Cyberbullying

WHAT IS CYBERBULLYING? Cyberbullying is bullying with the use of digital technologies. It can take place on social media, messaging platforms, gaming platforms and mobile phones. It is repeated behavior, aimed at scaring, angering or shaming those who are targeted. Examples include: · spreading lies about or posting embarrassing photos or videos of someone on social media · sending hurtful, abusive or threatening messages, images or videos via messaging platforms · impersonating someone and sending mean messages to others on their behalf or through fake accounts. Face-to-face bullying and cyberbullying can often happen alongside each other. But cyberbullying leaves a digital footprint – a record that can prove useful and provide evidence to help stop the abuse.

TYPES OF CYBERBULLYING 1. Exclusion Exclusion is the act of leaving someone out deliberately. Exclusion exists with in-person bullying situations, but is also used online to target and bully a victim. For example, your child might be excluded/uninvited to groups or parties while they see other friends being included, or left out of message threads or conversations that involve mutual friends. 2. Harassment Harassment is a broad category under which many types of cyberbullying fall into, but it generally refers to a sustained and constant pattern of hurtful or threatening online messages sent with the intention of doing harm to someone. 3. Outing/Doxing Outing, also known as doxing, refers to the act of openly revealing sensitive or personal information about someone without their consent for purposes of embarrassing or humiliating them. This can range from the spreading of personal photos or documents of public figures to sharing an individual’s saved personal messages in an online private group. The key is the lack of consent from the victim. 4. Trickery Trickery is similar to outing, with an added element of deception. In these situations, the bully will befriend their target and lull them into a false sense of security. Once the bully has gained their target’s trust, they abuse that trust and share the victim’s secrets and private information to a third party or multiple third parties. 5. Cyberstalking Cyberstalking is a particularly serious form of cyberbullying that can extend to threats of physical harm to the child being targeted. It can include monitoring, false accusations, threats, and is often accompanied by offline stalking. It is a criminal offense and can result in a restraining order, probation, and even jail time for the perpetrator. 6. Dissing Dissing refers to the act of a bully spreading cruel information about their target through public posts or private messages to either ruin their reputation or relationships with other people. In these situations, the bully tends to have a personal relationship with the victim, either as an acquaintance or as a friend.

7.Fake Profiles Fake profiles can be created in order for a person to hide their real identity with the intention of cyberbullying your child. The cyberbully might also use someone else’s email or mobile phone to cyberbully them. This would make it appear as if someone else has sent the threats. The cyberbully is afraid in case their identity is revealed, therefore they choose to use fake accounts. This usually means that the cyberbully is someone that your child knows very well, because if they didn’t know them, the perpetrator wouldn’t have to hide their identity.. 8. Flaming This type of online bullying constitutes of posting about or directly sending insults and profanity to their target. Flaming is similar to trolling, but will usually be a more direct attack on a victim to incite them into online fights. 9. Trolling Tolling is the deliberate act of provoking a response through the use of insults or bad language on online forums and social networking sites. The troll will personally attack your child and put them down. Their main aim is to make them angry enough to act in the same way. Trolls spend their time looking for vulnerable people to put down. Usually they are looking to make themselves feel good by making others feel bad. 10. Catfishing Catfishing is when another person steals your child’s online identity, usually photos, and re-creates social networking profiles for deceptive purposes. A catfish is someone who wants to hide who they are. They will look at your child’s social networking profile and take any information they want to create a fake persona. Sometimes they will only take your child’s photos and use fake names and information; at other times they could take their name and personal information. It can be hard to understand why a catfish does this but it is important to know that they are potentially damaging your child’s online reputation. 1st group: · Daria Maria · Gamze CCMTAL · Berfin AADAL · Bianca Nicoleta · Pleantă Ilinca Sânziana

