Cyber bullying

In the recent years cyber bullying has become relatively common in media.

What is cyber bullying a question which can be roaming arounds some minds. Cyber bullying
is simply when you use the media or online knowledges to harass, embarrass, bully, threaten
or target someone.
Cyberbullying can take many forms. It can include harassment (insults or threats), spreading
rumours, impersonation, outing and trickery (gaining people’s trust and then using online
media to distribute their secrets) or exclusion (excluding an individual from activities)
Cyber bullying is becoming a real threat to some people, because it can cause to some
people psychological issues, and it can cause to other depression, or other problems.

Cyber bullying effects on people:

 Mentally – feeling upset, embarrassed, stupid, even afraid or angry,

 Emotionally – feeling ashamed or losing interest in the things you love,

 Physically – tired (loss of sleep) or experiencing symptoms like stomach aches and

headaches.

Cyber bullying has negative effects not only in the victim. It also effects the bully.
There are many stories of people who have been cyber bullied. By targeting them in group
chats and insulting them and embarrassing them in front of everyone and some other people
who got tricked by trusting the wrong people online and revelling to them their secrets, and
others who got their images spread without their permission, and how it negatively affected
them. Most of them end up with a very weak character, and they become more depressed. It
also effects their way of contacting with people. Cyber bullying can also bring others into
disrepute.
How to stop cyber bullying, if u get bullied electronically there are many ways how to stop it.
  You can stop cyber bullying by cutting off communication from all the toxic people.
You can do this by blocking them or deleting them from all your contacts.
 You can also stop the bully by reporting the to authorities, or even your parents,
friends or anyone who you think can help you.
 You can also ignore the bully and not giving him of whatever he says attention.
Sometimes people bully others to get attention or to act cool, so if you didn’t give
that person attention, he might lose interest and get bord, and that will cause him to
stop the bully.

People must understand that bullying others is not a fun thing. Hurting other is not
something to joke or laugh about.
What to do when you see someone getting bullied. Some people don’t know what to do
when they see someone getting bullied especially if it cyber or electronic bully. I will show
you some ways to act when you see someone getting cyber bullied.

 Never blame the person who got bullied. If someone got bullied and came to talk to
you about it you should not blame them, they are already hurt and scared you
should not hurt, scare or pressure them even more.
 If someone is bullying someone in front of you. You must not laugh with the bully
and support them in what they are doing. You must stand with the victim and help
him to get out of this situation.
 If you saw someone bullying other you must stop him, and you should explain for
him how bad is cyber bullying, and how he must stop. you can also help him to stop.
To conclude cyber bullying is a real thing which can hurt and negatively effect on some
people. It is a really bad thing which should be stopped.