Cyber Bullying
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Cyber Bullying
You may know what bullying is, but do
you know what cyber bullying is?
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What is cyber bullying?
Cyber bullying is the word used to describe the situation
when somebody uses technology to be nasty or hurtful
to you.
To hurt someone, a cyber bully may use:
• Social networking sites
• Online gaming chat
• Texts on a mobile phone
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Cyber bullying on social networking sites
Cyber bullies can hurt their victims in a number of ways
on social networking sites by:
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Posting nasty comments or sending threatening
private messages.
Setting up a ‘hate group’ about you and encouraging
other people to post nasty comments about you.
Conducting a poll about you.
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Cyber bullying on mobile phones
Cyber bullies can torment their
victims using mobile phones by:
• Sending unpleasant or nasty
texts that call you names or
threaten you.
• Making prank calls or silent calls
to you on your mobile phone.
• Passing your number around to
other people and getting them to
send you unpleasant texts.
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Cyber bullying on online games
Cyber bullying takes place within online games in the
following ways:
• Sending you insults or swearing at you using the chat
facility on games.
• Sending you nasty voice or video messages.
• Stealing your password and then pretending to be
you on the game.
• Getting a large group of gamers to gang up on you
within the game.
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Other methods of cyber bullying
There are other ways of cyber bullying that you should be
aware of.
• Setting up websites just to poke fun at you.
• Writing nasty blogs about you.
• Posting unpleasant manipulated photographs of you online.
• Sending viruses or rude pictures to your phone or computer
using email, messaging or social networking sites.
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Why do people cyber bully?
People cyber bully for lots of reasons.
• It makes them feel powerful or they think it will make them
look cool in front of their friends.
• They are pretending to be tough online.
• They think that it’s just a joke.
• They want to get back at you for upsetting a friend
of theirs.
• Because they can!
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How to prevent yourself from being cyber bullied
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Treat others with respect and expect them to do the same
to you.
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Never give passwords away.
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Never give personal information such as your age, your address
or mobile number to anyone you don’t know in person.
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Never arrange to meet anyone you’ve met online in person.
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If you don’t want the world to know then don’t post it online!
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If you sign up to play online games, use a separate ‘Hotmail’ or
‘Gmail’ email address so that you can close it down.
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What to do if you are being cyber bullied
If someone starts cyber bullying you, there are a number of
things you must do:
• Tell your parents or your teacher what is happening.
• If they are not your friend, don’t reply to them
− ignore them.
• If you are being cyber bullied through your mobile phone,
social network or emails keep the messages and show
them to your parents or your teacher.
• If you can block them or delete the account that they are
contacting you on, then do it, but remember to show your
teacher or parent the messages first!
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Cyber bullying
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Unfortunately cyber bullying is increasing,
especially within online games. [It is not tolerated in
school!]
Make sure you know how to protect yourself against
getting cyber bullied.
Make sure you know what to do if you
are cyber bullied.
Always get help if someone starts bullying you.
Lastly, don’t be afraid of the bullies! That’s what
they want.
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Cyber bullying
Thank you for watching the presentation
and remember…
Stay Internet Safe!
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