 So when we look at some of these different communities, 00:47:04.960 --> 00:47:07.440 these online anonymous message board groups 00:47:07.440 --> 00:47:11.280 such as 4Chan, such as 8kun and such as, 00:47:11.280 --> 00:47:13.000 again, other forms of the dark web. 00:47:13.000 --> 00:47:16.120 When they're describing sharing nudes of other individuals 00:47:16.120 --> 00:47:18.560 who they have either extorted from 00:47:18.560 --> 00:47:20.280 or saved from the internet, 00:47:20.280 --> 00:47:23.000 they don't refer to them as nudes or pictures; 00:47:23.000 --> 00:47:24.800 they refer to them as wins, 00:47:24.800 --> 00:47:27.440 almost as if this is a game to them. 00:47:27.440 --> 00:47:33.560 Sharing the stolen images of other abused women, children, 00:47:33.560 --> 00:47:36.440 and any other individuals that have their naked picture stolen. 00:47:36.440 --> 00:47:39.920 So very unfortunate, but knowing the language helps us 00:47:39.920 --> 00:47:42.360 keep better on top of what is happening out there. 00:47:42.360 --> 00:47:43.760 Somebody sent me a direct message here, 00:47:43.760 --> 00:47:46.840 Know Your Meme is another great resources, absolutely. 00:47:46.840 --> 00:47:50.480 So I'll put a link to Know Your Meme as well. 00:47:50.480 --> 00:47:51.600 So some of the other trends that 00:47:51.600 --> 00:47:54.480 we're starting to notice here, omegle. 00:47:54.480 --> 00:47:56.680 Omegle, this came out in 2009. 00:47:56.680 --> 00:47:59.960 How is it still trending in 2022? 00:47:59.960 --> 00:48:02.480 Well, for a long time actually Omegle 00:48:02.480 --> 00:48:03.800 was not a concern of ours. 00:48:03.800 --> 00:48:06.720 It was not on our radar because it usually fizzled out. 00:48:06.720 --> 00:48:09.080 But what happened with the advent of TikTok 00:48:09.080 --> 00:48:10.520 included different challenges, 00:48:10.520 --> 00:48:11.840 worrisome challenges, 00:48:11.840 --> 00:48:13.400 including the devious looks challenge, 00:48:13.400 --> 00:48:14.880 which I'll talk about in just a short 00:48:14.880 --> 00:48:16.080 couple moments here. 00:48:16.080 --> 00:48:19.200 But those who are posting TikTok challenges 00:48:19.200 --> 00:48:21.600 and trends are starting to use Omegle now. 00:48:21.600 --> 00:48:24.240 Because Omegle connects you with random strangers 00:48:24.240 --> 00:48:25.600 online through video 00:48:25.600 --> 00:48:28.400 and some of them are posting their reactions through TikTok. 00:48:28.400 --> 00:48:31.400 And because these omelet reactions of these challenges 00:48:31.400 --> 00:48:34.240 were getting lots of views, other youth are going to want to 00:48:34.240 --> 00:48:36.800 visit Omegle and find out, 00:48:36.800 --> 00:48:39.600 connect with other individuals through video chat, 00:48:39.600 --> 00:48:40.920 through text chat. 00:48:40.920 --> 00:48:43.640 But of course, you never know who is going to be 00:48:43.640 --> 00:48:45.120 on the other side of the camera, 00:48:45.120 --> 00:48:46.920 so it's really important to have conversations 00:48:46.920 --> 00:48:50.360 with our youth about not using Omegle at all. 00:48:50.360 --> 00:48:53.920 I very much recommend not going on this app because 00:48:53.920 --> 00:48:55.400 it has been known 00:48:55.400 --> 00:48:59.840 that it's accessible from any device, 00:48:59.840 --> 00:49:02.720 laptops, tablets, phones. 00:49:02.720 --> 00:49:05.240 But even on their website, it said predators have been 00:49:05.240 --> 00:49:08.200 known to use Omegle, so be careful. 00:49:08.200 --> 00:49:10.360 It says that video is monitored, keep it clean, 00:49:10.360 --> 00:49:12.000 but you can see right underneath that section 00:49:12.000 --> 00:49:13.440 it says there's an adult section, 00:49:13.440 --> 00:49:15.200 there's an unmoderated section. 00:49:15.200 --> 00:49:17.280 So how easy is it to click on that 00:49:17.280 --> 00:49:19.200 and visit the unmoderated section? 00:49:19.200 --> 00:49:21.960 We just don't know what our youth can be exposed to 00:49:21.960 --> 00:49:24.440 when we look at these two initial screenshots. 00:49:24.440 --> 00:49:28.400 We cannot be for sure what 00:49:28.400 --> 00:49:31.920 and who we are going to be engaging with. 00:49:36.640 --> 00:49:41.520 Some of them post virus links, some of them post other nudes. 00:49:41.520 --> 00:49:44.480 Don't recommend visiting this website. 00:49:44.480 --> 00:49:46.920 All right, some of the last trends that we are seeing, very, 00:49:46.920 --> 00:49:49.200 very concerning trends that really affect our 00:49:49.200 --> 00:49:50.920 schools' climate, culture and safety, 00:49:50.920 --> 00:49:52.680 and this really goes back to the data 00:49:52.680 --> 00:49:55.560 that we've seen in regards to bullying, cyberbullying 00:49:55.560 --> 00:49:57.240 and negative digital climate and culture 00:49:57.240 --> 00:50:00.080 and that is anonymous Instagram accounts. 00:50:00.080 --> 00:50:03.480 So some of you have probably seen an increase in school 00:50:03.480 --> 00:50:07.160 based Instagram accounts when it relates to meme accounts, 00:50:07.160 --> 00:50:08.480 tea pages. 00:50:08.480 --> 00:50:11.200 Again, tea is the gossip, you're spilling the tea, 00:50:11.200 --> 00:50:15.760 so gossip pages, fight pages and bathroom accounts. 00:50:15.760 --> 00:50:19.040 So bathroom shoes has been a huge, huge increase in 00:50:19.040 --> 00:50:22.520 what we've seen where youth are actually going into the bathroom 00:50:22.520 --> 00:50:25.400 and taking photos of other students, of their shoes, 00:50:25.400 --> 00:50:27.440 while they are in the stall. 00:50:27.440 --> 00:50:29.480 Now of course, that in 00:50:29.480 --> 00:50:31.840 and of itself is a huge violation of privacy 00:50:31.840 --> 00:50:33.600 and Instagram, unfortunately, 00:50:33.600 --> 00:50:36.240 does not get rid of these accounts. 00:50:36.240 --> 00:50:38.320 So one of the things that schools are really trying 00:50:38.320 --> 00:50:41.240 to deal with right now is who is behind these Instagram accounts, 00:50:41.240 --> 00:50:42.920 who created these accounts? 00:50:42.920 --> 00:50:45.440 Well, in a perfect world, a lot of the accounts would look 00:50:45.440 --> 00:50:48.200 like this account here, right? 00:50:48.200 --> 00:50:51.200 It would say that, we've covered their user names, 00:50:51.200 --> 00:50:54.240 but in the bio, two of the user names are perfectly visible. 00:50:54.240 --> 00:50:55.920 We can click and visit and say oh look, 00:50:55.920 --> 00:50:57.400 these are the two that are there. 00:50:57.400 --> 00:50:59.920 But the majority of the time it's going to be 00:50:59.920 --> 00:51:02.200 anonymous users who create these accounts. 00:51:02.200 --> 00:51:05.120 The only way that we'd be able to find this information is 00:51:05.120 --> 00:51:07.680 if police were able to go through the police portals 00:51:07.680 --> 00:51:10.320 and get that emergency subscriber information. 00:51:10.320 --> 00:51:13.600 But because this is not a life or death situation, it's very, 00:51:13.600 --> 00:51:15.440 very unlikely that any of that information 00:51:15.440 --> 00:51:16.600 is going to be given. 00:51:16.600 --> 00:51:20.240 So we have to rely on reporting, which Instagram gets thousands 00:51:20.240 --> 00:51:22.840 and thousands of reports of these per day. 00:51:22.840 --> 00:51:24.560 Even when we look at some of the comments 00:51:24.560 --> 00:51:26.720 that our students are leaving 00:51:26.720 --> 00:51:30.040 saying that I'm never going to go to the restroom 00:51:30.040 --> 00:51:32.400 at school again, I'm never going to use the bathroom again. 00:51:32.400 --> 00:51:35.120 I don't feel safe coming to school 00:51:35.120 --> 00:51:38.200 because of these accounts. 00:51:38.200 --> 00:51:40.640 But Instagram does not delete them, 00:51:40.640 --> 00:51:42.280 they don't get rid of them. 00:51:42.280 --> 00:51:45.680 So part of the ways that we're trying to get our staff 00:51:45.680 --> 00:51:49.200 a little bit in the know about how to spot these accounts, 00:51:49.200 --> 00:51:50.960 how to deal with these accounts, 00:51:50.960 --> 00:51:52.880 is through a couple of different things. 00:51:52.880 --> 00:51:55.040 So what I have on my screen here is just going to be 00:51:55.040 --> 00:51:57.640 a basic video walk through of some of the things 00:51:57.640 --> 00:52:00.400 that our team utilizes to try to figure out 00:52:00.400 --> 00:52:01.920 who are behind these accounts 00:52:01.920 --> 00:52:05.960 and then what we can do to give them those resources. 00:52:05.960 --> 00:52:10.000 So basically what we're looking at is an uncensored 00:52:10.000 --> 00:52:12.400 nude bathroom account here. 00:52:12.400 --> 00:52:17.400 And some of the ways that we try to engage and go through these 00:52:17.400 --> 00:52:20.120 accounts is we try to identify followers. 00:52:20.120 --> 00:52:23.800 We try to identify who is engaging with this account 00:52:23.800 --> 00:52:26.920 because there is not one hundred percent way to figure out 00:52:26.920 --> 00:52:29.080 who actually owns this account. 00:52:29.080 --> 00:52:31.400 We can only try to send off to the school 00:52:31.400 --> 00:52:33.520 names of some of those key players. 00:52:33.520 --> 00:52:34.880 And it doesn't look like my video 00:52:34.880 --> 00:52:36.680 is playing for some reason. 00:52:36.680 --> 00:52:38.120 I do apologize, folks. 00:52:39.400 --> 00:52:41.360 But I do have a kind of step by step walk through 00:52:41.360 --> 00:52:42.600 in a couple of different slides. 00:52:42.600 --> 00:52:44.080 But essentially, what I want to do, 00:52:44.080 --> 00:52:45.800 and I want to do this with the threat assessment 00:52:45.800 --> 00:52:48.600 based account, is I want to try to figure out 00:52:48.600 --> 00:52:50.000 who's following the account 00:52:50.000 --> 00:52:52.280 and who is followed by the account. 