Cyberbullying
Real life examples
Is this bullying?
1.
Your friend sends you an embarrassing photo of one of the girls at
his school. You think it’s funny so you forward it to everyone in
your address book.
2.
A new student at your school has a speech impediment and you
anonymously create the first meme about him on your school’s
memes page. This starts a frenzy of posts about this student’s
impediment.
3.
Your friend gets drunk at a party and you post a photo of her on
your Facebook page without her permission. She asks you to take
it down but you don’t.
4.
You set up a fake email address for one of the students at your
school and use it to send love letters to another classmate as a
joke.
What does the law say?
• Using a carriage service to menace,
harass or offend
• Threats
• Stalking
• Unauthorised access to information
What can happen legally?
• School policies
• Mediation
• Police
• Court
What can you do?
• Tell someone
• Block the bully
• Mediation
• Police
Where can you get help?
Counselling and support:
Kids Help Line
Victims Support Agency
Legal and dispute resolution information:
Victoria Legal Aid
Local community legal centre
Magistrates’ Court
Dispute Settlement Centre of Victoria
Activities
Out
Mediation
What have you learned?
•What laws can cyberbullying break?
•What can you do if you are being bullied
or someone you know is being bullied?
•Who else has a responsibility to stop
bullying?
•Where can you go for help?
Thanks!