Cyberbullying

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[|About cyberbullying]
what cyberbullying is, how it works and how to understand and deal with cyberbullies...

[|Cyberbullying]
bullies are using the internet to annomously harass and intimidate young people away from the watchful eyes of adults.

[|Stories about]
provides videos of people being cyberbullied and people regretting that they cyberbullied and much more.

[|Cyberbullying]
provides cyberbulling statistics,downloads, stories, cases, research, strategies, and solutions.

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 * 10 Things To Do      ||
 * **//1//**        **//. Do not assume a threatening message will amount to nothing.

2. Save and print any threatening Email, IM, text, webpage. (Copy / Paste always works.)

3. Try to identify the cyber bully (This may involve contacting your ISP or detective work.)

4. Tell the Cyber bully to stop.//**

**//   5. Contact the cyber bully’s parents. 6. Respond to the cyber bully as an authority figure. " I am Xavier's mother. I have saved this message and information about it. If this number is used again in this way I will prosecute." 7. Block or filter the sender. (Changing email address or IM may be necessary.)    //**

**//   8. Leave the online area, stop the activity (close out Internet, gaming, IM, Chat session, Log off. Don't return to that chat room.)

9. If the message includeds physical threats, contact the police.

10. Tell a parent or trusted adult. 11. Look out for your friends. Sometimes a threat will be indirectly given to a person through a friend or third party. //**          ||