00:52:52.280 --> 00:52:55.160 So I can click on followers, and if I have an account, 00:52:55.160 --> 00:52:56.840 I can view all of the followers, 00:52:56.840 --> 00:52:58.560 I can view all the following 00:52:58.560 --> 00:53:01.800 and then I can compare some of those names into who's liking, 00:53:01.800 --> 00:53:03.120 who's commenting, 00:53:03.120 --> 00:53:05.520 who's engaging with this account the most. 00:53:05.520 --> 00:53:07.760 Because that's really what I want to try to find out, 00:53:07.760 --> 00:53:09.920 who is engaging with this account the most. 00:53:09.920 --> 00:53:12.800 Because then what I want to do is I want to have them down 00:53:12.800 --> 00:53:15.560 and sit them down for some in person interviews 00:53:15.560 --> 00:53:18.840 to ask do you know who runs this account, 00:53:18.840 --> 00:53:20.400 or better yet, can you show me 00:53:20.400 --> 00:53:23.200 the Instagram accounts that you're logged into? 00:53:23.200 --> 00:53:25.880 So for those of you who don't know, with Instagram, 00:53:25.880 --> 00:53:29.800 you are actually able to show the different profiles 00:53:29.800 --> 00:53:31.000 that you're logged into. 00:53:31.000 --> 00:53:32.320 So if we have these conversations, 00:53:32.320 --> 00:53:35.200 you know, with our phones sitting on the table 00:53:35.200 --> 00:53:37.320 so nobody can see, or touch them, 00:53:37.320 --> 00:53:41.040 they're right there so everybody can see them, rather. 00:53:41.040 --> 00:53:43.320 Have the student go into their profile on Instagram, 00:53:43.320 --> 00:53:47.600 go to their profile page, go log into their account. 00:53:47.600 --> 00:53:50.760 Then, again, they can switch or log into existing accounts 00:53:50.760 --> 00:53:52.000 just by simply tapping 00:53:52.000 --> 00:53:55.400 on their user name at the very top of their profile. 00:53:55.400 --> 00:53:59.360 So then what happens is that a page will show up, 00:53:59.360 --> 00:54:01.320 and if they're logged into more than one account, 00:54:01.320 --> 00:54:03.200 all of those user names will be visible. 00:54:03.200 --> 00:54:07.400 So if you can see that oh look, that user name matches 00:54:07.400 --> 00:54:09.680 the bathroom shoes account that we're looking for, 00:54:09.680 --> 00:54:11.360 you have the account owner. 00:54:11.360 --> 00:54:12.840 And, more importantly, you can ask them 00:54:12.840 --> 00:54:15.360 to delete the account right then and there. 00:54:15.360 --> 00:54:17.560 That's going to be a lot more effective than relying on 00:54:17.560 --> 00:54:20.680 Instagram to see this and remove the account for us. 00:54:20.680 --> 00:54:22.880 So some of the tools that we utilize 00:54:22.880 --> 00:54:24.800 to try to figure this out. 00:54:24.800 --> 00:54:27.640 We actually use browsers and extensions. 00:54:27.640 --> 00:54:29.760 So some of the extensions that we use are primarily, 00:54:29.760 --> 00:54:31.560 or one of the extensions that we use 00:54:31.560 --> 00:54:34.800 is called igfollowerexport. 00:54:34.800 --> 00:54:36.200 I'll put a link to that in the chat. 00:54:36.200 --> 00:54:38.360 It's available on the Chrome web stores. 00:54:38.360 --> 00:54:41.240 So if you have Google Chrome, you can utilize this. 00:54:41.240 --> 00:54:43.640 We haven't found a good one for Firefox. 00:54:43.640 --> 00:54:46.160 But essentially what it does is it scrapes Instagram, 00:54:46.160 --> 00:54:47.920 the public Instagram account 00:54:47.920 --> 00:54:50.880 and it pulls the data from the followers. 00:54:50.880 --> 00:54:53.320 So it pulls followers and it pulls following. 00:54:53.320 --> 00:54:57.600 And, most importantly, it pulls in reverse chronological order. 00:54:57.600 --> 00:55:00.400 So what I can do is I can scroll all the way down 00:55:00.400 --> 00:55:01.680 to the bottom of those followers 00:55:01.680 --> 00:55:04.000 and I can see the first four or five individuals 00:55:04.000 --> 00:55:07.080 who were followed by and follow the account. 00:55:07.080 --> 00:55:08.960 Typically, what we find with these accounts 00:55:08.960 --> 00:55:13.120 is the creators tend to reach out to their peer group first. 00:55:13.120 --> 00:55:15.840 So they'll reach out to people who are around their same age, 00:55:15.840 --> 00:55:18.200 same grade, same classes 00:55:18.200 --> 00:55:19.720 and then they will start to branch out 00:55:19.720 --> 00:55:21.880 and reach out to some of their other peers 00:55:21.880 --> 00:55:23.280 within the school. 00:55:23.280 --> 00:55:26.600 So we take some of those first few names and we kind of, 00:55:26.600 --> 00:55:27.960 we've put the green in their ourselves, 00:55:27.960 --> 00:55:29.400 but we highlight them based on 00:55:29.400 --> 00:55:31.640 who's liked the most amount of photos, 00:55:31.640 --> 00:55:33.800 who's commented the most amount of photos. 00:55:33.800 --> 00:55:35.520 And then those are the key students 00:55:35.520 --> 00:55:38.200 that we actually get in for an interview. 00:55:38.200 --> 00:55:40.200 And we've found that it does work. 00:55:40.200 --> 00:55:41.960 So this is the tool that I'm talking about, 00:55:41.960 --> 00:55:44.000 IG Follower Export tool. 00:55:44.000 --> 00:55:45.440 You login with your account 00:55:45.440 --> 00:55:47.880 and then you type in the user name that you want. 00:55:47.880 --> 00:55:51.800 It spits it out in a perfect Excel sheet 00:55:51.800 --> 00:55:53.360 and it's very, very effective. 00:55:53.360 --> 00:55:55.760 So again, I'll put a link to the chat in the very end, 00:55:55.760 --> 00:55:58.120 but just to know that these solutions work. 00:55:58.120 --> 00:56:01.120 You know, this is one that we've dealt with a couple weeks ago 00:56:01.120 --> 00:56:02.800 and the steps that we gave, 00:56:02.800 --> 00:56:05.440 the school was able to identify their creators. 00:56:05.440 --> 00:56:08.160 They got the account removed and it was a happy ending. 00:56:08.160 --> 00:56:11.800 So just an example, this is kind of our step by step 00:56:11.800 --> 00:56:13.080 for school districts 00:56:13.080 --> 00:56:15.280 when dealing with some of these hate based accounts 00:56:15.280 --> 00:56:19.200 is finding the key players. 00:56:19.200 --> 00:56:23.800 Knowing who's following and followed by said pages, 00:56:23.800 --> 00:56:25.680 and then of course, going through, 00:56:25.680 --> 00:56:28.280 confirming that they attend our school 00:56:28.280 --> 00:56:31.360 and then having some of those in person interviews. 00:56:31.360 --> 00:56:34.200 So really, really effective ways to try to find out 00:56:34.200 --> 00:56:35.680 and get rid of these Instagram accounts 00:56:35.680 --> 00:56:38.000 because they are such a pain 00:56:38.000 --> 00:56:41.040 in dealing with some of these schools. 00:56:41.040 --> 00:56:43.840 So these are some of the things that we are seeing. 00:56:43.840 --> 00:56:46.600 And it's not going to be specific 00:56:46.600 --> 00:56:48.400 to each one of your districts 00:56:48.400 --> 00:56:50.600 because you are the experts in your own districts, 00:56:50.600 --> 00:56:51.760 in your communities. 00:56:51.760 --> 00:56:54.200 You are going to know what some things are going on, 00:56:54.200 --> 00:56:55.960 what is happening around in your community. 00:56:55.960 --> 00:56:57.920 So what I want to do for this next little bit 00:56:57.920 --> 00:56:59.560 is get a little bit more interactive 00:56:59.560 --> 00:57:02.200 and show you folks some ways that you can utilize 00:57:02.200 --> 00:57:04.200 some open source searching techniques 00:57:04.200 --> 00:57:05.840 to find what is going on 00:57:05.840 --> 00:57:09.320 and track what is going around in some of your schools, 00:57:09.320 --> 00:57:12.320 your communities, to stay on top of what is happening. 00:57:12.320 --> 00:57:13.360 So more importantly, 00:57:13.360 --> 00:57:15.360 if there is something that does start to escalate, 00:57:15.360 --> 00:57:16.760 get some communication out. 00:57:16.760 --> 00:57:18.680 So what we're going to look at is how to identify 00:57:18.680 --> 00:57:20.840 some of the trends in your own area. 00:57:20.840 --> 00:57:23.960 So one of the things that is the most easily accessible 00:57:23.960 --> 00:57:27.600 for everybody is Google. 00:57:27.600 --> 00:57:29.800 Yeah, Google, believe it or not. 00:57:29.800 --> 00:57:31.920 All right, so this is going to be a little bit of an 00:57:31.920 --> 00:57:33.200 interactive portion. 00:57:33.200 --> 00:57:36.000 So I'll just give you folks a quick little bit of a tech tip. 00:57:36.000 --> 00:57:38.280 So if you're working on a singular laptop 00:57:38.280 --> 00:57:40.640 in a single screen, no problem. 00:57:40.640 --> 00:57:42.240 Because I've shared my screen, 00:57:42.240 --> 00:57:45.040 sometimes it makes the Zoom window go full screen. 00:57:45.040 --> 00:57:47.960 You can just press escape and my shared screen is still there, 00:57:47.960 --> 00:57:49.800 but you can navigate through other apps. 00:57:49.800 --> 00:57:53.240 If you're on a PC, utilize alt tab. 00:57:53.240 --> 00:57:55.280 That way, you can actually switch back and forth between 00:57:55.280 --> 00:57:57.400 the most recent apps that you've used. 00:57:57.400 --> 00:57:59.040 So that way you can switch back and forth 00:57:59.040 --> 00:58:01.320 between either your email, the Zoom meeting 00:58:01.320 --> 00:58:04.000 or the browser and your Zoom meeting. 00:58:04.000 --> 00:58:06.280 Just a quick way of navigating through different apps. 00:58:06.280 --> 00:58:08.640 So if you, once we get to some of these hands on portions, 00:58:08.640 --> 00:58:11.640 you can alt tab to your browser, start these searches 00:58:11.640 --> 00:58:13.000 and we can go from there. 00:58:13.000 --> 00:58:16.880 So I know a lot of us have probably utilized Google before, 00:58:16.880 --> 00:58:19.880 but I'm going to share with you folks some really great ways of 00:58:19.880 --> 00:58:22.600 making our searches a little bit more effective. 00:58:22.600 --> 00:58:26.000 So I'll ask the question to you folks, you don't have to answer, 00:58:26.000 --> 00:58:28.840 but how many of you have Googled yourselves before? 00:58:28.840 --> 00:58:30.160 I'm sure the majority of us have. 00:58:30.160 --> 00:58:32.360 We want to know what information is out there about us 00:58:32.360 --> 00:58:33.880 and we want to see, 00:58:33.880 --> 00:58:36.160 we want to improve our own digital literacy 00:58:36.160 --> 00:58:37.560 because we want to know what posts, 00:58:37.560 --> 00:58:39.720 what websites, include our name. 00:58:39.720 --> 00:58:40.720 Absolutely. 