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Description

Create a list of rights for your favourite social media platform and present them to the group. - from https://www.scouts.org.uk/activities/on-the-rights-track/

Resources

Scrap paper
Pens or pencils
Devices with access to the internet

Instructions

Before you begin

For this activity, each group will need a device with internet access to look up some community standards for different social media platforms. If you don’t have access to the internet, the person leading the activity should print off some examples using the links below, before the meeting.

If you’re working towards the Stage 4 Digital Citizen Activity Badge, ask groups to base their rules on the Scout Law in the second part of the activity.

Everyone should get familiar with the Scouts advice on staying safe online.

Get the guidelines

The person leading the activity should show everyone the Yellow Card. They should explain that it’s Scouts’ code of practice to keep everyone safe and go through what it says.
Leave time for people to chat about the Yellow Card and ask any questions they might have.

The person leading the activity should ask everyone if they’re aware that social media and gaming sites have community standards about how users should behave online. If they are, can anyone suggest some rules or standards they’ve seen?
Everyone should talk about why it’s important to have rules for online behaviour.

Guidelines or rules keep users safe and offer positive ways of interacting with others online. They also offer ways of blocking and reporting people who break the rules.

Everyone should get into small groups and look up some community guidelines for popular social media and gaming sites, we’ve added some examples below. Discuss the pros and cons of the guidance and make some notes of your ideas.

Community standards examples

Some site’s terms say you have to be over 13 to use it, so it’s only suitable for Explorer Scouts. If a young person is concerned about anything they see online, they must speak to a trusted adult.

Check out some of the examples below from popular social media platforms:

Facebook https://transparency.fb.com/en-gb/policies/community-standards/?source=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fcommunitystandards%2F
Twitter / X - https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-rules
Instagram https://help.instagram.com/477434105621119
TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/community-guidelines/en/
Snapchat https://values.snap.com/en-GB/privacy/transparency/community-guidelines
X Box https://www.xbox.com/en-GB/legal/community-standards
Minecraft https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/community-standards
Twitch - https://safety.twitch.tv/s/article/Community-Guidelines?language=en_US
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/howyoutubeworks/policies/community-guidelines/#community-guidelines
YouTube creators - https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/9288567?hl=en-GB


Imagine you were in charge
1. Each group should pick one platform they’re all familiar with and use on a regular basis. Together they should discuss and create a set of rules for that platform based on their own experience and what they wish the rules were.

Some site’s terms say you have to be over 13 to use it, so it’s only suitable for Explorer Scouts. If a young person is concerned about anything they see online, they must speak to a trusted adult.

2. The person leading the activity should remind the groups to try and be fair to all users, that people have a right to express themselves creatively unless it hurts someone else and that each right has a responsibility behind it.

For example, if you have the right to express your opinion, you have the responsibility to not express unkind or hurtful opinions or opinions that break the law.

3. Everyone should use language that everyone understands.
Guidelines often use complicated language like this paragraph from the Facebook community guidelines: ‘We work hard to limit the spread of commercial spam to prevent false advertising, fraud and security breaches, all of which detract from people's ability to share and connect. We do not allow people to use misleading or inaccurate information to collect likes, followers or shares.’ This could be summed up as ‘Always check your sources and don’t spread fake news.’

4. Groups can also inject some humour into their guidelines.
For example, if someone’s accused of trolling then their social media profile picture changes into a picture of a troll for two days or everyone must post a photo of a cute animal at least once a week.

5. When the groups have all come up with and agreed on their set of guidelines together, they should write them down on a device or on paper, or create a presentation for the next part of the activity.



Present your new guidelines

1. The groups should present their new set of guidelines to everyone in the style of a global technology company event. Everyone can go all out to impress with their presentation style. If there’s access to the equipment, use a screen or other props, and different presenters.
Apple and Microsoft hold regular events where new innovations are introduced to live audiences. They are high-energy events with lots of whooping and cheering and spontaneous applause when the presenter says something exciting. The presenters speak clearly with energy and excitement about the new innovations. There are examples of these events online so people could watch some for inspiration.

2. Once each group has finished presenting their new guidelines, the rest of the groups can ask questions or ask for clarification.

3. Everyone can decide if there’s a favourite set of guidelines. The person leading the activity could perhaps award a prize to the winning team.

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• Digital Citizen - Rights