Bullying and Cyberbullying
Bullying
Bullying is a form of aggressive behaviour where someone intentionally causes harm or discomfort to another person. It can take various forms:
Physical bullying: Involves hitting, kicking, pushing, or other physical actions intended to hurt someone.
Verbal bullying: Includes name-calling, teasing, threatening, or making hurtful comments.
Social bullying: Also known as relational bullying, this involves spreading rumors, excluding someone from a group, or manipulating relationships to hurt someone.
Psychological bullying: Involves actions that impact someone’s mental health and emotional well-being, such as intimidation, harassment, or manipulation.
Cyberbullying
Cyberbullying is bullying that takes place over digital devices like computers, smartphones, and tablets. It can happen through text messages, social media, forums, or any other online platforms. Forms of cyberbullying include:
Harassment: Repeatedly sending offensive, rude, or insulting messages to someone.
Doxxing: Publishing private or personal information about someone without their consent.
Impersonation: Pretending to be someone else online to cause harm or spread false information.
Outing: Sharing someone’s private information, secrets, or embarrassing photos or videos without their permission.
Cyberstalking: Using the internet to stalk, harass, or intimidate someone persistently.
Both bullying and cyberbullying can have severe and lasting effects on victims, including anxiety, depression, and other mental health issues. It’s important to recognise the signs and take action to prevent and address these harmful behaviours.
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Roblox’s New Age Verification: A Step Towards Online Safety
The Online Safety Bill aims to enhance online security for children and adults, especially from online predators and scammers. Platforms like Roblox are implementing age verification measures, such as facial analysis, to ensure safer interactions among users. This represents a significant shift towards improved online safety across digital platforms.
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Internet Watch Foundation Awareness Campaign
The Internet Watch Foundation has launched the “Think Before You Share” campaign to educate young people on the risks of sharing nudes online. This free resource aids professionals in safeguarding children by offering engaging materials and practical advice. The initiative aims to expand its reach across Cambridgeshire, encouraging wider participation.
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Understanding the Risks of Sharing Intimate Images
Advice for Dealing with Nudes – Think Before You Share School aged males and females are engaged in sharing intimate materials. This is a byproduct of the internet age. Educational professionals have a strong role to play in keeping children safe online, and making sure they’re aware of the associated dangers. However, speaking to secondary
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Defamation Explained
Defamation involves making false statements that harm an individual’s reputation, often shared publicly online. It includes libel (written) and slander (spoken) forms, leading to emotional distress, professional consequences, and social isolation for victims. Prevention requires fact-checking, legal action, and promoting responsible online behavior.
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Doxxing Explained
Doxxing, short for “dropping dox” (documents), is the act of publicly exposing someone’s private information without their consent. Doxxing What it entails: Private Information: Personal data like addresses, phone numbers, emails, social security numbers, or other sensitive details. Public Sharing: The information is shared on public platforms like social media, forums, or any accessible website.
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Harassment
Online harassment manifests as persistent unwanted communication, threatening messages, spreading rumours, and sending offensive content. This behavior severely affects individuals’ mental health and well-being. Recognising harassment is crucial, and seeking help from support systems, trusted friends, family, or professionals can provide relief and strategies to cope with such distressing experiences.
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Defining Online Abuse
Online abuse, or cyberbullying, involves using digital platforms to harm others through harassment, defamation, doxxing, trolling, exclusion, impersonation, threats, shaming, and non-consensual sharing of intimate images. Its serious emotional effects include anxiety and depression, emphasizing the need for recognition, support, and intervention for victims.
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