00:58:40.720 --> 00:58:42.560 I would suggest too, though, that not a lot of folks 00:58:42.560 --> 00:58:45.840 actually know how to properly utilize Google. 00:58:45.840 --> 00:58:47.680 And what we're going to look at for the next couple of minutes 00:58:47.680 --> 00:58:51.120 is how we gather data for our threat assessments, 00:58:51.120 --> 00:58:53.560 how we can gather data about ourselves 00:58:53.560 --> 00:58:55.120 and of course, how we can gather data 00:58:55.120 --> 00:58:58.400 about certain trends that are going around in our communities. 00:58:58.400 --> 00:59:00.080 So what we're going to look at is the usage of 00:59:00.080 --> 00:59:02.120 Boolean search operators. 00:59:02.120 --> 00:59:05.800 This is a searching technique used within Google. 00:59:05.800 --> 00:59:08.400 Basically what this means is we're going to add bits of code 00:59:08.400 --> 00:59:12.400 or syntax to our Google searches which Google understands 00:59:12.400 --> 00:59:13.800 as specific filters 00:59:13.800 --> 00:59:17.920 and requirements for what it shows us in our searching. 00:59:17.920 --> 00:59:21.080 So the first one, and arguably the most effective one 00:59:21.080 --> 00:59:23.760 that we're going to look at is quotation marks. 00:59:23.760 --> 00:59:25.120 And to do this more effectively, 00:59:25.120 --> 00:59:26.640 I'm actually going to go live on my screen 00:59:26.640 --> 00:59:29.840 here to show you folks exactly how easy it is. 00:59:29.840 --> 00:59:31.200 So I'll just zoom here on the screen here, 00:59:31.200 --> 00:59:32.720 so it's a little bit easier. 00:59:32.720 --> 00:59:34.400 So for those of you who have Google yourselves, 00:59:34.400 --> 00:59:36.600 you've probably done something similar to this. 00:59:36.600 --> 00:59:38.440 You've put your first and last name into Google, 00:59:38.440 --> 00:59:40.600 you want to see what information shows up. 00:59:40.600 --> 00:59:41.760 But you can see, 00:59:41.760 --> 00:59:43.480 I'll go full screen here so it's easier to say, 00:59:43.480 --> 00:59:47.360 there's about 3.5 million results for my searches. 00:59:47.360 --> 00:59:49.200 I know I'm not that popular. 00:59:49.200 --> 00:59:51.600 There's definitely not that much information out there about me. 00:59:51.600 --> 00:59:53.520 But basically what Google is doing is 00:59:53.520 --> 00:59:55.040 pulling every single result 00:59:55.040 --> 00:59:56.560 that contains the work Colton 00:59:56.560 --> 00:59:59.520 and every single result that contains the word Easton. 00:59:59.520 --> 01:00:02.240 That's not necessarily helpful for what I want to search, 01:00:02.240 --> 01:00:06.000 so all I need to do is actually encapsulate Colton Easton 01:00:06.000 --> 01:00:07.920 within quotation marks. 01:00:07.920 --> 01:00:12.360 And what Google understands this as is show me every result that 01:00:12.360 --> 01:00:16.880 contains Colton Easton together and exclude everything else. 01:00:16.880 --> 01:00:19.480 So watch my results change when I hit search from 01:00:19.480 --> 01:00:25.160 3.5 million to just over 13,000. 01:00:25.160 --> 01:00:26.600 I've excluded millions 01:00:26.600 --> 01:00:29.160 and millions of results that don't contain my first 01:00:29.160 --> 01:00:30.720 and last name somewhere else. 01:00:30.720 --> 01:00:34.320 They have to, these words have to appear in order together. 01:00:34.320 --> 01:00:36.160 So this is really, really effective 01:00:36.160 --> 01:00:37.840 when we are searching things 01:00:37.840 --> 01:00:41.720 like user names or hashtags or email addresses 01:00:41.720 --> 01:00:44.240 or addresses, or phone numbers. 01:00:44.240 --> 01:00:46.440 So what I want you folks to do right now is actually 01:00:46.440 --> 01:00:48.360 I want you to go to a Google page right now 01:00:48.360 --> 01:00:51.400 and try this background check 101 on yourselves. 01:00:51.400 --> 01:00:53.640 Google your first and last name, Google your city 01:00:53.640 --> 01:00:55.200 and your state afterwards. 01:00:55.200 --> 01:00:58.280 Search your address, phone number, email, user names. 01:00:58.280 --> 01:01:01.080 Do this all searching within quotation marks. 01:01:01.080 --> 01:01:04.200 See what information comes up. 01:01:04.200 --> 01:01:07.240 And if you have Google results before, 01:01:07.240 --> 01:01:09.400 compare your results now versus 01:01:09.400 --> 01:01:11.920 what you already knew was out there about you. 01:01:11.920 --> 01:01:14.080 So give you folks a couple of minutes to do this. 01:01:14.080 --> 01:01:16.600 And again, you can use the chat if you want to ask me any 01:01:16.600 --> 01:01:19.200 questions as you are searching, because I've got it here. 01:01:19.200 --> 01:01:21.480 But as well, utilize the chat and let me know 01:01:21.480 --> 01:01:24.520 if you found anything new 01:01:24.520 --> 01:01:27.760 that you didn't know was out there before already. 01:01:27.760 --> 01:01:31.000 So I'll be here, I'll give you folks a couple minutes. 01:01:31.000 --> 01:01:33.320 Let me know if you have any questions. 01:01:33.320 --> 01:01:36.560 Great question, Kathleen, so clarifying these quotes, 01:01:36.560 --> 01:01:38.000 song lyrics and captions. 01:01:38.000 --> 01:01:39.200 So this is specific, 01:01:39.200 --> 01:01:41.840 what we would say for some of our actual threat assessment 01:01:41.840 --> 01:01:46.400 searching because captions are such an important part of posts. 01:01:46.400 --> 01:01:47.880 So of course, when somebody writes, 01:01:47.880 --> 01:01:49.800 let's go back to our self-harm related posts 01:01:49.800 --> 01:01:51.200 where somebody says don't worry guys, 01:01:51.200 --> 01:01:55.080 I was just grounded for a long time, yadda, yadda, yadda. 01:01:55.080 --> 01:01:59.200 If that was a concerning post that maybe read like a poem 01:01:59.200 --> 01:02:00.920 or a diary entry 01:02:00.920 --> 01:02:04.040 or a movie quote, it just reads like that, 01:02:04.040 --> 01:02:07.080 what I would actually want to do is take that specific caption 01:02:07.080 --> 01:02:09.680 and put it into Google with quotation marks. 01:02:09.680 --> 01:02:11.080 Because if it's song lyrics, 01:02:11.080 --> 01:02:13.000 Google's going to be able to identify that. 01:02:13.000 --> 01:02:14.720 And if they are posting self-harm 01:02:14.720 --> 01:02:15.920 or threat related content 01:02:15.920 --> 01:02:18.200 through their captions that we can say, no, 01:02:18.200 --> 01:02:20.240 that's actually not original quotes by them; 01:02:20.240 --> 01:02:21.800 it's from this song, it's from, 01:02:21.800 --> 01:02:23.200 you know, this country song 01:02:23.200 --> 01:02:24.400 or if it's from this rap song, 01:02:24.400 --> 01:02:26.160 here's the song, here's the lyrics. 01:02:26.160 --> 01:02:28.560 It does decrease our level of risk and it depends, 01:02:28.560 --> 01:02:30.280 of course, on what their baseline is. 01:02:30.280 --> 01:02:31.800 If their baseline is posting 01:02:31.800 --> 01:02:34.600 all these consistent threat related content, 01:02:34.600 --> 01:02:36.200 but it's all from song lyrics, 01:02:36.200 --> 01:02:38.080 well our level of risk actually goes down. 01:02:40.480 --> 01:02:43.400 So that's why I say search song lyrics and captions, you know, 01:02:43.400 --> 01:02:45.480 just things to take a look at. 01:02:45.480 --> 01:02:48.600 So interesting to search your name with your employer 01:02:48.600 --> 01:02:51.240 for sure, obituary popped up. 01:02:51.240 --> 01:02:54.600 Yeah, obituaries are a huge source of information, actually, 01:02:54.600 --> 01:02:57.120 because it includes lots of different family names. 01:02:57.120 --> 01:03:00.800 So you know, once you get to searching addresses, 01:03:00.800 --> 01:03:02.120 some of you actually may find 01:03:02.120 --> 01:03:05.960 that your home address is visible with your first 01:03:05.960 --> 01:03:07.800 and last name, some of your family names. 01:03:07.800 --> 01:03:09.760 It's scary information. 01:03:09.760 --> 01:03:12.800 But just know that you can request these websites 01:03:12.800 --> 01:03:14.320 to remove your information, 01:03:14.320 --> 01:03:16.240 especially these people search engines. 01:03:16.240 --> 01:03:18.440 Like some of you may get, like True People search 01:03:18.440 --> 01:03:22.440 or Fast People search or Spokeo or Family Tree Now. 01:03:22.440 --> 01:03:25.760 All of these different websites host personal information, 01:03:25.760 --> 01:03:28.880 like real estate records, family names. 01:03:28.880 --> 01:03:32.000 But just know that you can request each website 01:03:32.000 --> 01:03:33.480 to remove your information. 01:03:33.480 --> 01:03:36.160 It does take time, but it is effective. 01:03:38.480 --> 01:03:40.200 All right, I know this is non-allotted time 01:03:40.200 --> 01:03:41.480 to continue your searches, 01:03:41.480 --> 01:03:43.520 but there's actually more Boolean search operators 01:03:43.520 --> 01:03:46.280 that I want to add to your tool belt moving forward. 01:03:46.280 --> 01:03:47.280 And more importantly, 01:03:47.280 --> 01:03:50.320 how we can utilize this in the context of prevention. 01:03:50.320 --> 01:03:52.800 So we're utilizing ourselves as the target. 01:03:52.800 --> 01:03:54.120 This kinds of serves as two purpose. 01:03:54.120 --> 01:03:56.400 Number one, finding out what more information is out there 01:03:56.400 --> 01:03:58.880 about us, but number two, once we learn all these, 01:03:58.880 --> 01:04:00.120 we can target 01:04:00.120 --> 01:04:02.800 and switch our searches to our specific communities, 01:04:02.800 --> 01:04:05.040 our schools, and what those look like. 01:04:05.040 --> 01:04:08.360 So the next Boolean search operator we're going to add 01:04:08.360 --> 01:04:12.320 to our tool belt is called the not Boolean search operator. 01:04:12.320 --> 01:04:14.000 And to demonstrate that effectively, 01:04:14.000 --> 01:04:16.960 I'm going to go live on the screen again. 01:04:16.960 --> 01:04:19.600 So you've seen my search results here. 01:04:19.600 --> 01:04:23.560 When I pull my first and last name up within quotation marks, 01:04:23.560 --> 01:04:25.440 you see that there's 13,000 results. 