Menstuff® has information on Cyberbullying.
Why Do Kids Bully Each Other
Online?
Where Do You Report It?
What Can You Do To Stop It?
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you ever been Cyberbullied? 
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Why Do Kids Bully Each Other Online?
Each type of netbully requires a different approach. They ways we can stop and prevent them are different. And our educational campaigns have to cover all different motiviations to be effective. And the approach to helping the victim differs depending on why they have been bullied. While all victims need support and caring and understanding, there is a difference between the victim merely being in the wrong cyberplace at the wrong time and being the intended victim of a dangerous multi-pronged campaign of harassment and terror. The educational and prevention programs need to consider these differences as well.
There is no easy answer about where you should report bullying online. It depends on a number of circumstances, like the kind of communications, the level of harassment and when and how the communications are made.
Schools may try and take action when a student is bullied online. But they often find themselves defending an expensive lawsuit brought by the irate parent of the bully charging them with overstepping their authority. Schools have limited authority to address actions that take place outside of school grounds and off-hours unless it is a school-sponsored activity. Since most netbullying occurs from the bully's home computer after school, it may be outside fo the scope of a school's authority.
Unless the school plans carefully in advance and builds their authority into their acceptable use contracts, they may not be authorized to act.
Law enforcement is typically unprepared to deal with cyberharassment cases, specially when children are involved. They may be unable to conduct a cyber-investigation, and may not be able to find a crime to hang their hat on. While many cases of bullying online may be illegal, especially when hacking and death threats are involved, much of what occurs is not a crime.
ISPs are often the best place to start, after the bully's parents have been contacted, or if the victim doesn't know for sure the identity fo their bully. Most netbullying violates the ISPs terms of service. And if the case is recorded and reported correctly, the ISP may shut down the netbully's account.
What should a young person do if they are bullied online or by text-messaging or interactive gaming devices? At what point should they tell a parent, ignore the bully (blocking them from further communications) or get the police involved? When can a school take action and what can it do in advance to give it greater authority when the actions bullying the student take place online and off of school grounds?
How do we help prevent the escalation of a bullying situation online? How do we spot the bullying websites early enough to prevent serious damage to the victim and potential bodily harm? What are the laws and what should they be? How can we get the ISP's help? And what can we do to shutdown a bullying message board, profile, guestbook or website?
I'll address these and other questions about bullying online here
at Net
Bullies.com
and at InternetSuperHeroes.org
.
And if you need help, feel free to reach out to our help volunteers
at WiredSafety.org. We are the world's largest Internet safety and
help group, comprised entirely of unpaid volunteers from around the
world. We're here if you need us. To reach me, send me an e-mail to
E-Mail.
Source: www.netbullies.com/pages/1/index.htm
Parenting Online: http://www.wiredkids.org/parents/parentingonline/index.html
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