Digital Safety Flashcards

Under YPT guidelines, what is the recommended policy for a leader who receives a text message from a youth that contains concerning personal disclosures about abuse?

Answer: Screenshot the messages, preserve all records, report to authorities, and notify organizational leadership

Digital evidence of abuse disclosures must be preserved, reported to authorities, and reported to organizational leadership following mandatory reporting obligations.

Which statement ACCURATELY describes the legal concept of 'mandatory reporting' as it applies to online disclosures of abuse?

Answer: Leaders who learn of abuse through digital communications are still required to report to authorities

Mandatory reporting obligations apply regardless of how a leader learns of abuse, including through digital communications or online platforms.

A youth posts on a public social media account that they feel unsafe at home and tags their troop leader. What is the leader's correct response?

Answer: Immediately report to child protective services and notify organizational leadership, preserving the post as evidence

A public distress signal about home safety constitutes a potential abuse disclosure requiring immediate mandatory reporting and evidence preservation.

What is the PRIMARY purpose of requiring parents to be included in all group digital communications between leaders and youth?

Answer: To maintain transparency and eliminate opportunities for private adult-to-youth digital contact

Including parents in all digital communications prevents unsupervised one-on-one contact and maintains the transparency required by YPT's two-deep leadership principle.

A leader discovers that a youth has been using a secret second social media account unknown to their parents. What should the leader do?

Answer: Inform the youth's parents so they can address the safety risks associated with unsupervised online activity

Parents need to know about secret online accounts so they can address safety risks; the leader should inform parents rather than independently monitoring or acting on the account.

Which of the following behaviors by an adult volunteer should be reported as a digital boundary violation?

Answer: Sending late-night private messages to individual youth asking about their personal relationships

Late-night private messages to individual youth about personal relationships violate multiple YPT digital safety guidelines and represent grooming behavior.

In the context of digital safety training, what does the term 'online predator' specifically refer to?

Answer: An adult who uses internet platforms to gain the trust of minors for the purpose of sexual exploitation

An online predator is an adult who deliberately targets minors through internet platforms to build trust and ultimately exploit them sexually.