Cyber bullying

Cyber bullying is the use of technology to bully a person or group. bullying is repeated behavior by an individual or group with the intent to harm another person or group. cyber bullying can involve social, psychological and even, in extreme cases, physical harm.

Young people can cyberbully other young people through abusive texts and emails, hurtful messages, images or videos, imitating others online, excluding others online or through nasty online gossip and chat. It can cause shame, guilt, fear, withdrawal, loneliness and depression. Because children and young people are often online it can be hard for them to escape cyber bullying.

Nasty messages, videos and gossip can spread fast online and are hard to delete. Sometimes the attackers can be anonymous and hard to stop. This can make it harder for adults to see and manage.

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