01:04:25.440 --> 01:04:26.920 Still a lot of results. 01:04:26.920 --> 01:04:28.360 But as I scroll down, there's somebody 01:04:28.360 --> 01:04:29.640 who has the same name as me 01:04:29.640 --> 01:04:32.200 who is a group controller at Jacobson and Greiner. 01:04:32.200 --> 01:04:34.200 That's definitely not my job. 01:04:34.200 --> 01:04:35.640 I scroll down a little bit more 01:04:35.640 --> 01:04:40.720 and I see that there is a lead prospects hockey player. 01:04:40.720 --> 01:04:42.200 A full confession to make, folks. 01:04:42.200 --> 01:04:45.160 I know I'm from Canada, I can't even skate properly. 01:04:45.160 --> 01:04:48.120 So that is not me, I know that's not related to me. 01:04:48.120 --> 01:04:51.000 So if there is results that are not related 01:04:51.000 --> 01:04:52.760 to you on your Google search, 01:04:52.760 --> 01:04:54.400 or not related to what you want to find on your 01:04:54.400 --> 01:04:57.920 Google search, all you need to do is go back up to your search 01:04:57.920 --> 01:04:59.600 and just tap the minus key. 01:04:59.600 --> 01:05:02.240 And then exclude and write any word 01:05:02.240 --> 01:05:04.600 that you want to not show up in your results. 01:05:04.600 --> 01:05:07.640 And you can add as many exclusions as you want. 01:05:07.640 --> 01:05:10.000 So I know that I'm not a group controller and I know that 01:05:10.000 --> 01:05:12.400 there's nothing related to me about hockey. 01:05:12.400 --> 01:05:15.280 So what happens when I hit enter? 01:05:15.280 --> 01:05:17.440 My results go down a couple thousand. 01:05:17.440 --> 01:05:20.920 But I can guarantee you that none of the results here 01:05:20.920 --> 01:05:24.400 now include the word controller or the word hockey. 01:05:24.400 --> 01:05:28.400 They do not exist in any of these 11,000 results. 01:05:28.400 --> 01:05:32.880 So that is the effectiveness of a not Boolean search operator. 01:05:32.880 --> 01:05:35.000 You can exclude certain words 01:05:35.000 --> 01:05:37.720 and phrases from your search results. 01:05:37.720 --> 01:05:41.280 So if somebody has a little bit more Google clout than you, 01:05:41.280 --> 01:05:45.400 as I like to call it, you can go back to your searches here. 01:05:45.400 --> 01:05:47.560 I'll go back live on the screen, Rene, no problem. 01:05:47.560 --> 01:05:50.000 You can go back to your search here and let's say, 01:05:51.680 --> 01:05:53.160 I can just start with one word. 01:05:53.160 --> 01:05:55.320 So let's say I want to get rid of the world controller. 01:05:55.320 --> 01:05:58.400 So I'll just go back up to my Google search, I'll add a space 01:05:58.400 --> 01:06:00.240 and I'll just type the minus key. 01:06:00.240 --> 01:06:03.720 And then immediately adjacent to the minus key I'm going to write 01:06:03.720 --> 01:06:08.080 the word I want to exclude from all of my searches. 01:06:08.080 --> 01:06:10.640 So I want, I don't want the word controller 01:06:10.640 --> 01:06:12.240 to show up in any of my searches. 01:06:12.240 --> 01:06:17.560 So I enter and then my results don't change that much, 01:06:17.560 --> 01:06:19.440 but the word controller 01:06:19.440 --> 01:06:25.080 is nowhere to be found in any of these 13,000 search results. 01:06:25.080 --> 01:06:26.440 And again, if I want to add another word, 01:06:26.440 --> 01:06:29.120 all I need to do is just add a space, 01:06:29.120 --> 01:06:32.160 hit the minus key, and then type in whatever word 01:06:32.160 --> 01:06:35.960 I want and enter, and then they change. 01:06:35.960 --> 01:06:40.160 And again, I can make this as much or as little as I want. 01:06:40.160 --> 01:06:41.200 So that is it. 01:06:41.200 --> 01:06:43.840 Again, if somebody has a little bit more of Google clout, 01:06:43.840 --> 01:06:45.800 you know, they've got the same first and last name, 01:06:45.800 --> 01:06:49.480 but maybe exclude their, 01:06:49.480 --> 01:06:53.160 exclude their job, profession, title. 01:06:53.160 --> 01:06:54.920 Or if you're searching your school, perhaps, 01:06:54.920 --> 01:06:57.400 and your school name is extremely common, 01:06:57.400 --> 01:06:59.200 well maybe exclude some of those states 01:06:59.200 --> 01:07:02.240 or cities that have that school name. 01:07:03.960 --> 01:07:05.400 So I won't give you too long to play around 01:07:05.400 --> 01:07:06.840 with this because it is, 01:07:06.840 --> 01:07:09.120 it does get time consuming, because it is fun 01:07:09.120 --> 01:07:10.400 to play around with a lot, 01:07:10.400 --> 01:07:11.840 but we'll move on to our next one 01:07:11.840 --> 01:07:14.200 in just a couple of seconds here. 01:07:14.200 --> 01:07:18.080 All right, so that is the minus key and sure Ann, 01:07:18.080 --> 01:07:19.680 you got it absolutely right. 01:07:19.680 --> 01:07:21.880 So our next Boolean search operator 01:07:21.880 --> 01:07:24.920 that we're going to look at is the opposite of not. 01:07:24.920 --> 01:07:27.000 Instead of excluding key words, 01:07:27.000 --> 01:07:28.840 we're actually going to shift our focus now 01:07:28.840 --> 01:07:31.160 into including certain key words 01:07:31.160 --> 01:07:33.800 that have to be present within our searches, 01:07:33.800 --> 01:07:38.800 and that is the effectiveness of the and operator. 01:07:38.800 --> 01:07:41.200 So the and operator is inclusionary 01:07:41.200 --> 01:07:43.560 and thus limits our search very much. 01:07:43.560 --> 01:07:46.960 Should be used for things like targeting required skills, 01:07:46.960 --> 01:07:50.320 experiences, technologies, and titles that you would want 01:07:50.320 --> 01:07:52.040 to limit your search results to. 01:07:52.040 --> 01:07:55.120 So again, as an example, I'll go live on my screen here 01:07:55.120 --> 01:07:57.360 to show you folks exactly what that looks like. 01:07:57.360 --> 01:08:00.520 So instead of using the minus key to exclude things 01:08:00.520 --> 01:08:03.920 that are not related to me, how about I change that up? 01:08:03.920 --> 01:08:06.160 Instead of using not, I want to find everything 01:08:06.160 --> 01:08:07.920 there is to do with me 01:08:07.920 --> 01:08:11.080 and I'll use the plus symbol this time, 01:08:11.080 --> 01:08:14.200 Safer Schools Together. 01:08:14.200 --> 01:08:17.080 And because Safer Schools Together is more than one word, 01:08:17.080 --> 01:08:19.600 I want to encapsulate that in quotation marks. 01:08:19.600 --> 01:08:22.120 So once I hit enter, 01:08:22.120 --> 01:08:23.880 I only get 86 results, 01:08:23.880 --> 01:08:25.480 which is a lot more manageable 01:08:25.480 --> 01:08:29.560 to look through in terms of results in searching. 01:08:29.560 --> 01:08:32.680 So just know that you can use the and operator, 01:08:32.680 --> 01:08:34.000 if you want to try it. 01:08:34.000 --> 01:08:35.400 So somebody mentioned that searching her name 01:08:35.400 --> 01:08:36.440 and their employer. 01:08:36.440 --> 01:08:38.440 Try utilizing your first and last name 01:08:38.440 --> 01:08:40.200 and the use the plus symbol 01:08:40.200 --> 01:08:41.880 and then the name of your employer, 01:08:41.880 --> 01:08:44.120 or the name of your city or state or wherever, 01:08:44.120 --> 01:08:47.800 or how specific you want to search this for. 01:08:47.800 --> 01:08:52.400 Alternatively, if you do not want to use the plus symbol, 01:08:52.400 --> 01:08:57.800 you can type capital A and D and then add a space there. 01:08:57.800 --> 01:09:00.720 It has to be capitalized, A and D has to be capitalized, 01:09:00.720 --> 01:09:02.200 otherwise it will not work. 01:09:02.200 --> 01:09:03.960 But once I do capital A and D, 01:09:03.960 --> 01:09:06.960 I get ten more results for some reason. 01:09:06.960 --> 01:09:10.400 So I would recommend playing around with either 01:09:10.400 --> 01:09:13.000 the plus symbol or capital A and D. 01:09:15.360 --> 01:09:17.840 But that is how it works, so that is the 01:09:17.840 --> 01:09:19.760 and Boolean search operator. 01:09:19.760 --> 01:09:21.800 Again, it's inclusionary. 01:09:21.800 --> 01:09:24.320 It has to have some of these results 01:09:24.320 --> 01:09:26.520 in order for it to show up. 01:09:28.480 --> 01:09:31.120 So for example, we have in one of our slides here, 01:09:31.120 --> 01:09:34.000 so we want to use your school name. 01:09:34.000 --> 01:09:35.200 You could search your school name 01:09:35.200 --> 01:09:36.640 and then include things like 01:09:36.640 --> 01:09:40.880 and threats, and social media, and lockdown. 01:09:40.880 --> 01:09:47.600 But just know with every and, you add to your Boolean query, 01:09:47.600 --> 01:09:50.560 your search, the fewer results you will typically get. 01:09:50.560 --> 01:09:53.240 So unless you're searching for common words, 01:09:53.240 --> 01:09:54.280 it's going to be okay, 01:09:54.280 --> 01:09:55.760 but with every and that you add, 01:09:55.760 --> 01:09:58.200 it's going to very much exclude some of your results. 01:09:58.200 --> 01:10:03.000 So I recommend playing around with a combination of different 01:10:03.000 --> 01:10:05.400 Boolean search operators. 01:10:05.400 --> 01:10:07.240 All right, so the last Boolean search operator 01:10:07.240 --> 01:10:09.200 that we're going to take a look at 01:10:09.200 --> 01:10:13.440 and get a better sense of how to utilize is the 01:10:13.440 --> 01:10:17.480 or Boolean search operator. 01:10:17.480 --> 01:10:20.320 So the or Boolean search operator is technically 01:10:20.320 --> 01:10:23.400 interpreted as at least one is required 01:10:23.400 --> 01:10:27.080 or more than one or all of these can be returned. 01:10:27.080 --> 01:10:31.640 So some people think that the or is an either/or type situation, 01:10:31.640 --> 01:10:32.960 but that's not the case. 01:10:32.960 --> 01:10:36.200 It will include any one of them, one or many. 01:10:36.200 --> 01:10:40.960 So this is going to actually broaden your search results. 01:10:40.960 --> 01:10:43.200 You're going to get a lot of more search results 01:10:43.200 --> 01:10:46.360 when you utilize the or Boolean search operator. 