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...
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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.
The Lighter Side Most UK readers will be aware of the runaway success of a Facebook campaign to deprive Joe McElderry, this year’s winner of TV talent contest The X Factor, of their seemingly-compulsory Christmas Number 1. For the last five years the winner of the X Factor has been guaranteed the top position in the chart at Christmastime. The Facebook campaign encourages people to buy the 1992 protest song ‘Killing In The Name’ by Rage Against The Machine instead of Joe’s single as a form... Read Full Story
In a recent report by the charity BeatBullying , MSN Messenger (recently renamed "Windows Live Messenger") was revealed as the most common conduit for "Cyber Bullies" on the internet. MSN Messenger is a type of software classified as "Instant Messaging" software whereby, as the name suggests, short messages can be exchanged instantly between users.
MSN Messenger is a very common piece of software, as it comes pre-installed on all new Windows computers and is therefore instantly available... Read Full Story
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... Read Full Story
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... Read Full Story
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... Read Full Story
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... Read Full Story
"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... Read Full Story
The New York Times had a powerful story about "cyberbullies" .
Just in case you haven't heard the phrase before, let me explain that cyberbullies are people who use the internet and online chat rooms to stalk, threaten and abuse people. In my opinion, cyberbullies are even more cowardly than traditional schoolyard bullies, because they hide behind their monitors to avoid identification.
The NYTimes story, entitled "When the Bullies Turned Faceless" , was written by Christopher Maag. He... Read Full Story
Today we'd like to get the opinion of our readers who are also parents. Do you monitor your children online? And if so, how?
Do you monitor your children online?
As always, we also invite your comments. Simply leave a comment below, get in touch on Twitter or Facebook , or simply email support@spysure.com .
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We at Spysure recognise that our monitoring software is just one piece in the puzzle of protecting children online. In the same way that many foods and dietary supplements are useful for weight loss as part of a balanced diet, Spysure is suitable for protecting children as part of a balanced parental strategy.
Today we'd like to offer some more specific technical advice about how certain sites can be configured to make them safer for your children. Using a combination of responsible... Read Full Story
