The document discusses cyberbullying and proposes strategies to address it. It defines cyberbullying, explores its methods and prevalence, and examines high-profile cases. It then outlines a multi-pronged approach involving education of parents, children and the community; social media campaigns; and pushing for new laws against cyberbullying anonymity and accountability. The goal is to create broad awareness and organize efforts to ultimately stop and prevent cyberbullying.
2. What?
When a child, preteen or teen is tormented by another child, preteen or
teen using the Internet, interactive and digital technologies or mobile
phones. It has to have a minor on both sides, or at least have been
instigated by a minor against another minor.
How?
The methods used are limited only by the child's imagination and access to
technology (Social networks, phones, chats…)
www.stopcyberbultying.org
3. Criminal case upon which Lori Drew was
convicted of Computer Fraud and Abuse over
the cyber-bullying of 13 year old Megan Meier.
Drew, a 49 year old woman living in Missouri,
created a fake myspace account with the alias
name Josh Evans to befriend Megan Meier
“Evans” and Meier began a flirtatious
relationship that turned sour fast
Megan Meier hung herself because of the
remarks made by “Evans”
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=3882520&page=1
4. 20% had someone pretend to 45% of all teens have
be someone else in order to
trick them into revealing been cyberbullied in
personal information
17% were victimized by the past year alone
someone lying about them
online
13% learned that a
cyberbully was pretending to
be them while
communicating with
someone else
10% were victimized by
someone else posting
unflattering pictures of them
without permission
www.ncpc.org
6. Parents
Children
Community
Facebook/social media users
7. Bring awareness to cyberbullying
Ways you can be bullied
Educate parents and children on cyberbulling
Get the community involved
Ultimately stop and prevent cyberbullying
8. Facebook‟s marketing director Randi
Zuckerberg says the best way to end
cyberbullying is to not allow anonymous or
spam accounts
“people hide behind anonymity and feel like
they can say whatever they want behind closed
doors”
Eric Schmidt, former Google CEO has made
this suggestion in the past and predictes
“govenments will eventually „demand‟ that
people use their names for all online activity”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/2011/07/27/ra
ndi-zuckerberg-anonymity-online_n_910892.html
9. Start a anti cyberbullying campaign
School involvement
Special events
Public speakers and personal testimonies
Pledging to not bully
PSA involvement
VNR for local television stations
ANR for local pop radio stations
Advertisement on Facebook
You tube video
10. E-mails,
Instant messaging,
Text or digital imaging messages sent on cell
phones,
Web pages
Web logs (blogs), Chat rooms or discussion
groups
Social Networking sites
11. Place a permanent ad on Facebook raising cyberbullying awareness and
prevention
12. Tactics:
ADULTS CHILDREN
Brochures sent through Pledges to not
mail cyberbully
Campaign literature Information on how to
Local community prevent cyberbullying
meetings Q&A on how to handle
Online video on how to cyber bullying
handle cyberbullying interactive games and
Learn how to report activities for anti
cyberbullying cyberbullying online
13. With the communities help we can create
enough awareness to eventually stop cyber
bullying
Together we can decrease the statistics of cyber
bullying
Cyber bullying is too big of an issue to handle
alone
Make official laws against cyberbullying
14. Join local PTA‟s
Write letters to lawmakers
Flag cyberbullying on social media sites
Join movements/organizations
http://www.socialsafety.org/law_enforcement_cyberbullying.html
15.
16. Educate social media
users on how to recognize,
handle, and prevent
cyberbullying
Show people the effects of
cyberbullying
Inform people on how to
report or go to higher
authority if needed
Get people involved in the
anti cyberbullying
movement
No more anonymity
Get laws passed making
cyberbullying illegal