01:10:46.360 --> 01:10:48.600 So how we would recommend utilizing this 01:10:48.600 --> 01:10:50.000 or search operator 01:10:50.000 --> 01:10:53.080 is if you are engaging in an active threat assessment, 01:10:53.080 --> 01:10:56.440 you know the first and last name of your subject of concern. 01:10:56.440 --> 01:10:59.400 You know at least one or two different user names 01:10:59.400 --> 01:11:01.560 that they go by on social media 01:11:01.560 --> 01:11:03.200 and you can see in our example here that 01:11:03.200 --> 01:11:05.040 we have a couple of different examples. 01:11:05.040 --> 01:11:08.840 So you could use capital O-R as your operator 01:11:08.840 --> 01:11:11.000 or you could use the pipe symbol, 01:11:11.000 --> 01:11:13.120 which is just pressing shift and then it's usually 01:11:13.120 --> 01:11:15.200 the key above the enter key, 01:11:15.200 --> 01:11:16.560 just the straight up and down line. 01:11:16.560 --> 01:11:18.520 So you would want to search their first 01:11:18.520 --> 01:11:20.240 and last name in quotation marks, 01:11:20.240 --> 01:11:24.600 or user name 1 or user name 2 or user name 3. 01:11:24.600 --> 01:11:26.800 And again, you can use as many as you want. 01:11:26.800 --> 01:11:28.280 And basically what this does is 01:11:28.280 --> 01:11:30.000 because user names are so important, 01:11:30.000 --> 01:11:32.880 they're the lifeblood to our youth and how they define 01:11:32.880 --> 01:11:35.200 and how they represent themselves online, 01:11:35.200 --> 01:11:36.400 usually we find that 01:11:36.400 --> 01:11:39.800 they want to maintain some consistency with their brand, 01:11:39.800 --> 01:11:41.400 or whatever they want to share online. 01:11:41.400 --> 01:11:45.000 So when we utilize different user names in our searches, 01:11:45.000 --> 01:11:47.800 we're just asking Google where else have you seen these 01:11:47.800 --> 01:11:50.000 user names in other social media platforms. 01:11:50.000 --> 01:11:53.880 So let's say they own or we know that they have an Instagram 01:11:53.880 --> 01:11:56.680 and a Twitter account and they utilize that same user name. 01:11:56.680 --> 01:11:57.840 Well, that's good news for us. 01:11:57.840 --> 01:11:59.800 So we can take the Google, search their first 01:11:59.800 --> 01:12:01.800 and last name or user name 1 01:12:01.800 --> 01:12:04.120 or whatever user name that they have. 01:12:04.120 --> 01:12:07.400 If it's the same, that's good, because Google's going to pull 01:12:07.400 --> 01:12:10.120 all the other different search area social media pages 01:12:10.120 --> 01:12:14.200 that include that user name. 01:12:14.200 --> 01:12:15.600 So maybe they have a TikTok account 01:12:15.600 --> 01:12:16.640 that we didn't know about. 01:12:16.640 --> 01:12:20.000 Maybe they have a Talenin page that we had no idea about 01:12:20.000 --> 01:12:22.560 and there's more pieces of information there. 01:12:22.560 --> 01:12:24.760 So when we, in our second workshop 01:12:24.760 --> 01:12:26.320 that we have tomorrow in the afternoon, 01:12:26.320 --> 01:12:28.040 when you have Dr. Greg Gerber, 01:12:28.040 --> 01:12:29.400 he's going to go more into depth 01:12:29.400 --> 01:12:30.760 in some of these search techniques 01:12:30.760 --> 01:12:33.800 and tactics about how important it is 01:12:33.800 --> 01:12:35.640 for that early identification. 01:12:35.640 --> 01:12:38.480 So there are so many things that are missed in our behavioral 01:12:38.480 --> 01:12:42.120 threat assessment world that, unfortunately, rely, 01:12:42.120 --> 01:12:43.560 on social media searching 01:12:43.560 --> 01:12:46.640 and digital threat assessment to capture. 01:12:46.640 --> 01:12:48.600 When we look at some of these examples of the data 01:12:48.600 --> 01:12:52.080 that's missed, a lot of it does come from social media. 01:12:52.080 --> 01:12:54.080 So it's so important that our threat assessment, 01:12:54.080 --> 01:12:55.520 our school safety teams, 01:12:55.520 --> 01:12:58.280 equip themselves with the knowledge to identify 01:12:58.280 --> 01:13:01.000 what some of these new worrisome trends are or, again, 01:13:01.000 --> 01:13:04.160 how to pull the digital behavioral baseline 01:13:04.160 --> 01:13:05.800 from a subject of concern. 01:13:05.800 --> 01:13:08.200 Understanding what they're filling themselves up with. 01:13:08.200 --> 01:13:10.560 Knowing when there are shifts in some of their posts. 01:13:10.560 --> 01:13:12.760 Are they escalating in their frequency of posts, 01:13:12.760 --> 01:13:14.960 their intensity, their recency of posts? 01:13:14.960 --> 01:13:16.320 These are such important things. 01:13:16.320 --> 01:13:19.320 But of course, it's not just as simple as that; 01:13:19.320 --> 01:13:21.840 it's also trying to stay on top of what our current trends are 01:13:21.840 --> 01:13:23.600 and what is happening within our school communities 01:13:23.600 --> 01:13:24.800 and our systems. 01:13:24.800 --> 01:13:26.840 And hopefully, some of these Boolean search operators 01:13:26.840 --> 01:13:29.480 can help you folks kind of get a better sense of that. 01:13:29.480 --> 01:13:31.160 And we're not done with these yet. No, no. 01:13:31.160 --> 01:13:33.920 We'll look at these and some more on how we can do this. 01:13:33.920 --> 01:13:35.240 So what I want to do right now, folks, 01:13:35.240 --> 01:13:37.440 is I want to give you just a short amount of time 01:13:37.440 --> 01:13:39.800 to find a Boolean search query 01:13:39.800 --> 01:13:43.960 that works best for you in regards to your school. 01:13:43.960 --> 01:13:46.200 So instead of your first and last name as your target, 01:13:46.200 --> 01:13:47.720 which I'm sure a lot of you have probably 01:13:47.720 --> 01:13:50.440 found a lot of interesting information about yourselves, 01:13:50.440 --> 01:13:52.560 I want you to try maybe your workplace 01:13:52.560 --> 01:13:56.280 or your school or your district as your search target 01:13:56.280 --> 01:13:58.880 and utilize some of these Boolean search operators. 01:13:58.880 --> 01:14:03.280 So instead, you could have your school name 01:14:03.280 --> 01:14:04.840 and then you could use the 01:14:04.840 --> 01:14:07.640 and Boolean search operator, so school name 01:14:07.640 --> 01:14:11.560 and threats or lockdown, 01:14:11.560 --> 01:14:13.800 or social media or teacher 01:14:13.800 --> 01:14:16.640 or knife or bomb or kill. 01:14:16.640 --> 01:14:20.040 As many safety related keywords that you can think of that 01:14:20.040 --> 01:14:24.800 kind of represents, gives you some good results. 01:14:24.800 --> 01:14:26.840 So I want you to take the time to do this right now. 01:14:26.840 --> 01:14:29.720 So you could open up your, your browser, 01:14:29.720 --> 01:14:31.800 you can open up your Google page 01:14:31.800 --> 01:14:33.400 and then start to configure. 01:14:33.400 --> 01:14:36.000 And know that you can use a combination of all the 01:14:36.000 --> 01:14:37.480 Boolean search operators. 01:14:37.480 --> 01:14:44.320 So you can say that I want to search, you know, school name 01:14:44.320 --> 01:14:50.800 and then I'll use capital A-N-D and threats or lockdown 01:14:50.800 --> 01:14:54.200 or TikTok 01:14:54.200 --> 01:14:55.840 or kill 01:14:55.840 --> 01:14:58.960 or bomb. 01:14:58.960 --> 01:15:01.320 All of these safety related keywords I can search. 01:15:01.320 --> 01:15:03.560 But let's say, I know this isn't a real school name, 01:15:03.560 --> 01:15:09.920 we'll just use, I'll just use one of our school names here. 01:15:16.200 --> 01:15:17.600 So now I'm getting all these different results. 01:15:17.600 --> 01:15:20.080 So let's say that there is keywords in here 01:15:20.080 --> 01:15:22.400 that are not related to what I want to look for. 01:15:22.400 --> 01:15:24.600 I'll just pick one that I see here. 01:15:24.600 --> 01:15:26.440 I see the RCMP is used a lot. 01:15:26.440 --> 01:15:28.200 This is relevant to my search, 01:15:28.200 --> 01:15:30.680 so I'll definitely want to keep RCMP, our police, here. 01:15:30.680 --> 01:15:33.680 But let's say for just some reason I wanted to exclude RCMP, 01:15:33.680 --> 01:15:35.080 I would add all of these keywords 01:15:35.080 --> 01:15:40.000 and then I would just use the minus key and then RCMP. 01:15:40.000 --> 01:15:44.560 And then it gets rid of a lot of other, 01:15:44.560 --> 01:15:47.000 all the other results that have RCMP. 01:15:47.000 --> 01:15:49.160 So let's say you're getting too much of this result. 01:15:49.160 --> 01:15:51.240 Well, then you can exclude that keyword. 01:15:51.240 --> 01:15:53.200 Or, let's say you're not getting enough of that result, 01:15:53.200 --> 01:15:55.360 then you can use the and Boolean search operator. 01:15:55.360 --> 01:15:58.320 So complicated when you look at it at first, 01:15:58.320 --> 01:15:59.640 but it starts to make sense 01:15:59.640 --> 01:16:02.320 when you start to kind of get these posts 01:16:02.320 --> 01:16:05.800 and these searching a little bit more easily identifiable. 01:16:05.800 --> 01:16:08.280 So that's the or Bollean search operator. 01:16:08.280 --> 01:16:11.040 So again, take a couple minutes, 01:16:11.040 --> 01:16:13.760 find a search that works best for you. 01:16:13.760 --> 01:16:16.400 Because the good news is, we're only going to have to initiate 01:16:16.400 --> 01:16:18.800 this search once with our next tool. 01:16:18.800 --> 01:16:20.520 So give you folks about two minutes 01:16:20.520 --> 01:16:22.720 and then I'll show the next tool here. 01:16:22.720 --> 01:16:25.680 Ah, someone's been doing their searches in Duck Duck Go. 01:16:25.680 --> 01:16:26.760 Absolutely. 01:16:26.760 --> 01:16:31.840 So Duck Duck Go is more of a privacy focused browser 01:16:31.840 --> 01:16:34.600 which we absolutely love to use. 01:16:34.600 --> 01:16:38.440 For the majority of school safety teams, we give Google 01:16:38.440 --> 01:16:43.520 as the one to utilize as it's the most familiar to folks. 01:16:43.520 --> 01:16:45.160 But if you are interested, 01:16:45.160 --> 01:16:49.560 Duck Duck Go is a privacy based search engine. 01:16:49.560 --> 01:16:54.200 I haven't used most of these Boolean search operators 01:16:54.200 --> 01:16:55.600 within Duck Duck Go. 01:16:55.600 --> 01:16:57.640 I haven't had the chance to actually play around with them. 01:16:57.640 --> 01:17:00.320 But some Boolean search operators won't work 01:17:00.320 --> 01:17:02.000 in other search engines. 