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.

Effects of cyberbullying 

•  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

How To Stop Cyberbullying

• Encourage teens to report incidents of cyber bullying to an adult.
• Reassure the bullying victim that they are not at fault for these attacks against them.
• Encourage adolescents and teens to save cyber bullying messages as proof that the cyber bullying is occurring. 
• Since much of the cyber bullying attacks happen via cell phones, victims should start by changing their cell phone number and/or email addresses. 
• Cyberbullying statistics  indicate that many instances involve the bully impersonating someone else. Therefore, encourage young people not to send information or photos via text  they wouldn’t want shared publicly.

To make you understand how important to raise awareness about this topic, here are some statics regarding the issue in 2014.

Hope you all have wonderful day :)

Sources:
http://www.stopbullying.gov/cyberbullying/what-is-it/