CyberBullying

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CyberBullying
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Cyberbullying

• Cyber-bullying can be as simple as continuing to
  send e-mail to someone who has said they want no
  further contact with the sender, but it may also
  include
• Threats
• Sexual remarks
• Nasty labels or ganging up on victims by making
  them the subject of ridicule in forums(e.g
  internet chat rooms)
• Posting false statements (gossip) as fact aimed
  at humiliation

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Cyberbullying

• Online bullying, called cyberbullying, happens
  when teens use the Internet, cell phones, or
  other devices to send or post text or images
  intended to hurt or embarrass another person.
• Cyberbullying researchers Hinduja and Patchin
  define cyber-bullying as wilful and repeated
  harm inflicted through the medium of electronic
  text and recently updated the definition to
  account for cyberbullying through the internet
  that occurs without actual text, such as videos
  being uploaded to YouTube, for example.

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Cyberbullying

• Cyber-bullies may disclose victims' personal data
  (e.g.m real name, address, or workplace/schools)
  at websites or forums or may pose as the identity
  of a victim for the purpose of publishing
  material in their name that defames or ridicules
  them. Some cyberbullies may also send threatening
  and harassing emails and instant messages to the
  victims, while other post rumors or gossip and
  instigate others to dislike and gang up on the
  target.
• Though the use of sexual remarks and threats are
  sometimes present in cyber-bullying, it is not
  the same as sexual harassment and does not
  necessarily involve sexual predators.

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Cyberbullying

• THE number of school pupils who are being bullied
  by text message or e-mail has soared in the past
  five years, research has found.
• Nearly 15,000 secondary school pupils across the
  United Kingdom were surveyed for a report
  published by the British Psychological Society.
• It found that more than a fifth had received
  nasty or aggressive messages from fellow pupils
  on their phones or computers.

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Cyberbullying

• The survey also found that girls were more
  likely than boys to be the victims of so-called
  "cyber-bullying".

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