01:17:02.000 --> 01:17:04.680 We just know that Google, that we find, has the most capability 01:17:04.680 --> 01:17:07.400 of utilizing Boolean search operators. 01:17:07.400 --> 01:17:08.480 That's why we give it, 01:17:08.480 --> 01:17:09.840 but if you want to try your searches 01:17:09.840 --> 01:17:11.120 in other search engines, 01:17:11.120 --> 01:17:13.600 like Duck Duck Go or Bing, Bing's actually 01:17:13.600 --> 01:17:16.200 a pretty good search engine, believe it or not, 01:17:16.200 --> 01:17:18.800 you can try those out as well. 01:17:18.800 --> 01:17:23.520 And the other reason why we give Google is this next tool 01:17:23.520 --> 01:17:28.640 which is Google Alerts. 01:17:28.640 --> 01:17:31.720 So any search that you folks have been doing with your 01:17:31.720 --> 01:17:35.800 Boolean search results will work within Google Alerts. 01:17:35.800 --> 01:17:39.920 So that way you don't have to go back to your long Boolean query, 01:17:39.920 --> 01:17:42.200 write it down, copy it somewhere 01:17:42.200 --> 01:17:45.000 and search Google every time you want to see what's going on. 01:17:45.000 --> 01:17:49.400 No, with Google Alerts you just need to initiate a search once, 01:17:49.400 --> 01:17:52.680 enter your email for whatever you want it to be, 01:17:52.680 --> 01:17:55.000 whatever email you want this to go to 01:17:55.000 --> 01:17:57.640 and it will send you an alert. 01:17:57.640 --> 01:18:02.560 You can create alerts based on the time of day, 01:18:02.560 --> 01:18:06.040 how often you want to receive these and it's a great way. 01:18:06.040 --> 01:18:07.680 It can just be part of your check-ins, 01:18:07.680 --> 01:18:09.720 your email check-ins in the morning. 01:18:09.720 --> 01:18:12.200 Figure out what's going around in your community. 01:18:12.200 --> 01:18:14.200 So it doesn't have to be as complicated 01:18:14.200 --> 01:18:15.360 as the one that I've had. 01:18:15.360 --> 01:18:18.360 You can make it as simple as you can. 01:18:18.360 --> 01:18:19.640 Oh, okay. 01:18:19.640 --> 01:18:22.400 So Duck Duck Go, these Boolean search operators will not work. 01:18:22.400 --> 01:18:24.120 That's what I thought. 01:18:24.120 --> 01:18:28.440 So the Boolean search operator that we have on this example, 01:18:28.440 --> 01:18:30.400 we didn't have time to cover. 01:18:30.400 --> 01:18:32.720 We do cover actually in our advanced digital threat 01:18:32.720 --> 01:18:35.520 assessment training, which is site colon. 01:18:35.520 --> 01:18:39.720 So utilizing this Boolean search operator, site colon, 01:18:39.720 --> 01:18:41.560 and then we type in youtube.com 01:18:41.560 --> 01:18:45.240 tells Google that we only want results from youtube.com 01:18:45.240 --> 01:18:47.000 that match school fight BC. 01:18:47.000 --> 01:18:48.120 So we can categorize. 01:18:48.120 --> 01:18:52.000 We can specify that we only want results from certain websites. 01:18:52.000 --> 01:18:55.720 We can specify results from only certain file types. 01:18:55.720 --> 01:18:59.800 So we can search pdf's or data sheets or Excel sheets 01:18:59.800 --> 01:19:01.400 or Word documents. 01:19:01.400 --> 01:19:02.960 These are all Boolean search operators 01:19:02.960 --> 01:19:04.360 that we're capable of using, 01:19:04.360 --> 01:19:07.800 but just for the sake of time the and, or, not 01:19:07.800 --> 01:19:09.600 and the quotation marks 01:19:09.600 --> 01:19:12.680 do a wonderful job of refining results. 01:19:12.680 --> 01:19:14.480 So go into Google Alerts. 01:19:14.480 --> 01:19:17.120 And again, I'll put a link to this in the chat when, 01:19:17.120 --> 01:19:19.040 once I'm done my session here, folks. 01:19:19.040 --> 01:19:20.880 But again, you can customize, 01:19:20.880 --> 01:19:23.520 you can create as many Google Alerts as you want. 01:19:23.520 --> 01:19:26.040 So maybe you're in charge of multiple schools. 01:19:26.040 --> 01:19:28.000 You can have that school as the target 01:19:28.000 --> 01:19:29.800 and then you just change the name of the school 01:19:29.800 --> 01:19:31.240 with the same amount of keywords 01:19:31.240 --> 01:19:33.920 and you have all that easily coming to your email. 01:19:33.920 --> 01:19:35.520 You don't even need to think about it. 01:19:35.520 --> 01:19:38.320 It's just a part of your routine, weekly routine, 01:19:38.320 --> 01:19:40.240 where you only initiate the search once. 01:19:40.240 --> 01:19:42.680 So it does take a little bit of work on the backend, 01:19:42.680 --> 01:19:45.280 but I promise, it is worth it in the future. 01:19:45.280 --> 01:19:46.600 Because we are, our team here, 01:19:46.600 --> 01:19:49.120 we've got TV screens dedicated to all of our Google Alerts. 01:19:49.120 --> 01:19:51.040 All of our Twitter geo code searches, 01:19:51.040 --> 01:19:54.080 which is actually something we're going to talk about next. 01:19:54.080 --> 01:19:57.320 And it's a really great tool to use. 01:19:57.320 --> 01:20:02.400 So before we actually get into Twitter, 01:20:02.400 --> 01:20:04.720 do I have a list of recommended Google Alerts to set up? 01:20:04.720 --> 01:20:06.040 I unfortunately, don't. 01:20:06.040 --> 01:20:08.240 That's a really great question, Tammy. 01:20:08.240 --> 01:20:11.320 Because you folks are the experts in your own districts, 01:20:11.320 --> 01:20:13.600 you are going to know what some of those keywords 01:20:13.600 --> 01:20:14.600 are going to be 01:20:14.600 --> 01:20:16.240 or what some of those situations are going to be. 01:20:16.240 --> 01:20:18.200 And because the way that social media 01:20:18.200 --> 01:20:20.480 and technology is always changing, 01:20:20.480 --> 01:20:22.720 some of these trends are going to change, 01:20:22.720 --> 01:20:24.760 so we need to also keep up with our trends 01:20:24.760 --> 01:20:27.160 and our alerts to figure out what else is changing. 01:20:27.160 --> 01:20:29.520 So unfortunately I don't have a set list, 01:20:29.520 --> 01:20:31.200 but it's a good question to bring up. 01:20:31.200 --> 01:20:35.160 Maybe something we can look at that with our team internally. 01:20:35.160 --> 01:20:39.920 All right, so some of the other ways that we identify trends. 01:20:39.920 --> 01:20:44.280 And we identify what's going on in our area is through Snapchat. 01:20:44.280 --> 01:20:47.600 We love utilizing Snapchat and we love giving school safety 01:20:47.600 --> 01:20:50.280 and threat assessment teams some of the key features 01:20:50.280 --> 01:20:52.520 that they need to know when it comes to utilizing 01:20:52.520 --> 01:20:54.080 Snapchat appropriately. 01:20:54.080 --> 01:20:56.320 So just for your folks' consideration, 01:20:56.320 --> 01:20:58.800 some of us may have Snapchat, some of us don't. 01:20:58.800 --> 01:21:02.960 But in terms of sending a photo, this is a very, very brief 01:21:02.960 --> 01:21:06.240 description of how we would send a photo or a video. 01:21:06.240 --> 01:21:08.280 I know we can send text, but this is really for 01:21:08.280 --> 01:21:10.000 how we would share it to others. 01:21:10.000 --> 01:21:12.000 So if I take a photo or a video, 01:21:12.000 --> 01:21:15.200 I choose in my contacts list who I want to send this out to, 01:21:15.200 --> 01:21:19.360 but I also have the availability to send it elsewhere. 01:21:19.360 --> 01:21:22.920 So I could send this to specific people on my friends list, 01:21:22.920 --> 01:21:25.040 or I can add it to My Story, 01:21:25.040 --> 01:21:27.360 which we know is a photo or a video 01:21:27.360 --> 01:21:30.240 that's available for 24 hours that all of our friends 01:21:30.240 --> 01:21:33.640 and viewers on Snapchat can see. 01:21:33.640 --> 01:21:37.920 But I also have the ability to send it to the Snap map. 01:21:37.920 --> 01:21:41.360 So the Snap map is actually a really, really handy tool 01:21:41.360 --> 01:21:44.520 that some of our teams may not be aware of. 01:21:44.520 --> 01:21:46.920 So basically what happens within the Snap map 01:21:46.920 --> 01:21:49.400 is that all of these photos, 01:21:49.400 --> 01:21:51.520 all of these videos that we send, 01:21:51.520 --> 01:21:53.960 they become widely available 01:21:53.960 --> 01:21:58.000 and publicly viewable to anybody with a Snapchat account 01:21:58.000 --> 01:21:59.840 - sorry, without a Snapchat account. 01:21:59.840 --> 01:22:02.600 You do not need a Snapchat account to view these posts 01:22:02.600 --> 01:22:04.680 and these videos on Snap map. 01:22:04.680 --> 01:22:08.560 And how we do that is just simply going to the website 01:22:08.560 --> 01:22:11.800 here, which is map.snapchat.com. 01:22:11.800 --> 01:22:14.000 Again, I will put a link to this in the chat. 01:22:14.000 --> 01:22:15.720 Unfortunately, I'm using two different computers 01:22:15.720 --> 01:22:16.800 for it today, 01:22:16.800 --> 01:22:19.160 so have to run all the way to the other side of the room, 01:22:19.160 --> 01:22:22.400 but map.snapchat.com. 01:22:22.400 --> 01:22:25.560 So any current video, any current photo 01:22:25.560 --> 01:22:28.200 that's been posted within a couple of days, 01:22:28.200 --> 01:22:32.840 not just 24 hours, is available on the Snap map. 01:22:32.840 --> 01:22:35.520 Now because this is live on the screen 01:22:35.520 --> 01:22:37.400 and I'm just going to zoom into Vancouver, 01:22:37.400 --> 01:22:39.000 you can see the heat signatures, 01:22:39.000 --> 01:22:40.400 those are what you want to look for. 01:22:40.400 --> 01:22:42.080 You want to look for those heat signatures, 01:22:42.080 --> 01:22:44.800 those hot spots that include what is going on. 01:22:44.800 --> 01:22:48.400 And we can zoom down to a very, very accurate level 01:22:48.400 --> 01:22:50.200 or where we are in the area. 01:22:50.200 --> 01:22:52.920 So you can see there's a couple blue hotspots here. 01:22:52.920 --> 01:22:54.640 So these are all photos and videos 01:22:54.640 --> 01:22:56.960 that people have made publicly available. 01:22:56.960 --> 01:22:58.840 So because this is live on the screen, 01:22:58.840 --> 01:23:01.600 I don't know what I'm going to see. 01:23:01.600 --> 01:23:04.000 Usually it's not anything crazy. 