Foundations

Activities for Youth

You can't get started without the basics! Read on for tips about what you can do to help protect your information and stay safe online.

Photo of Kyla Guru, highlighted youth doing fantastic work to improve digital citizenship and wellbeing in her community

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Kyla Guru

Facebook Community Leadership Program Youth Fellow

Kyla is an inspiring young leader who is making cyber-security accessible to young people and families across the U.S. Learn more about her story and how to stay safe and protect your information.

Check out Kyla's project

Safety

Use these tips and tricks to protect your online content by learning to control who sees it.

Security

Learn about security measures that are in place to help protect you and your information online.

Passwords

How secure are your online accounts? Use this activity to help you learn how to protect them.

Privacy

Learn how to customize your privacy settings so you can confidently share what you want.

Create Your Own Toolkit

Take time to review the first 4 plans in this section and then build your own toolkit for online safety.

VOCABULARY

Learn the lingo

Phishing

Phishing

A scam by which an Internet user is duped into revealing personal or confidential information, which the scammer can use illicitly

Password

Password

A secret word or phrase that must be used to gain admission to something

Privacy Settings

Privacy Settings

Controls available on many social networking and other websites that allow users to limit who can access their profile and what information visitors can see

Policy

Policy

A high-level overall plan embracing the general goals and acceptable procedures

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Safety Center

Tools and resources to help keep you safe online

Youth Portal

Your guide to all things Facebook: general tips, insider privacy and safety

InspirED

Resources designed by teens, educators and SEL experts to empower students