HOW IS CYBERBULLYING DIFFERENT FROM OTHER FORMS OF BULLYING 1. Anonymity: How the Internet Protects the Bully The biggest difference between cyber bullying and traditional bullying is the fact that the Internet actually gives the offender an extra degree of protection. Because when you’re on the Internet, bullies can harass and attack their targets anonymously. 2. Cyber Bullying Can Happen Anywhere, Anytime Another difference between cyber bullying and traditional bullying is that cyber bullying can happen anywhere. As long as someone has access to the Internet, a bully can harass someone and a victim can find an offensive comment about them. There is literally nowhere to hide if you are a victim of bullying. 3. Cyber Bullying Incidents Can Go Viral One of the other key differences between cyber bullying and traditional bullying is the fact that things can be shared easily. While most traditional bullying takes place in front of a relatively small number of witnesses, cyberbullying plays out in front of anyone who has access to the Internet and comes across a cyber bully’s post. 4. There Is a Lot Less Remorse in the Online World Because cyber bullies don’t have face-to-face encounters with their victim, they are also less likely to feel guilty for what they do. In other words, they do not know how their words or actions actually affect someone else online. And the Most Important Difference between Cyber Bullying and Traditional Bullying 5.Saving the Evidence Although some differences between cyber bullying and traditional bullying may pose threats about whether we should use social media, organizations have now made it easier for people to document cyber bullying incidents and report them to the proper authorities.

WHY DO PEOPLE CYBERBULLY? Cyberbullying happens for many of the same reasons as any other type of bullying, but may be even more appealing because it can be done anonymously. · Popular kids or teens may bully because: They see it as a way to stay popular. Hurting other makes them feel powerful. · Kids or teens who are less socially successful may bully because: It helps them cope with their own low self-esteem. They think it will help them fit in their peers. They have trouble empathizing with those they hurt. 2nd group: · Yaprak Nas CCMTAL · Asya Ozan · Delia Maria · Ali KAL-2 · Predoană Miruna Ștefania · Maria Theodora

ONLINE GAMING AND CYBER BULLYING With 70% of youth under the age of 18 playing, videogames are pretty popular especially among teenagers. While some games are single-player, the others are multi-player. Multi- player games allow users to play with the people they know in real life and people they met online. While online games have the potential for positive benefits such as enhancing the players’ problem solving and strategizing skills, they have risks as well. And this includes cyber bullying. If someone is not playing well in a game, the others can curse or say mean things to them which can turn into bullying. The fact that players are anonymous in videogames makes it more difficult to hold them accountable when they use the game as a tool of harassment and bully others. Some people can even get their personal information and maket hem available online using a tactic called “doxing.” This can not only make the child a target, but their family too. But of course, cyber bullying in online gaming does not only happen to children. According to a 2017 study by non-partisan think tank the “Pew Research Centre”, 40% of American adults have experienced some form of online harassment. Although cyber bullying can happen to anyone at any age, the victims are mostly minors.

PREVENT CYBERBULLYING FOR GAMERS Gaming can be a fun, safe and positive environment for all. Parents can help prevent cyberbullying of their children who play video games by: • Playing the game with your child or observing the game to understand how it works and what a child is exposed to in the game. • Checking in periodically with your child about who is online, playing the game with them. • Knowing which gaming communities, and social media, and apps your child uses while gaming and their security risks which you can research online. • Helping your child set the privacy and security settings for their games and apps. • Teaching children about safe digital behavior, including not clicking on links from strangers; not downloading bots (software for automated tasks) or clicking on links in gaming forums; not sharing personal information like emails, phone numbers, addresses, and passwords; not participating in bullying behavior of other players; and what to do if they observe or experience cyberbullying.

• Establishing rules about how much time a child can spend playing video games. • Keeping an open line of communication about your child’s digital life. • There are things that gamers can do if they are experiencing cyberbullying or see it happen to others while gaming: • Tell the player who is bullying to stop. • Block the player who is bullying from the game and de-friend them on social media and in gaming communities. • Report the player who is bullying to the game group, team, platform, community, or developers. • Take a break from playing the game. • Tell a parent or trusted adult and get some support. 3rd group: · Burak CCMTAL · Buși Karina Maria · Uğur AADAL · Moga Irina Ioana · Mariam KAL-2 · Bilge KAL-1