01:23:04.000 --> 01:23:06.600 But you can see as recently as 31 minutes ago, 01:23:06.600 --> 01:23:09.960 somebody is posting videos. 01:23:09.960 --> 01:23:13.520 They're posting photos, what's going on. 01:23:13.520 --> 01:23:15.960 That's what our weather looks like right now, 01:23:15.960 --> 01:23:17.280 it's been like that for a couple days. 01:23:17.280 --> 01:23:19.440 But you can see how timely it is. 01:23:21.480 --> 01:23:23.880 For the sound. 01:23:23.880 --> 01:23:26.440 But that is available to the whole world. 01:23:26.440 --> 01:23:28.600 So whenever there's a high profile incident 01:23:28.600 --> 01:23:30.280 that happens in our community 01:23:30.280 --> 01:23:32.400 or some of the other districts that we work in, 01:23:32.400 --> 01:23:35.280 Snap map is our number one place to go because 01:23:35.280 --> 01:23:37.600 that is what we're seeing at ground zero level. 01:23:37.600 --> 01:23:40.800 We're not getting any other sort of news agencies are there. 01:23:40.800 --> 01:23:42.800 We're getting what the people are seeing. 01:23:42.800 --> 01:23:46.600 We're able to identify what is happening when we are looking at 01:23:46.600 --> 01:23:51.560 any sort of sports arenas or if there's any other high profile 01:23:51.560 --> 01:23:53.960 incidents that are going around in the world. 01:23:53.960 --> 01:23:57.800 Snap map we find is such a timely way 01:23:57.800 --> 01:24:00.760 to share this information. 01:24:00.760 --> 01:24:02.440 So are these posts when people make public, 01:24:02.440 --> 01:24:04.760 when they post in a specific location? Absolutely. 01:24:04.760 --> 01:24:07.040 So this is what people have decided 01:24:07.040 --> 01:24:08.800 to make publicly available. 01:24:08.800 --> 01:24:11.960 This is in no means seeing every single snap that 01:24:11.960 --> 01:24:13.760 is being sent out in that area. 01:24:13.760 --> 01:24:16.720 Snapchat is mainly one to one communication platform. 01:24:16.720 --> 01:24:17.760 We're not going to be able to see 01:24:17.760 --> 01:24:19.120 what I'm sending to my friends. 01:24:19.120 --> 01:24:21.400 We're only seeing what people have decided 01:24:21.400 --> 01:24:23.320 to make publicly available. 01:24:23.320 --> 01:24:25.440 But you would be surprised what people decide 01:24:25.440 --> 01:24:27.200 to make publicly available, 01:24:27.200 --> 01:24:28.440 and I'll just leave it at that. 01:24:28.440 --> 01:24:30.240 So if you want to utilize this, again, 01:24:30.240 --> 01:24:31.800 you can hover over your area, 01:24:31.800 --> 01:24:35.400 you can go as wide or as narrow as you want. 01:24:35.400 --> 01:24:37.240 If you do have this open right now, 01:24:37.240 --> 01:24:39.480 let's say you hover over an area 01:24:39.480 --> 01:24:44.480 and you click and then it says sorry, no snaps now. 01:24:44.480 --> 01:24:48.480 Widen your search a little bit, or go maybe local into the city 01:24:48.480 --> 01:24:50.200 and then you can see some of those hotspots 01:24:50.200 --> 01:24:52.960 or those heat signatures start to show up 01:24:52.960 --> 01:24:56.480 and then you can look at what's happening within that area. 01:24:56.480 --> 01:25:01.800 So this is properly utilized though, 01:25:01.800 --> 01:25:03.720 actually, on the mobile device. 01:25:03.720 --> 01:25:05.800 And there's a really clear reason why. 01:25:05.800 --> 01:25:10.200 So if you have a Snapchat account 01:25:10.200 --> 01:25:12.640 that's strictly for threat assessment searching, 01:25:12.640 --> 01:25:14.720 I highly recommend using it 01:25:14.720 --> 01:25:18.240 because the Snap map feature is also available on it, 01:25:18.240 --> 01:25:19.800 and I'm just going to go full screen, 01:25:19.800 --> 01:25:23.000 I'm at full camera here so you can see me. 01:25:23.000 --> 01:25:24.000 It's going to be really hard, 01:25:24.000 --> 01:25:25.440 it's going to be really hard to see on here. 01:25:25.440 --> 01:25:26.720 I do apologize. 01:25:26.720 --> 01:25:31.400 But all of the photos and videos that I've just shown you, 01:25:31.400 --> 01:25:34.560 they exist on the phone too so let's see if you can see. 01:25:34.560 --> 01:25:36.080 Look, there's The Simpsons on, right? 01:25:36.080 --> 01:25:37.400 So somebody is doing that. 01:25:37.400 --> 01:25:43.000 But there's actually a very brand new update that allows you 01:25:43.000 --> 01:25:45.880 to actually see the creator of the snaps. 01:25:45.880 --> 01:25:48.160 It's only available on mobile, 01:25:48.160 --> 01:25:50.400 but you can see that there's an option here. 01:25:50.400 --> 01:25:52.600 This is manual focused so you're not going to be able to see, 01:25:52.600 --> 01:25:55.600 but there's an option at the very bottom of the snap 01:25:55.600 --> 01:25:57.600 that says view creator. 01:25:57.600 --> 01:26:00.040 And this is something, again, that's only available on mobile, 01:26:00.040 --> 01:26:02.960 but it's a new update within Snapchat that allows you 01:26:02.960 --> 01:26:07.120 to see the profile of who created that snap. 01:26:07.120 --> 01:26:10.400 So what is included in this, obviously, is user names 01:26:10.400 --> 01:26:12.000 and user names are so, 01:26:12.000 --> 01:26:15.600 so important when we are looking at Snapchats public Snapchats. 01:26:15.600 --> 01:26:18.400 Because that allows, if it is important information 01:26:18.400 --> 01:26:21.080 that law enforcement needs to reach out to Snapchat, 01:26:21.080 --> 01:26:22.760 well they have a user name there. 01:26:22.760 --> 01:26:25.280 Or, of course, we can add it to our search now. 01:26:25.280 --> 01:26:27.880 We can take that user name, we can put it into Google, 01:26:27.880 --> 01:26:29.240 see what results show up. 01:26:29.240 --> 01:26:31.960 Maybe there's another account that uses that same user name, 01:26:31.960 --> 01:26:35.000 we've got more information available about this individual. 01:26:35.000 --> 01:26:41.840 So highly recommend visiting the Snap map on the mobile device, 01:26:41.840 --> 01:26:45.000 but if you can't, Snap map again is also available 01:26:45.000 --> 01:26:47.520 on the desktop. 01:26:47.520 --> 01:26:53.000 So the website is map.snapchat.com. 01:26:53.000 --> 01:26:55.840 So if you are blocked from using this at your work 01:26:55.840 --> 01:26:56.920 or wherever it is, 01:26:56.920 --> 01:26:58.200 you can still actually view the Snap map 01:26:58.200 --> 01:27:00.040 on your phone without the app. 01:27:00.040 --> 01:27:02.040 Just open up your browser on your phone, 01:27:02.040 --> 01:27:03.600 whether it's Safari or Chrome 01:27:03.600 --> 01:27:07.200 or whatever, and you can still go to map.snapchat.com. 01:27:07.200 --> 01:27:09.000 If you're on Wi-Fi, just go on data 01:27:09.000 --> 01:27:11.920 and you can still see all of the posts coming out of that area. 01:27:11.920 --> 01:27:14.400 So this is such a really important tool 01:27:14.400 --> 01:27:16.400 for school safety teams because again, 01:27:16.400 --> 01:27:19.880 you're getting what's happening at ground zero. 01:27:19.880 --> 01:27:22.400 So there are no, unfortunately, other resources 01:27:22.400 --> 01:27:24.000 that we can use within Snapchat. 01:27:24.000 --> 01:27:26.880 It's just utilizing the Snap map itself, 01:27:26.880 --> 01:27:28.680 but there is some other key pieces of information 01:27:28.680 --> 01:27:31.880 within the Snap map I wanted to bring to your attention. 01:27:31.880 --> 01:27:34.920 So looking at all of the publicly available photos 01:27:34.920 --> 01:27:37.280 and videos is one aspect of the Snap map. 01:27:37.280 --> 01:27:39.000 But for individual users, 01:27:39.000 --> 01:27:41.200 there's another really great benefit 01:27:41.200 --> 01:27:44.640 and that is the Snap map of utilizing bit emoji's. 01:27:44.640 --> 01:27:46.440 So bit emoji's are similar characters 01:27:46.440 --> 01:27:49.440 that you can make to look like yourselves. 01:27:49.440 --> 01:27:51.600 This only works, though, if you are, 01:27:51.600 --> 01:27:53.120 have an active Snapchat account 01:27:53.120 --> 01:27:54.800 and you have friends on Snapchat. 01:27:54.800 --> 01:27:57.760 But essentially what you can see, it's very hard to see, but 01:27:57.760 --> 01:27:59.520 you can see all of your friends, 01:27:59.520 --> 01:28:03.200 where they are in real time in a specific location, 01:28:03.200 --> 01:28:08.600 down to a very scary accurate level of intent. 01:28:08.600 --> 01:28:10.560 So you can see that we go all the way here 01:28:10.560 --> 01:28:12.760 and somebody's driving a car, 01:28:12.760 --> 01:28:15.800 it's because Snapchat knows where they are, 01:28:15.800 --> 01:28:17.000 how fast they're going. 01:28:17.000 --> 01:28:18.960 It takes hold of the GPS data. 01:28:18.960 --> 01:28:20.840 So it knows that they're driving in a car. 01:28:20.840 --> 01:28:23.040 Well, why is this information important? 01:28:23.040 --> 01:28:26.960 Why is knowing where locations of some of our youth are, 01:28:26.960 --> 01:28:28.240 why is it so important? 01:28:28.240 --> 01:28:30.200 Well, when we get to identifying 01:28:30.200 --> 01:28:33.360 or when we start to deal with missing youth, 01:28:33.360 --> 01:28:35.000 a lot of what our school safety teams 01:28:35.000 --> 01:28:38.160 and some of the school resource officers 01:28:38.160 --> 01:28:40.640 don't know is the capability of the Snap map. 01:28:40.640 --> 01:28:43.720 Because it has location based information 01:28:43.720 --> 01:28:45.080 within their friends, 01:28:45.080 --> 01:28:48.200 we often recommend school and safety teams getting together 01:28:48.200 --> 01:28:51.000 with the close peers of that student 01:28:51.000 --> 01:28:52.400 who is missing and asking, 01:28:52.400 --> 01:28:54.600 do they have their location on places like 01:28:54.600 --> 01:28:57.400 find my friends, or the Snap map. 01:28:57.400 --> 01:29:00.440 You can customize who sees your location and who doesn't. 01:29:00.440 --> 01:29:03.920 So usually we find that close peers in a tightknit community 01:29:03.920 --> 01:29:06.120 are going to share their location with their friends 01:29:06.120 --> 01:29:09.520 and this has been utilized to identify missing youth. 