Cyberbullying Presentation

CYBERBULLYING
Introduction to Cyberbullying
CYBERBULLYING ASSEMBLY
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”
What your grandfather thinks when “cyberbullying” is
mentioned:
• “I’m going to rough up your computer and pull its plug”
Attempt at humour
• Unfortunately cyberbullying is not so
simple, and its consequences are
anything but funny.
No laughing matter
• 25% 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.
Even policemen can’t get away with beating

people up when there are videos and the internet.
WHAT ABOUT YOUR VIRTUAL
SELF—WHO KEEPS IT SAFE?
Often: NOBODY!
• “So somebody has been calling you nasty names online.
Is that really so bad? Sticks and stones…”
• “Sure, I trash talk my friends, but they don’t mind.”
• “Just don’t listen to the haters. I don’t.”
Not really taken seriously

• 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…
Even logging off won’t
save you any more!
So, what can be done?
Slander
• Defamatory remarks spoken to someone other than the
defamed.
Libel:
• Defamatory remarks in print or other media.
Both slander and libel are crimes which can result in a civil
suit.
Legal action—is it
possible?
• Sure. You can take your case all the way to the Supreme
Court.
…if you have money to

burn.
• Getting satisfaction in court is a long, expensive, and
difficult process.
• In the USA, the victim often does not win—the laws
protecting freedom of speech are invoked to defend the
actions of the cyberbully.
• In many countries, the police have “more important”
cases to investigate.
Most people don’t.

TYPES OF CYBERBULLYING
It covers a lot of ground these days
• Exclusion
• Peer pressure
• Stalking
• Physical bullying
• Blackmail
• Digital character assassination
• Real life threats
Types of cyberbullying
The cyberbully tries to • Many cyberbullies will not stop
alienate your friends, with exclusion. Once somebody
or make your peer
group mock or hate
has been excluded, the cyberbully
you, leaving you alone often moves on to more serious
and vulnerable. attacks.
Exclusion
The cyberbully tries to
get you to do or say
things that you don’t • Ironically, peer pressure is often
want to do or say, by used by cyberbullies to get
telling you that all the people to help them bully other
other kids do it, or by people.
suggesting that you
won’t fit in.
Peer pressure
The cyberbully • It can be rather creepy, actually.
follows you on all
your social media and • This form of cyberbullying is
gives you unwanted quite common among adults as
attention. well.
Stalking
If the cyberbully
knows you in real life, • “I know where you live and when
he (or she) can
combine cyberbullying
you least expect it, I can be there.
with physical or social So you’d better not annoy me.”
bullying.
Physical bullying
• Although in some cases the
The cyberbully
threatens to reveal information is obtained through
confidential hacking, usually it is obtained
information about you directly from the victim.
that would be • This can be an escalation of some
embarrassing or even
of the previous types of
harmful to you.
cyberbullying.
Blackmail
The cyberbully will
stop at nothing to • This type of cyberbullying is also
destroy as much of
common among adults—in many
your virtual identity as
possible, and usually cases the goal is to get you fired
hopes to destroy your from your job.
real life as well.
Digital Character
Assassination
The art of deliberately, cleverly,
and secretly getting people angry,
usually via the internet, using
dialogue. Trolling does not mean
just making rude remarks: Shouting
swear words at someone doesn't
count as trolling; it's just flaming,
and isn't funny. Spam isn't trolling
either; but it's lame.
Is it a form of cyberbullying?
If the victim gets angry, doesn’t that
mean you are a cyberbully?
Is trolling fun?

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CYBERBULLYING

• IF YOU ARE NOT PART OF THE

You ARE the problem!

• “I’m going to rough up your computer and pull its plug”

Nobody does anything

Even policemen can’t get away with beating

Not really taken seriously

Imagine not one but 100

…if you have money to

Most people don’t.

It covers a lot of ground these days

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