Cyberbullying involves bullying through electronic means such as phones, computers, and social media. It can occur 24/7 and be hard to escape from. Effects on victims can include depression, drug/alcohol use, and poor school performance. Ways to prevent cyberbullying include using privacy settings, not opening messages from strangers, and telling trusted adults about any incidents. If being cyberbullied, keep evidence and report it until it stops, while spending time on enjoyable activities.

1. Cyberbullying

2. What is Cyberbullying?

3. What is Cyberbullying?
Cyberbullying is bullying that takes place using electronic technology.
Electronic technology includes devices and equipment such as cell
phones, computers, and tablets as well as communication tools including
social media sites, text messages, chat, and websites.
Examples of cyberbullying include mean text messages or emails, rumors
sent by email or posted on social networking sites, and embarrassing
pictures, videos, websites, or fake profiles.

4. Why Cyberbullying is
Different

5. Why Cyberbullying is Different
Kids who are being cyberbullied are often bullied in person as well.
Additionally, kids who are cyberbullied have a harder time getting away
from the behavior.
 Cyberbullying can happen 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and reach a kid
even when he or she is alone. It can happen any time of the day or night.
 Cyberbullying messages and images can be posted anonymously and
distributed quickly to a very wide audience. It can be difficult and
sometimes impossible to trace the source.
 Deleting inappropriate or harassing messages, texts, and pictures is
extremely difficult after they have been posted or sent.

6. How a Cyberbullying
hurts

7. How a Cyberbullying hurts

8. Effects of Cyberbullying

9. Effects of Cyberbullying
Cell phones and computers themselves are not to blame for
cyberbullying. Social media sites can be used for positive activities, like
connecting kids with friends and family, helping students with school,
and for entertainment. But these tools can also be used to hurt other
people.
Kids who are cyberbullied are more likely to:
 Use alcohol and drugs;
 Skip school;
 Experience in-person bullying;
 Be unwilling to attend school;
 Receive poor grades;
 Have lower self-esteem;
 Have more health problems.

10. What can you do to Help
Prevent Cyberbullying?

11. What can you do to Help Prevent Cyberbullying?
Taking some smart precautions can help you stop cyberbullying before it
starts.
1. Educate yourself: To prevent cyberbullying from occurring you must
understand exactly what it is. Research what constitutes cyberbullying,
how and where it occurs, and talk with your friends about what they are
seeing and experiencing.
2. Protect your password: Safeguard your password and all private
information from inquisitive peers. You don't want to give bullies the
opportunity to post false/private/embarrassing information or pictures on
your social media pages or send them to the whole school through email.
3. Keep photos PG: Before sending a racy photo of yourself to a peer or
posting it online, consider if this is something you would want others to
see, especially your family. Bullies can use this picture as ammunition to
make your life miserable.

12. What can you do to Help Prevent Cyberbullying?
4. Pause before you post: Don't post anything that can compromise your
reputation. People will judge you based on how you appear to them
online, and like point 3, bullies can use it as fuel.
5. Raise awareness: Bring awareness to cyberbullying whether it be
through a movement, a club an event or campaign. Knowledge is
power.
6. Set up privacy controls: Restrict who can see your online profiles to
only trusted friends.
7. "Google" yourself: Every once in a while search our name on all major
search engines and see if any personal information or photos come up.
If you find something that can be used by cyberbullies to target you,
take action and have it removed.
8. Never open messages from people you don't know: Delete all
messages without reading them from people you don't know, as they
could contain viruses and infect your computer.

13. What can you do to Help Prevent Cyberbullying?
9. Don't be a cyberbully: remember the phrase your parents instilled in
you as a kid "treat other as you want to be treated". If you are mean
to others online, it reinforces the idea that kind of behavior is
acceptable.
10. Log out of your accounts on public computers: Similar to not sharing
your passwords, don't give anyone the slightest chance to pose as you
or to share false information. Also, by staying logged in, you run the
risk of the bully changing your password and locking you out for a
period of time.

14. If you are being
Cyberbullied, remember:

15. If you are being Cyberbullied, remember:
 Don't blame yourself. It is not your fault. No matter what a cyberbully
says or does, you should not be ashamed of who you are or what you feel.
The cyberbully is the person with the problem, not you.
 Try to view cyberbullying from a different perspective. The cyberbully
is an unhappy, frustrated person who wants to have control over your
feelings so that you feel as badly as they do. Don't give them the
satisfaction.
 Don't beat yourself up. Don't make a cyberbullying incident worse by
dwelling on it or reading the message over and over. Instead, delete any
cyberbullying messages and focus on positive experiences. There are
many wonderful things about you so be proud of who you are.

16. If you are being Cyberbullied, remember:
 Get help. Talk to a parent, teacher, or other trusted adult.
 Learn to deal with stress. Finding ways to relieve stress can make you
more resilient so you won't feel overwhelmed by cyberbullying. Exercise,
meditation, positive self-talk, and breathing exercises are all good ways to
manage the stress from cyberbullying.
 Spend time doing things you enjoy. The more time you spend with
activities that bring you pleasure - sports, hobbies, hanging out with
friends who don't participate in cyberbullying, for exemple - the less
significance cyberbullying will have on your life.

17. Respond to Cyberbullying
by:

18. Respond to Cyberbullying by:
 Saving the evidence of the cyberbullying, keep abusive text messages
or a screenshot of a webpage, for example, and then report them to a
trusted adult, such as a family member, teacher, or school counselor. If
you don't report incidents, the cyberbully will often become more
aggressive.
 Reporting threats and inappropriate sexual messages to the police. In
many cases, the cyberbully's actions can be prosecuted by law.
 Being relentless. Cyberbullying is rarely limited to one or two incidents.
It's far more likely to be a sustained attack on you over a period of time.
So, like the cyberbully, you may have to be relentless and keep reporting
each and every bullying incident until it stops. There is no reason for you
to ever put up with cyberbullying.

19. Respond to Cyberbullying by:
 Preventing communication from the cyberbully, by blocking their
email address, cell phone number, and deleting them from social media
contacts. Report their activities to their internet service provider (ISP) or
to any social media or other web sites they use to target you. The
cyberbully’s actions may constitute a violation of the website’s terms of
service or, depending on the laws in your area, may even warrant criminal
charges.

20. Contacts:
ct.cbr@gnr.pt
TEL: 239794300
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