01:29:09.520 --> 01:29:11.320 And this has been such an effective tool 01:29:11.320 --> 01:29:12.720 for school safety teams, 01:29:12.720 --> 01:29:14.600 even though Snapchat is primarily 01:29:14.600 --> 01:29:17.600 a one to one communication platform, 01:29:17.600 --> 01:29:20.080 it's such an effective way of searching 01:29:20.080 --> 01:29:22.760 and identifying what is going on in our community. 01:29:22.760 --> 01:29:25.280 Because the Snap map, in terms of photos and videos, 01:29:25.280 --> 01:29:28.160 are living, breathing, it's a living and breathing map. 01:29:28.160 --> 01:29:29.480 It's constantly changing, 01:29:29.480 --> 01:29:32.560 it's constantly updating down to the real time, again. 01:29:32.560 --> 01:29:36.200 So two ways to get to the Snap map, Tammy. 01:29:36.200 --> 01:29:40.440 If you're on your phone and you have Snapchat downloaded, 01:29:40.440 --> 01:29:44.720 all you need to do is click on the, 01:29:44.720 --> 01:29:46.520 I'll actually go full screen so it's easier to see, 01:29:46.520 --> 01:29:49.800 see this location upside down teardrop marker 01:29:49.800 --> 01:29:53.040 that's on the very left hand side of the app? 01:29:53.040 --> 01:29:55.400 That's how you visit the Snap map. 01:29:55.400 --> 01:29:58.880 Snap map is an opt in feature, not an opt out feature. 01:29:58.880 --> 01:30:03.000 So you have to approve location, you have to say that yes, 01:30:03.000 --> 01:30:05.920 I want in on this so I can see where all my friends are. 01:30:05.920 --> 01:30:08.800 But that's how you access it on the mobile device. 01:30:08.800 --> 01:30:10.680 And you can see here all these heat signatures. 01:30:10.680 --> 01:30:13.600 So you've got access to view all that within there. 01:30:13.600 --> 01:30:17.360 If you want to access this strictly on the browser, 01:30:17.360 --> 01:30:21.000 you'll need to visit map.snapchat.com. 01:30:21.000 --> 01:30:23.560 So visiting map.snapchat.com 01:30:23.560 --> 01:30:27.040 only gives you access to the public photos and videos, 01:30:27.040 --> 01:30:29.920 not locations based on bit emoji's. 01:30:29.920 --> 01:30:34.400 So you would only see photos and videos coming out of that area. 01:30:34.400 --> 01:30:39.200 And then as well, if you want to utilize finding the user names 01:30:39.200 --> 01:30:40.560 behind who were creating these, 01:30:40.560 --> 01:30:42.840 it's very beneficial to use it on the phone. 01:30:42.840 --> 01:30:45.720 So I very highly recommend creating a threat assessment 01:30:45.720 --> 01:30:48.920 based Snapchat account and using that to identify 01:30:48.920 --> 01:30:50.880 what's going around in your area. 01:30:50.880 --> 01:30:52.960 Is the phone location, if the phone location is off, 01:30:52.960 --> 01:30:54.440 you can still track using this. 01:30:54.440 --> 01:30:57.920 So if you have your base phone location settings, 01:30:57.920 --> 01:30:59.200 because every app you know, 01:30:59.200 --> 01:31:01.000 can request certain permissions. 01:31:01.000 --> 01:31:03.600 So if you go, let's say IPhone, for example, 01:31:03.600 --> 01:31:05.360 if you go into your location services 01:31:05.360 --> 01:31:07.120 and you see Snapchat is on there, 01:31:07.120 --> 01:31:09.560 and let's say it's set to off, 01:31:09.560 --> 01:31:11.960 that means even the app itself isn't going to be 01:31:11.960 --> 01:31:13.600 able to track your location. 01:31:13.600 --> 01:31:17.880 Snapchat is going to pop up a thing that says 01:31:17.880 --> 01:31:20.520 allow location settings in your phone first 01:31:20.520 --> 01:31:21.680 and then you can use it. 01:31:21.680 --> 01:31:23.760 So if location settings are off on your phone, 01:31:23.760 --> 01:31:26.160 then Snapchat will not be able to find this, 01:31:26.160 --> 01:31:27.600 utilize your location. 01:31:27.600 --> 01:31:30.840 So good question, thank you for asking that. 01:31:30.840 --> 01:31:32.080 I'm just going to scroll up just a sec 01:31:32.080 --> 01:31:34.400 to see some of the other questions. 01:31:43.880 --> 01:31:45.000 All right, so a question was, 01:31:45.000 --> 01:31:47.960 what kind of user name would you suggest for work threats, 01:31:47.960 --> 01:31:49.200 threat assessment Snapchat? 01:31:49.200 --> 01:31:50.680 So as long as you're not pretending 01:31:50.680 --> 01:31:52.400 to be anybody you're not. 01:31:52.400 --> 01:31:54.000 You know, Greg will actually talk a little bit more about 01:31:54.000 --> 01:31:57.720 this in his section tomorrow, but we don't want to pretend 01:31:57.720 --> 01:31:59.480 to be that we're a student at the school 01:31:59.480 --> 01:32:01.200 reaching out to our youth. 01:32:01.200 --> 01:32:04.600 That definitely breaks the line of open source intelligence. 01:32:04.600 --> 01:32:06.800 The only reason why we want to create these accounts 01:32:06.800 --> 01:32:09.280 is just to get our foot in the door 01:32:09.280 --> 01:32:12.200 to get all of the same access that anybody else would. 01:32:12.200 --> 01:32:13.680 You know, we're not going to use this to reach out 01:32:13.680 --> 01:32:15.600 to private accounts, send messages. 01:32:15.600 --> 01:32:18.200 And what do we call that specific Snapchat 01:32:18.200 --> 01:32:21.000 or that specific threat assessment social media account? 01:32:21.000 --> 01:32:22.120 Well, it depends. 01:32:22.120 --> 01:32:24.840 A lot of schools actually have social media accounts 01:32:24.840 --> 01:32:26.440 that are already being utilized, 01:32:26.440 --> 01:32:28.920 either by students or by some of the faculty 01:32:28.920 --> 01:32:30.640 as official school accounts. 01:32:30.640 --> 01:32:33.440 You could absolutely use those because again, 01:32:33.440 --> 01:32:35.000 it's just getting your foot in the door. 01:32:35.000 --> 01:32:37.120 So if you want, let's say you're the Virginia Knights, 01:32:37.120 --> 01:32:39.000 one of your schools is the Virginia Knights. 01:32:39.000 --> 01:32:40.960 You know, you could VA Knights 09 01:32:40.960 --> 01:32:42.560 or whatever it is you want to be. 01:32:42.560 --> 01:32:44.840 As long as you're not pretending to be somebody you're not. 01:32:44.840 --> 01:32:47.080 So great question. 01:32:47.080 --> 01:32:48.480 Does it track you continuously, 01:32:48.480 --> 01:32:50.640 or spots when they check in on Snap 01:32:50.640 --> 01:32:52.120 so they know their location last place? 01:32:52.120 --> 01:32:54.600 So that's a great, that's a really great question, Monique. 01:32:54.600 --> 01:32:57.640 So Snapchat only tracks your location 01:32:57.640 --> 01:32:59.840 when you are using Snapchat. 01:32:59.840 --> 01:33:03.000 So, for example, if I open up a map 01:33:03.000 --> 01:33:05.400 and I'm sorry that you can't see it on my screen here. 01:33:05.400 --> 01:33:07.520 I'm just going to hover over to one of my friends 01:33:07.520 --> 01:33:09.080 who is on the map. 01:33:09.080 --> 01:33:10.240 I can see their profile. 01:33:10.240 --> 01:33:12.800 It says one hour ago. 01:33:12.800 --> 01:33:17.000 So one hour ago they were here on the map. 01:33:17.000 --> 01:33:19.800 But because they haven't opened up Snapchat for an hour, 01:33:19.800 --> 01:33:21.480 they could have left and gone completely 01:33:21.480 --> 01:33:23.400 somewhere different within an hour, 01:33:23.400 --> 01:33:25.160 but their location still shows there. 01:33:25.160 --> 01:33:27.000 So once they open up Snapchat again, 01:33:27.000 --> 01:33:28.520 their location is going to change. 01:33:28.520 --> 01:33:31.000 So it shows you where their last location was. 01:33:31.000 --> 01:33:34.080 I think the cutoff time is about eight hours or so. 01:33:34.080 --> 01:33:38.320 So just know that that is one of the things within Snapchat. 01:33:38.320 --> 01:33:41.320 So great question. 01:33:41.320 --> 01:33:43.400 All right, I am very much near my time. 01:33:43.400 --> 01:33:45.960 So on behalf of Safer Schools Together, 01:33:45.960 --> 01:33:48.200 thank you so much for hosting me for this morning. 01:33:48.200 --> 01:33:50.000 I hope you folks got some valuable tools 01:33:50.000 --> 01:33:51.360 to take back to your work, 01:33:51.360 --> 01:33:53.440 to your schools, your workplaces, 01:33:53.440 --> 01:33:55.640 to utilize in terms of keeping up 01:33:55.640 --> 01:33:57.480 with what is going on within your community. 01:33:57.480 --> 01:33:59.920 So I hope sharing some of these trends gives you a little better 01:33:59.920 --> 01:34:03.000 idea of what is going on and some of these interactions. 01:34:03.000 --> 01:34:05.600 And some of these tools is really, really beneficial 01:34:05.600 --> 01:34:08.200 because what we aim to give you folks is exactly 01:34:08.200 --> 01:34:10.600 the same thing that our analyst team utilizes. 01:34:10.600 --> 01:34:12.800 So our information is on the screen here, 01:34:12.800 --> 01:34:15.240 info@saferschoolstogether.com. 01:34:15.240 --> 01:34:18.000 Stick around as well because I'm going to put all of the links 01:34:18.000 --> 01:34:20.800 that I've just talked about, all of the resources in the chat 01:34:20.800 --> 01:34:22.240 so you folks can have them. 01:34:22.240 --> 01:34:24.440 You can open them up, create a new bookmark folder, 01:34:24.440 --> 01:34:25.800 do whatever you want with them 01:34:25.800 --> 01:34:27.160 because we want to give you folks 01:34:27.160 --> 01:34:29.000 the same things that our team uses. 01:34:29.000 --> 01:34:33.600 So I think I'll pass it back to the DHS folks 01:34:33.600 --> 01:34:35.000 and I'll be around for a couple 01:34:35.000 --> 01:34:36.720 more minutes if there are any questions. 01:34:39.120 --> 01:34:40.440 >> Thank you so much, Colton 01:34:40.440 --> 01:34:42.880 and thank you to Safer Schools Together. 01:34:42.880 --> 01:34:45.800 That was so informative, important and training. 01:34:45.800 --> 01:34:49.200 If you didn't get a chance to get your question answered 01:34:49.200 --> 01:34:50.760 or would like to follow-up with Colton 01:34:50.760 --> 01:34:53.000 or Safer Schools Together, let us know in the chat. 01:34:53.000 --> 01:34:54.280 Of course, he's going to be putting all of those resources 01:34:54.280 --> 01:34:56.320 in that chat as well, 01:34:56.320 --> 01:34:59.800 so you'll be able to follow-up for more information.