Online Responsibility

Preventing Cyberbullying & Safety from Online Predators

Bullying vs. Cyberbullying

Bullying At school or in public only In person Smaller audience You know the bully Small group of participants

CyberbullyingContinues at home From a distance Large audienceCan be anonymousMany participants

What is Cyberbullying?

The use of electronic communication to harass, threaten or intimidate.

Difficult to track and difficult to stop.Can include threats, insults, racial slurs, LGBTQ shaming,

unauthorized access (hacking), disruption or denial of service

Question

Why do you think cyberbullying might be worse than bullying?

Electronic Communication

Text MessagesEmail Facebook Twitter Instagram TumblrSnapchat

VineKikYik YakWhatsAppOmegleYoWanelo

OoovooViberPheedQooh.meWhisperAsk.fm imgur

Question

What are some examples of electronic communication that you use?

Types of Cyberbullying

FlamingHarassmentDenigrationImpersonation

Outing and Trickery

ExclusionCyberstalking

Flaming & Harassment

Flaming online fights with angry and vulgar language

HARASSMENT repeated offensive, rude or insulting messages

Denigration & Impersonation

Denigration spreading cruel gossip or rumors, turning real people into memes

Impersonation “catfishing” or hacking to pretend to be someone else

Outing/Trickery & Exclusion

Outing/Trickery sharing a secret or tricking someone into sharing a secret

Exclusion intentionally excluding someone from an online group

Cyberstalking

Any repeated online activity that makes someone feel unsafe. Such as crossing platforms, contacting from multiple accounts, circumventing blocks, ignoring requests to cease communication, etc.

Question

Can you give some examples of the different types of cyberbullying?

Why do we cyberbully?

AttentionRetaliationEntertainment

VengeanceCarelessnessSheeple

Question

If you have participated in the past, what are the reasons you may have cyberbullied?

Impact of Cyberbullying

Lower gradesPoor sleepLower quality of lifeTroubled relationshipsSelf medicating

Lashing outPsychological issuesSuicide

Question

How has cyberbullying impacted your life or the lives of your friends?

What can YOU do?

Teachers and parents aren’t enough.You are the only one that can make a

difference.We need one another, we are part of a

community.

Target of Cyberbullying

1. Tell them to stop.2. Ignore, block or delete.3. Save evidence.4. Seek support from friends and family.5. Contact parents, school or police.

Witness to Cyberbullying

1. Be courageous

2. Be supportive

3. Be a leader

Courage

“In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of

our friends.”

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Remember

Cyberbullying is a crime, you can go to jail for it.Suicide is permanent.School is temporary.What kind of community do you want to create?What kind of community do you deserve to live in?

Safety from Online Predators

Protect your informationMonitor your friends listAssume every stranger is not who they claim to beConfirm communication by voice

Protect Your Information

First name only public profiles Region only public profilesAvoid unique identifiers public postsUnderstand privacy settingsNo public posts tied to private information

Question

Give some examples of public, public and private, and private online communications.

Monitor Your Friends List

Never assume you know someone.Mutual friends aren’t proof.If you aren’t sure, don’t add.

You Can Be Anyone You Want Online

So can they.

Confirm Communication by Voice

Hackers can gain access to your friends accounts.Don’t trust any purely online message for

meetings, appointments, personal information or important data.

Questions

Any questions?