• Introduction to Cyberbullying
CYBERBULLYING
• CYBERBULLYING:
• IF YOU ARE NOT PART OF THE
SOLUTION…
You ARE the problem!
• “Using strength (physical, social or
intellectual) to INTIMIDATE
someone. Often used to get
somebody to do something.”
Definition of “bullying”
• “Using electronic communications to bully someone.”
Definition of
“cyberbullying”
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• Unfortunately cyberbullying is not so
simple, and its consequences are
anything but funny.
No laughing matter
• 30% of teenagers have been the victim of
cyberbullying last year
• 10% of children over the age of 9 have
been bullied online
• 33% of victims have been subjected to
online threats
But the most frightening statistics are yet to
come…
Statistics
• 95% of teens who witness
cyberbullying do nothing about it
• 50% of teens who are victims of
cyberbullying do not tell their parents
Nobody does anything
If you witnessed a violent
crime, shouldn’t you report
it? Yes, you should.
WHAT ABOUT YOUR VIRTUAL
SELF—WHO KEEPS IT SAFE?
Often: NOBODY!
• Cyberbullying can lead to stress, unhappiness,
depression, and even suicide.
• Suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death among young
people aged 16-24. Homicide is 3rd.
It should be
• Cyberbullying used to be an online behaviour with only
online consequences.
• Not any more.
It is getting worse
• Cyberbullies who find out a person’s real-life identity can
harass that person’s parents, teachers, fellow students,
and co-workers.
• In many cases, they doxx the victim—which means, they
publish the victim’s personal information online—and
then encourage others to harass the victim as well.
Imagine not one but 100
cyberstalkers after you…
• Sure. You can take your case all the way to the Supreme
Court.
…if you have money to
burn.
TYPES OF CYBERBULLYING
It covers a lot of ground these days
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Exclusion
Peer pressure
Stalking
Physical bullying
Blackmail
Digital character assassination
Real life threats
Types of cyberbullying
The cyberbully tries to
alienate your friends,
or make your peer
group mock or hate
you, leaving you alone
and vulnerable.
Exclusion
• Many cyberbullies will not stop
with exclusion. Once somebody
has been excluded, the cyberbully
often moves on to more serious
attacks.
The cyberbully tries to
get you to do or say
things that you don’t
want to do or say, by
telling you that all the
other kids do it, or by
suggesting that you
won’t fit in.
• Ironically, peer pressure is often
used by cyberbullies to get
people to help them bully other
people.
Peer pressure
The cyberbully
follows you on all
your social media and
gives you unwanted
attention.
Stalking
• It can be rather creepy, actually.
• This form of cyberbullying is
quite common among adults as
well.
The cyberbully
threatens to reveal
confidential
information about you
that would be
embarrassing or even
harmful to you.
Blackmail
• Although in some cases the
information is obtained through
hacking, usually it is obtained
directly from the victim.
• This can be an escalation of some
of the previous types of
cyberbullying.
The cyberbully will
stop at nothing to
destroy as much of
your virtual identity as
possible, and usually
hopes to destroy your
real life as well.
• This type of cyberbullying is also
common among adults—in many
cases the goal is to get you fired
from your job.
Digital Character
Assassination
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