How to stop cyberbullies

How to stop cyberbullies

Schools, teachers, and parents should take action against kids who use mobile phones and the internet to bully other children and even teachers. Social networking sites, instant messages, and other forms of digital commubication are... [more]

Schools, teachers, and parents should take action against kids who use mobile phones and the internet to bully other children and even teachers. Social networking sites, instant messages, and other forms of digital commubication are being used by bullies to threaten or scare other students. This is a zine dedicated to discussing ways to prevent or stop cyber-bullying.

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Written by zippyhealth on
With the palpable rise in the usage of mobiles and computers, has gradually risen the malevolent trend of Cyber Bullying wherein individuals employ electronic communication for harming others. Cyber bullies could make use of text messaging, telephone calls, email, instant messaging services, social networking websites and web pages as a means of causing embarrassment to others. Bullying also dubbed as harassment, would translate to passing around malicious fake gossips, sending derogatory messages, saying humiliating stories or putting up pictures intended to make others feel discomforted. They could additionally involve pestering, vicious or sexual warnings or threats. Cyber bullying is an array of things ranging ... Read Full Story
Written by doodlelou on
People believe that kids are the main victims to cyberbullying. However, cyber stalking and harassment happens to people of all ages. Amazingly enough, people believe that more men cyberbully than women, but that isn't so. Females are more prone to cyberbullying than males because it is believed that women spend more time on the internet than men. Harassment and stalking takes all forms. With technology leading us more and more to the internet for our information, spreading hatred is now being taken to new levels. Being Assertive DOES NOT Mean Saying "Shut up!" For some reason, asking the person who is bullying you to ... Read Full Story
 
Written by sheilasultani on
Bullying has been around since the beginning of time. Parents, you may remember you or your friends being bullied as a child. No doubt you remember the hurt, frustration, and sadness it caused. These days, however, bullying isn’t just happening on the playground or at the bus stop, it’s happening on the Internet and on your kids’ cell phones, making it possible to bully a child 24 hours a day and include thousands of participants. Cyberbullying follows children around the clock, and into the safety of their homes. Many times, kids are scared to tell their parents about cyberbullying, thinking they will be blamed, ... Read Full Story
Written by sheilasultani on
Bullying has been around since the beginning of time. Parents, you may remember you or your friends being bullied as a child. No doubt you remember the hurt, frustration, and sadness it caused. These days, however, bullying isn’t just happening on the playground or at the bus stop, it’s happening on the Internet and on your kids’ cell phones, making it possible to bully a child 24 hours a day and include thousands of participants. Cyberbullying follows children around the clock, and into the safety of their homes. Many times, kids are scared to tell their parents about cyberbullying, thinking they will be blamed, ... Read Full Story
Written by saheel on
"All cruelty springs from weakness."        (Seneca, 4 BC-65 AD)                                Following is a post on bullying and cyber bullying offered as  guidelines. I believe, the principles that apply to bullying also apply to cyber-bullying.   Issues related to bullying and cyber-bullying   Source: http://www.bullyonline.org/related/cyber.htm       The Internet provides the perfect forum for cyberbullies, individuals whose aim is to gain gratification from the distress caused by provoking and tormenting others. The anonymity, ease of provocation, and almost infinite source of targets means the internet is full of predators from pedophiles targeting children to serial bullies targeting ... anybody.   ... Read Full Story
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In a highly unusual use of a federal law in which legal experts describe as “creative” and “aggressive,” a St. Louis, Missouri woman has been indicted in what may be the country’s first case of cyber-bullying. Federal prosecutors say Lori Drew, 49, and others created an account on the social networking site MySpace pretending to [...]  
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Bob Barr, the four term Republican Georgia congressman turned ACLU activist and 2008 Libertarian Presidential candidate, has denounced Rep. Linda Sánchez’s (D-CA) “Megan Meier Cyber Bullying Prevention Act” (H.R. 1966) in particularly harsh terms: This legislation represents an exercise in overcriminalization and poor draftsmanship not often seen, even in the Congress.  A term as broad and [...]  
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By Marianna Levyash – Talk Radio News Service In a phone interview with Talk Radio News Service Thursday, Heritage Foundation Senior Legal Research Fellow Brian W. Walsh said that language used in the federal cyber-bullying bill, introduced earlier this year by Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.), is overly broad. “The terms [in the bill]…don’t have a precise, [...]  
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A father is angry over what he says a classmate is writing about his daughter on Facebook. He is demanding that a school take action against a student he says is harrassing his daughter online.from NewsChannel 8  
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"I just want you to know what a fat, evil, sadistic cow you are. I want to see you suffer as slow and painful a death as possible." That's one of many messages sent to a teenager named Claire who had gotten into a disagreement over a basketball game. Another teen named Sam hanged himself after being "bombarded by cruel jibes" on Bebo over his taste in music and clothing. These are just a...  
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Yesterday kicked off Anti-bullying Week and it goes from November 16-20 2009. One thing that is really being focused upon is the problem of cyber-bullying. As we all know, this is a problem that is out of control and at some point, someone needs to put a stop to it. The problem is a huge one on social sites like My Space, Facebook, Twitter, Bebo and others where kids can go and interact with their friends as well as adults. . Facebook has...  
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