Cyber BullyingCyber BullyingWhat is it?What is it?

What can you do about it?What can you do about it?

What is Bullying?What is Bullying?

Bullying a a conscious, willful, and Bullying a a conscious, willful, and deliberate hostile activity intended to harm, deliberate hostile activity intended to harm, induce fear through threat of further induce fear through threat of further aggression and create terror.aggression and create terror.

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What is Bullying?What is Bullying?

Bullying can take many formsBullying can take many forms Verbal BullyingVerbal Bullying Physical BullyingPhysical Bullying Relational BullyingRelational Bullying

These may occur in person or These may occur in person or onlineonline

What is Cyberbullying?What is Cyberbullying?

Cyberbullying is the repeated Cyberbullying is the repeated misuse of technology to harass, misuse of technology to harass, intimidate, bully, or terrorize intimidate, bully, or terrorize another personanother person

It is Bullying!It is Bullying!

What is Cyberbullying?What is Cyberbullying?

Using e-mail, social media sites, text messages Using e-mail, social media sites, text messages and other forms of electronic communication to:and other forms of electronic communication to: send mean-spirited messages send mean-spirited messages make cruel and harmful remarks about make cruel and harmful remarks about

individuals individuals post derogatory photos post derogatory photos make direct threats or encourage acts of make direct threats or encourage acts of

violence violence sexually harasssexually harass

What is Cyberbullying?What is Cyberbullying?

It is serious, with serious consequencesIt is serious, with serious consequences The video at The video at http://youtu.be/yZgpmuz2MQchttp://youtu.be/yZgpmuz2MQc

shows some of the deadly consequences of shows some of the deadly consequences of cyberbullying.cyberbullying.

What can you do?What can you do?

Be private - keep passwords, pictures and Be private - keep passwords, pictures and secrets to yourself. secrets to yourself.

Monitor your privacy settings on social Monitor your privacy settings on social mediamedia

Google yourself.Google yourself.

What can you do?What can you do?

Stop, block and tell - don’t reply, block the Stop, block and tell - don’t reply, block the

sender, sender, tell someonetell someone. .

Save the evidence - on your computer or Save the evidence - on your computer or print out.print out.

ResourcesResources

Wiredsafety.orgWiredsafety.org http://stopabully.ca/bullying/http://stopabully.ca/bullying/ http://www.cyberbullying.ca/http://www.cyberbullying.ca/