What is Cyber Bullying?
Cyber Bullying is defined as: Willful and repeated harm inflicted through the use of computers, cell phones, and other electronic devices”
Harm in this instances means emotional abuse. For example, someone posts an embarrassing photo and then bully's make hurtful comments repeatedly.
Cyber bullying comes in many forms.
- Emotional abuse through social media.
- Public shaming
- Creating/spreading rumors about people online or through instant messages
- Sending threats or mean messages to people directly.
- Creating a fake person in order to use that "person" to be hurtful to another.
Some facts about Cyber bullying
- Half of all adolescents and teens have reported cyber bullying.
- About half have participated in cyber bullying in one form or another
- Only 1 in 10 report the cyber bullying to a parent or guardian.
- Cyber bullying makes someone 2 to 9 times more likely to commit suicide.
- Girls are more likely than boys to be victims of cyber bullying
For Further reading:
Do Something: Cyberbullying
Cyber Bullying Research Center
List of apps to monitor use.
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List of apps to monitor use.
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