Title: Ways to avoid being cyberbullied and suggest two ways to deal with cyberbullies

Cyberbullying is an act of sending, posting or sharing harmful, false or mean content

about someone via digital devices. It is considered a criminal behaviour.

One of the ways to avoid being cyberbullied is by avoiding posting anything that is
private. It is because exposing ourselves on the Internet will endanger ourselves. People can
easily access our information to fabricate and deceive people. Whenever we use the Internet,
we will also leave traces of the websites we visit, along with everything we click. Thus, we
must be aware of our privacy.

Moreover, we can limit our online friends. By only accepting the friends we know
well in social media, we can lessen the chances of being a cyberbully’s target. It is definitely
fine with making friends online, but to take the danger of the Internet into account, the
Internet is not always safe to make friends.

To deal with cyberbullies, we can save all the information related to cyberbullying so
it can be used as proof to take action against the bully. We should not give chances to
cyberbullying and must take legal action in order to reduce the rate of cyberbullying.
Nevertheless, we must make sure to collect enough evidence.

Furthermore, we should tell an adult if we receive messages that make us feel

uncomfortable or feel threatened via the Internet. Adults are more likely to take care of the
matter more maturely. We should ignore any kind of bad remarks which are not serious.
However, if we feel that we are in danger or threatened, we should not hesitate to report to
our parents.

Cyberbullying is a serious matter as it can cause impactful emotional distress and is

likely to errode one's self-confidence completely. Hence, parents must instil awareness to
their children at a young age. They must also monitor their children's online activities to
prevent cyberbullying from happening.

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