THE EFFECTS OF CYBERBULLYING ON YOUTH As the world becomes more connected through social media and other forms of electronic communication, the opportunity to connect and help others has grown. There’s another side to this connectedness, however. Approximately 36.5% of teens and over 40% of adults report they have been victimized by cyberbullying at least once in their lifetime. Cyberbullying is mean or aggressive behavior, similar to real-life bullying, that happens through electronic means. It can happen anywhere people communicate, such as on social media websites, in emails, or through messaging apps and text messages. It is more common among adolescents and young adults; although, there are many documented cases of adults engaging in cyberbullying behavior. The definition of cyberbullying is not limited to anyone of a particular age, race, or gender. Cyberbullying often has emotional, mental, behavioral and physical effects on young people. For example, anger, depression, self-confidence,stress,academic success, risky sex life, irregular eating habits, sleep disorders, using drugs and alcohol,suicidal thoughts and self harm.

EMOTIONAL, MENTAL, BEHAVIORAL, AND PHYSICAL EFFECTS OF CYBERBULLYING -A drop in social behavior — avoiding friends or social events 4th group: -Isolating his or herself in their room more than usual Grădinaru Alexia-Ștefania -Becoming more quiet or withdrawn -Finding it hard to concentrate on schoolwork · Ece CCMTAL -Grades dropping · Şevval PTFL -Losing interest in activities that they normally enjoy · Eylül KAL-1 -Skipping school or expressing a desire to skip school · Dima Alexia Teodora -Appearing angry when looking at their phone, tablet, or computer -Hiding their phone or computer screen from view · Emanuel -Avoiding using their phone -Using drugs or alcohol -Expressing dark thoughts or emotions -Talking about suicide ·

HOW CAN WE PREVENT CYBERBULLYING? We can search for measures we can take to keep safe on the net. First of all, we should use the privacy and security settings on social network sites so that strangers can't see our personal information. Internet is public so we should think before we post something. If we can't say anything to one's face, we shouldn't do it on the net where there are lots of strangers. We shouldn't give lots of personal information about ourselves. If someone asks about our address, phone number, birth date, school, credit card number, we should be curious about him or her. We should log off public computers and keep our phones locked in a group setting. We shouldn't reply to disturbing messages or emails. If there is someone rude in a conversation we are in, we should leave there immediately. We shouldn't open messages or emails coming from strangers. Some tips for social media accounts: -Facebook/Instagram: You can opt to ignore all messages from a bully or use our Restrict tool to discreetly protect your account without that person being notified. You can moderate comments on your own posts. You can modify your settings so that only people you follow can send you a direct message. And on Instagram, we send you a notification you’re about to post something that might cross the line, encouraging you to reconsider. -Twitter: Mute - removing an account's Tweets from your timeline without unfollowing or blocking that account Block - restricting specific accounts from contacting you, seeing your Tweets, and following you Report - filing a report about abusive behaviou

HOW TO REPORT CYBERBULLYING 1 - Send a message telling the bully to stop. Make sure that the bully knows that what they have done is not appropriate. This probably won’t stop the bullying, but it will help you make your case to the authorities. Make sure to save the message. · Keep your message simple and direct. Write, \"Please do not contact me again. I will report any emails, texts, calls, messages, or posts from you.\" · Avoid profanity, name calling, or using all caps. 2 - End communication with the bully after telling them to stop. Even if you’ve asked the bully to stop, you might continue to receive messages. It’s normal to be tempted to respond and stick up for yourself, but don’t. It might take some will power, but you should refuse to engage. · Put down your phone or walk away from your computer. Take a walk around the block to cool off, if you need to. 3 - Block the bully. Change the settings on your Email, cell phone, and social media accounts so that the bully can’t contact you. This will make it harder for the bully to contact you. If they still find a way to reach you, you’ll know that it is definitely time to talk to the authorities. 4 - Make copies of contacts from the bully. Do not delete messages or posts in hopes that the bullying will just stop. Instead, collect the evidence to use when you make a report to the authorities. If you have a printer, make copies of all emails, messages, and posts. · Take screenshots of all electronic communications from the bully. Save them in a file on your computer or phone. 5th group: · Bureța Ana-Maria · Ayşenur KAL-1 · Olariu Stefan · Bianca Estefania · Belinay PTFL

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