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- What is cyber bullying?
- Text messaging bullying
- Picture/Video bullying
- Phone call bullying
- Email bullying
- Chat room bullying
- Instant messaging bullying
- Bullying through websites and blogs
Cyber bullying is the term used when someone is bullied through interactive and digital technology such as the use of mobile phones or computers. Below is a list of the different methods of cyber bullying.
Text messaging bullying
- Insulting or threatening texts
Picture/Video clip bullying
- Embarrassing pictures/videos often of you being humiliated, threatened or assaulted (known as ‘happy slapping’)
Phone call bullying
- Silent calls (when the caller persistently calls you but withholds their number and does not speak)
- Abusive verbal messages
Email bullying
- Abusive messaging
- Inappropriate postings
Chat room bullying
- Abusive messages
- Inappropriate postings
Bullying through instant messaging
- Abusive messaging
- Inappropriate postings
Bullying through websites
- Numerous threats of violence
- Hate campaigns
Cyber bullying is unique because there is often no escape and the bully can often be difficult to identify. Bullying used to only be a problem at schools, colleges and in the workplace; however this can now follow you at home and everywhere you go leaving no escape.
- Don’t reply to abusive messages.
- Report obscene or abusive messages to your mobile network.
- Make a note of the content, date and time of offensive or abusive messages.
- Be careful about all private pictures and videos that you send as they may be forwarded onto someone else or posted on the internet.
- Don’t let others film or take photos of you, if this happens at school then tell your parents or a teacher.
- If you get persistent abusive or nuisance calls then consider changing your mobile number through your network provider.
- Report nuisance calls to your mobile network or the police.
- If you receive abusive emails from someone that you know then the chances are they are looking for a reaction. If you ignore them, they will probably stop. Tell your parent, carer or teacher if they are persistent and keep a log of the content, date and time of all emails. It might help to print out copies of any abusive emails.
- If you receive abusive emails from someone that you don’t know then you should not reply.
- If you get persistent emails you can contact the service provider by putting abuse@ in-front of the host e.g. abuse@yahoo.com, abuse@hotmail.com, abuse@gmail.com
- If you receive junk emails known as SPAM you should not reply. Do not click on links that state ‘click here to stop receiving these messages’ as this confirms your email address is real.
- Never give out personal information about you or your family
- Don’t reply to abusive postings
- Know how to report/block a user. Most chat rooms have a moderator so read about this before you start chatting.
- Only chat to friends that you know and trust
- Learn how to use the block or moderation facility
- Don’t respond to abusive messages
- Be careful about the content of pictures and videos you send as they may end up being posted on the internet
Bullying through websites and blogs (online diaries)
If you discover a website which contains abusive comments, threats or inappropriate images of you then you should seek advice from your teacher, parent or carer.
- Pages should be stored in your favourites and printed as evidence
- Contact the Internet Service Provider (ISP) responsible for hosting the website.
CyberMentors
If you're being bullied, or perhaps there's something else that's bothering you and making you feel rubbish, and you're not sure what to do or who to talk to, then CyberMentors is where you can go for help. It doesn't matter how big or small you think the problem is, or whether you're being targeted online or offline, CyberMentors are here to listen and support you.
DirectGov
Find out the facts about different forms of cyber bullying.
Stop Cyber Bullying
Read more about how cyber bullying works how to prevent it and what is the law.
Chat Danger
A site about the potential dangers of interactive services.
Think U Know 11-16
Share experiences of things that have gone wrong and will show you ways you can get yourself out of bad situations.
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Posted - 08:06, 16 Jun 2009
its not fair that people bully otherpeople andi always get the blame for it and it is just not fair
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Posted - 05:53, 20 May 2009
u shouldn't be a bully because 1 day some 1 is gonna turn round nd pick on u