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Understanding Cyber Bullying: Types, Laws, Prevention, and Community Support

Cyber bullying is a form of harassment where children, preteens, or teens are tormented online through direct attacks or proxies. Victims may face threats, humiliation, and harassment via social media, messaging apps, and other technologies. While most states have laws against cyberstalking, there is no federal law, making it crucial to educate youth about the consequences and safe online practices. Strategies like stopping, blocking, and informing trusted adults can empower victims. Community initiatives, such as the Stop Cyberbullying pledge, further promote awareness and prevention.

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Understanding Cyber Bullying: Types, Laws, Prevention, and Community Support

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  1. Amanda Shaffer Cyber Bullying "Bullies thrive wherever authority is weak"

  2. What is it? • A child, preteen or teen is tormented, threatened, harassed, humiliated, embarrassed or targeted by another child using the internet, or technology.

  3. Types • Direct Attack • Messages sent to the child directly • Instant Messaging, blogs, web sites, impersonation, stealing passwords • By proxy • The cyberbully makes it look like the victim is doing something wrong or acts as the victim

  4. The Law • Most states have cyberstalking/harassment laws but there is no Federal law • The victims can sue the stalker or harasser or report them to have their accounts revoked or web sites shut down

  5. Prevention • Educate students about the consequences! • Educate students about cyberethics! • Educate students about where they should go on the internet and what sites to use. • Educate students about what information to give out and not to give out on the internet.

  6. Teaching kids how to handle cyberbullying • Take 5! • Take time to think about how you are going to respond or what you are going to say • Stop, Block, and Tell • Don’t do anything • Block the bully or limit communication • Tell a trusted adult

  7. Community Programs • Conduct a Stop Cyberbullying pledge • Teenangels • Teen volunteers who design and deliver presentations about internet safety • Wired Kids Summit • An anti-cyberbullying campaign

  8. Statistics • 33% of youth have been a victim • Being ignored and disrespected are most common • Mainly occurs in chat rooms, instant message, e-mail • 17% admitted to bullying someone else

  9. Kids Safe search engines • Ask Jeeves for kids • AOL at school • Dib Dab Doo and Dilly Too • Kids Click! • Yahooligans!

  10. Websites • Stopcyberbullying.org • Teenangels.org • Internetsuperheroes.org • Wiredkids.org • Wiredsafety.org

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