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Cyber bullying

Cyber bullying. Types of cyber bullying. Sending mean messages or threats to a person's email account or cell phone Spreading rumors online or through texts Posting hurtful or threatening messages on social networking sites or web pages

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Cyber bullying

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  1. Cyber bullying

  2. Types of cyber bullying • Sending mean messages or threats to a person's email account or cell phone • Spreading rumors online or through texts • Posting hurtful or threatening messages on social networking sites or web pages • Stealing a person's account information to break into their account and send damaging messages • Pretending to be someone else online to hurt another person • Taking unflattering pictures of a person and spreading them through cell phones or the Internet • Sexting, or circulating sexually suggestive pictures or messages about a person

  3. stats • Around half of teens have been the victims of cyber bullying • Only 1 in 10 teens tells a parent if they have been a cyber bully victim • Fewer than 1 in 5 cyber bullying incidents are reported to law enforcement • 1 in 10 adolescents or teens have had embarrassing or damaging pictures taken of themselves without their permission, often using cell phone cameras • About 1 in 5 teens have posted or sent sexually suggestive or nude pictures of themselves to others • Girls are somewhat more likely than boys to be involved in cyber bullying

  4. What can be done to prevent cyber bullying at home • Keep friends list as updated as possible. • Have the parents supervise their childes internet usage. • Stop using the social networking site. • Have the public settings set as strictly as possible. • The parents have access to their childes email and social networking sites.

  5. How to prevent cyber bullying at school • Schools also need to better monitor the computer usage • Schools need to increase their computer security. (students know how to get around the current security systems that schools use)

  6. Why the government shouldn’t be involved • In the first amendment it says that the government can not make a law that takes away the freedom of speech. • To make cyber bullying illegal it would be very difficult to create a law that does not take away the first amendment of freedom of speech.

  7. Works cited • "Cyber Bullying Statistics - Bullying Statistics." Bullying Statistics - Teen Violence, Anger, Bullying, Treatment Options. The Harford County Examiner. Web. 25 Nov. 2011. <http://www.bullyingstatistics.org/content/cyber-bullying-statistics.html>.

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