Cyberbullying involves the deliberate use of electronic communication to harass or threaten others. It can take various forms such as sending threatening messages, tricking someone into revealing private information and sharing it with others, impersonating someone online to post false messages, or creating websites to mock others. Victims may feel there is no escape and like they are not safe even at home. Cyberbullies can say harsher things online because they are anonymous and don't have to see the victim's reaction. Anonymity contributes to victims feeling constantly unsafe even in their own surroundings.

2. Cyberbullying 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
Some examples of cyber bullying include
sending threatening emails, text messages or
comments to another person; tricking someone
into revealing private or embarrassing
information and sending it to others; breaking
into someone’s email or social media account
and sending false messages to others while
posing as this person; and creating web pages to
make fun of another person.

3. • You child may feel like there is no escape from cyber bullying. It
seems easy enough to close these social media accounts and simply
turn off of the computer. However, for some kids avoiding these
websites or instant messages may seclude them from one of the
most important places they socialize.
• Your child may be at home when they experience cyber bullying,
which can lead to a sense of endangerment within the confines of
their own room or house.
• Cyber bullies are more likely to say harsher words online or by text
message because they don’t have to say it to the other person’s face or
see their reaction.
• Your child may feel like they can’t be secure within their own
surrounding because some cyber bullies never reveal their identity.
The anonymity of cyber bullying can add to their feeling of being
unsafe.

4. • Never give out private information about
the child, passwords, school, family or
friends. This information is an easy target
for an anonymous cyber bully.
• Never exchange pictures with people you
meet on the Internet.
• Delete any messages from people you
don’t know.
• Because millions of people have access to
what is written online, be careful what
you say and what type of information you
send out.
• Consider setting your child’s social media
account to private so people that they
don’t know can’t see their pictures or any
of the information posted to the site.

5. The “Kill Kylie” Campaign of Hate and Homophobia
Kylie Kenney, an eighth grade student from Vermont lost two years of her life as a result of
cyber bullying from classmates. From junior high through her sophomore year of high
school, Kylie was forced to deal with websites created by her classmates that featured
names like “Kill Kylie Incorporated” that were filled with threatening, homophobic
remarks about the young girl. These hurtful kids obtained screen names with handles
close to Kylie’s name and used them to make suggestive remarks and sexual advances on
Kylie’s teammates on the field hockey team. As a result police filed charges of
harassments against the individuals responsible.
The “Dog Poop Girl”
In South Korea, a female college student was riding the train with her dog when it
defecated on the floor of the subway car. After the girl refused to clean up the mess,
another passenger on the train took her picture using her cell phone and posted it online.
In the months to follow, it became an Internet sensation in South Korea and “Dog Poop”
girl became the target of extreme harassment. Individuals found out her name and
address and soon she was forced to withdraw from school and move to another part of the
country.