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CONNECTSAFELY.ORG BRINGS TOGETHER TECH INDUSTRY LEADERS & TEENS FOR A DISCUSSION ON INTERNET SAFETY

 Event Features California A.G. Kamala Harris and Facebook C.O.O. Sheryl Sandberg

 Contact: Hani Khan/ (650) 346-7045/ hani@connectsafely.org

To mark Safer Internet Day on Tuesday, February 10, ConnectSafely.org will host the official U.S. event, “Safer Internet Day 2015: Actions & Activism Toward a Better Net & World at Facebook’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California. The event will bring together technology industry leaders and hundreds of California middle school and high school students, teachers and policymakers for a discussion on Internet Safety.

The event will feature a keynote speech from California Attorney General Kamala Harris and opening comments from Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg.

The event will also include three panels: Beyond Bullying: Dealing with Trolling & Social Cruelty; Using Technology to Effect Social Change and Wrapping It All Up: A Conversation with Industry Leaders, featuring executives from Instagram, Google and Twitter. Otha Thornton, President of the National PTA, will also speak.

WHAT:         Half-day discussion between industry leaders and teens

                        on Internet safety

WHO:            California Attorney General Kamala Harris

                        Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg

                        National PTA President Otha Thornton

                        Industry leaders from Google, Instagram and Twitter

                        ConnectSafely.org Co-Director Larry Magid

                        California middle school and high school students

WHEN:         Tuesday, February 10 from 1:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

(with a light meal at 5:30)

PALO ALTO, Calif., Feb. 3, 2015 – To mark Safer Internet Day on Tuesday, February 10, ConnectSafely.org will host the official U.S. event, “Safer Internet Day 2015: Actions & Activism Toward a Better Net & World.” The event will bring together technology industry leaders and hundreds of California middle school and high students, parents, teachers and policymakers for a discussion on Internet safety.

The event will be streamed live on SaferInternetDay.us and will feature a keynote speech from California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris and opening comments from Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg.

The event, which is scheduled from 1 to 5:30 p.m PST, will include three panels: Beyond Bullying: Dealing with Trolling & Social Cruelty; Using Technology to Effect Social Change and Wrapping It All Up: A Conversation with Industry Leaders, featuring executives from Instagram, Google and Twitter. Otha Thornton, President of the National PTA, will present the winner of the PTA’s #ShareAwesome video contest.  Remote participants can join the conversation by tweeting, using #SIDUS15.

Safer Internet Day is celebrated on the second Tuesday of every February in more than 100 countries. The day is designed to promote safe, effective use of the Internet and mobile technology.

“Safer Internet Day is an opportunity for all stakeholders to focus on ways to build a better Internet for people of all ages,” said ConnectSafely.org co-director Larry Magid. “Youth, parents, government, industry — everyone — has a role to play when it comes to privacy, security and safety online and mobile devices. We are thrilled to represent the United States in this important global event.”

Donated blood and used Instagram to encourage friends to do so too

Lets kids on Facebook know he’s there if they ever need someone to talk to

Talks about how his high school’s “compliments page”

Her cousin’s friend died and friends offered support on Facebook

About a Facebook post about a girl who stood up for a lesbian girl, urging a parent to accept her “for who she loves.”

A machinima (video taken in a virtual world, in this case Minecraft) of 6th and 7th graders sharing their One Good Thing as their avatars