Cyber Bullying

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“involves the use of information and communication technologies to support deliberate, repeated, and hostile behaviour by an individual or group, that is intended to harm others." Bill Belsey - Creator of www.bullying.org

Cyber Bullying…  Image  by:  Wentongg  -­‐  Flickr  

Last year, over 40% of teenagers

whom have access to the Internet

have experienced cyber bullying Image  by:  TerriC3  -­‐  Flickr  

Girls  

are more likely to be victims of cyber bullying then Boys

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Only  18%  

Of  incidents  of  cyber  bullying  are  reported  

As well as only 10% of victims tell their parents

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Direct Attacks

Instant Messaging/Text Messaging Harassment

Stealing  Passwords  

Sending  Pictures  through  E-­‐mail  and  Cellphones  without  consent  

Sending  Malicious  Code  

Sending  Porn  and  other  Junk  Email  

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About 1 in 3 people

have had a cyber threat

against them against  them  

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Last year, about

1 million children

have  been  

              vicLms  of  cyber  bullying    

through Facebook Image  by:  amandagreenspan  -­‐  Flickr  

Bullies also can get access to the

Victims account and send

rude messages to contacts

                       

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ey may also change the victims

password

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 With  87%  of  children  

      between  4  to  16               having  

Going Mobile

access to a mobile phone…

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Text Bullying is becoming the most popular form of bullying amongst teens and children

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1 in 5 will be a victim of text bullying

1 in 10 teens have engaged in some sort of text bullying.

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Why?  

ough it is difficult to #nd a single reason, some

engage in cyber bullying because  

ey are angry or frustrated

For the “lulz”

To bolster their self esteem

Boredom

Revenge Image  by:  David  Paul  Leighton  -­‐  Flickr  

53% of kids have admitted to participating in cyber bullying

More than 1 in 3 have repeated their behaviour

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Don’t ink Your Words…

…Hurt? Image  by:  amandagreenspan  -­‐  Flickr  

More than 8% of victims of cyberbullying victims and

have contemplated suicide

12% of sexting victims  

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It  is  hard  for  kids  to  hide……  

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"When I was bullied in middle school, I could go home, I could slam my door shut and I'd be safe from the bully, […]

ese days, there basically is no safety; there

is no protection.

ere's limitless vulnerability." – Patchin, Cyber Bully Victim Image  by:  Stuart  Leckenby  -­‐  Flickr  

Sexual Predators

have been from other

minors

About half of reported sexual solicitations towards minors  

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“the image presented by the media of an older male deceiving and preying on a young child does not paint an accurate picture of the nature of the majority of sexual solicitations.” – Kim Zetter, www.wired.com

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“Parents need to be the one trusted place kids can go when things go wrong online and offline. Yet they oen are the one place kids avoid when things go wrong online”- www.stopbullying.org

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Prevention

Never give out personal information or passwords, P.I.N. numbers etc.

Use

"Netiquette"

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Do not attack others online

Especially if you are angry

But the one of the most important ways to help prevent

cyber bullying is to…..

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Report it! Image  by:  hansika.jethnani  -­‐  Flickr  

Works  Cited  h"p://www.stopcyberbullying.org/index2.html  h"p://mashable.com/2011/04/25/shakespeare-­‐facebook-­‐cyber-­‐bullying/  hJp://news.ninemsn.com.au/naLonal/8211585/schools-­‐should-­‐teach-­‐kids-­‐phone-­‐safety  hJp://www.cyberbullying.ca/  h"p://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/01/bullies-­‐worse-­‐t/  h"p://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/05/15/cyber-­‐bullying/  h"p://ezinemark.com/a/staDsDcs-­‐on-­‐cyberbullying-­‐suicide/  h"p://www.bullyingstaDsDcs.org/content/cyber-­‐bullying-­‐staDsDcs.html  h"p://www.cyberbullyalert.com/blog/2008/08/cyber-­‐bullying-­‐staDsDcs-­‐that-­‐may-­‐shock-­‐you/  h"p://www.bullyingstaDsDcs.org/content/text-­‐bullying.html  h"p://www.isafe.org/channels/sub.php?ch=op&sub_id=media_cyber_bullying  h"p://www.howtostopcyberbullying.com/cyber_bullying_staDsDcs.html  

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