How to stay safe online and avoid cyberbullying [Independent.ie]
- Published: 17 August 2009
Cyberbullying is one of the sinister new offshoots of the age we live in where bullies use technology, such as mobiles and the internet, to harass other people. It can take many forms:
- Texting threatening or nasty messages to people.
- 'Happy slapping', which is when people use their mobiles to film and share videos of physical attacks.
- Posting an embarrassing or humiliating video of someone on a site such as YouTube.
- Setting up profiles on social networking sites to make fun of someone, or excluding people on social networking sites.
- Stealing someone's identity by hacking into their account.
