Modern Ghana (press release) (blog)
Social Media And Its Negatives
Modern Ghana (press release) (blog)
The first negative effect of social media I want to bring your attention to is cyberbullying. Before the introduction of social media, bullying was something only done face-to-face. However, now, someone can be bullied online anonymously. Today ...

Cyber Bullies Should Not Be Allowed To Use The Freedom Card To Attack Innocent People With Impunity
Fiji Sun Online
Parliament recently passed the Online Safety Act. It is a commitment to ensure harmful online behaviour such as cyber bullying, cyber stalking, internet trolling and exposure to offensive or harmful content, particularly in respect of children was clamped.

Opelika Auburn News
School bullying: Local educators get new help in protecting school children
Opelika Auburn News
The act amends the Code of Alabama to include language that specifically mentions “cyberbullying,” or using an electronic means to bully or harass, and acknowledges that bullying and intimidation can occur “on or off school property, online, or ...

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CNN
Leslie Jones has some advice for victims of cyberbullying - CNN
CNN
"Saturday Night Live" comedian Leslie Jones has a message for anyone who has found themselves a victim of online bullying: "Block the evil."
Comedian Leslie Jones has some advice for victims of cyberbullyingWFMZ Allentown

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Gaston Gazette
Church to host sexting and cyberbullying workshop
Gaston Gazette
Recognizing that sexting and cyberbullying pose a threat to young people across the region, Gastonia's Friendship Christian Church plans a seminar focusing on internet safety for both young people and their parents. “It is a problem that we are ...

pandaily.com
Kris Wu Raps Against Cyber Bullying
pandaily.com
Kris Wu's fanbase became the laughing stock of professional sports fans. Even by the low standards of Internet drama, this debacle sounds decidedly third-rate. Cyber bullies. From what I see, Wu was a victim of cyber bullying, and it even spread to his ...

Summit Daily News
Knopf: Standing up to bullies (column)
Summit Daily News
Today bullying can be ubiquitous. The internet and cellphones bring bullying home with the victim, so there is no escape. Tulane University reports girls are twice as likely to be cyberbullied. And unlike face to face bullying, cyberbullying is seven ...

Canada: The New Age Of Cyberbullying
Mondaq News Alerts
To balance these interests, some social media companies have bullying policies and make tools available to users to report and block inappropriate content. Aside from social media ... Given the growing rate of cyberbullying that occurs on online forums ...

Devdiscourse
National consultation on creating digital safe spaces for youth in India
Devdiscourse
A study by tech giant Microsoft in 2012 found that 43 percent of tweens and teens in India have experienced online bullying while 52 percent have bullied people on social media. Women, more specifically, are vulnerable to deliberate online ... "With 35 ...

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The News
Fareham Voices: We must protect our communities from cyberbullying
The News
We have many Facebook sites for Fareham including Fareham Aware and Voice for Portchester to name a couple but even at adult level these places can be just the environment for the cyberbully. People who do this in my view must be made to pay a higher ...

The News
We must protect our communities from cyberbullying
The News
They are cowards and enjoy to inflict pain without being seen and I expect if you ask any professional person they will tell you that the these people have many other issues, also with cyber bullies you tend to find they have no back up i.e. there is ...

The Inquisitr
Melania Trump's Back To School #BeBest Tweet Backfires
The Inquisitr
And for Mrs. Trump, who has made reducing childhood cyberbullying a focus of her term as First Lady, figured that now would be as good a time as ever to promote her cause. ... Stop them online bullying, lying, boasting, disrespecting, scolding ...
Melania Trump's Back To School Tweet About "Be Best" Totally BackfiredElite Daily
Every Time Melania Trump Seemed to Publicly Contradict Her HusbandGlamour

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Putnam Review Editorial: Internet surfing safety tips
Charleston Gazette-Mail
Bullying someone in person or online is hurtful, cruel and unnecessary. Harmful texting, emailing and rude or hurtful messages on Instagram or Facebook are all forms of cyberbullying and should never occur. If you or someone you know is being bullied ...

Human dignity statement is a good start, but not enough
EMS1.com
There have always been bullies, and there always will be, but the anonymity of an Internet connection seems to empower the cowardly and mean-spirited among us. Things people would hesitate to say in person, they type with impunity on a keyboard.

Pakistan Today
VIDEO: After seven years, 'Inqilabi burger' famed Zohaib Toru talks about cyberbullying
Pakistan Today
Talking about the cyberbullying, he said: “I feel there were several instances of online bullying about which people did not talk and as I have faced it so I think I am qualified to talk about it,” he asserted. “Cyberbullying kills humanity and empathy ...

K2 Radio
Cyber Investigator Urges Casper Women To Resist Net Stalkers
K2 Radio
Then there are the invisible Big People you don't know who may be watching such as jealous exes, physical and sexual abusers, those out for revenge porn, those grooming potential victims of child pornography, and cyber bullies among others. "Let's say ...

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nwitimes.com
GUEST COMMENTARY: Fake news, fake pharmacies — what's next?
nwitimes.com
Every week brings new details of the negative externalities of social media and e-commerce websites. But fake bots aren't the only wrongdoers trying to find anonymous hiding places online to harm Americans. With deadlier consequences than election ...

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WashingtonExec
High School Group Writes on Being 'Cyber Smart'
WashingtonExec
... security, cyberbullying, safe online shopping, phishing, scamming, security issues around internet of things, and related topics. The book also points readers to additional resources, such as cyberbullying.org/report, where users can report ...

The Sun
As the internet takes over our lives, self-harm is a cry for real-life human attention
The Sun
SELF-HARM rates among teenage girls have doubled in the past 20 years – and social media may well be to blame. The number of hospital admissions for girls jumped from 7,327 in 1997 to 13,463 last year. Those being treated for an attempted overdose ...

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wpde.com
Being hands-on when your child is bullied at school, online
wpde.com
He said there are certain signs to look for when it comes to cyber-bullying. "You can recognize it by noticing with-drawl a sense of shame from the kid," Conn said. "They pull back, they're more interested in what's happening on the internet." Conn ...