Talk:Cyberbullying/Archive 1

Modified Cyber bullying Article
We have enjoyed the discussion regarding this article and are glad that there is interest in this topic and in developing a coherent and informative explanation of cyberbullying for everyone to reference. We will post our contribution here for discussion; once refined it can be moved to the main article page. We have edited some statements that have not been supported in the research that we are familiar with. We have included findings from our most recent research that is in review in academic journals. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.

Non-notable educator 21:54, 11 October 2005 (UTC) (assisted by the colleague with a little more notability) history here

Since no one has commented - I am moving it over to the main article Non-notable educator 20:55, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

Cyber bullying
Cyber bullying (cyberbullying, cyber-bullying, online bullying) is the use of electronic information and communication devices such as e-mail, instant messaging, text messages, mobile phones, pagers and defamatory websites to bully or otherwise harass an individual or group through personal attacks or other means. Quite simply, cyber bullying is willful and repeated harm inflicted through the medium of electonic text. Like bullying, cyber bullying involves recurring harm and can be distinguished from peer harassment as a subsent of aggressive behavior because bullying represents a pattern of behavior committed over a period of time.

Examples of Cyber bullying
One of the more recognized occurrences of cyber bullying occured when Eric Harris, one of the killers in the Columbine High School massacre, put up a web site where he discussed murdering his fellow students, although no action was taken against Harris by the authorities at the time. Another notable example was the Star Wars kid whose classmates uploaded illegally obtained video footage of him posing as the Star Wars character Darth Maul onto Kazaa in 2002. The footage was downloaded extensively and modified causing the subject extensive embarrassment resulting in treatment in a psychiatric hospital.

People Magazine (March 21, 2005) reported on a case involving a 13 year old young man who committed suicide as a result of cyber bullying. Classmates had been taunting and teasing him about his size via instant messages for about a month.

Issues Specific to Cyberbullying
Certain characteristics inherent in these technologies increase the likelihood that they will be exploited for deviant purposes. Personal computers offer several advantages to individuals inclined to harass others. First, electronic bullies can remain “virtually” anonymous. Temporary email accounts and pseudonyms in chat rooms, instant messaging programs, and other Internet venues can make it very difficult for individuals to determine the identity of aggressors. Cyberbullies can hide behind some measure of anonymity when using the text-message capabilities of a cellular phone or their personal computer to bully another individual, which perhaps frees them from normative and social constraints on their behavior. Further, it seems that cyberbullies might be emboldened when using electronic means to carry out their antagonistic agenda because it takes less energy and courage to express hurtful comments using a keypad or a keyboard than with one’s voice.

Second, supervision is lacking in cyberspace. While chat hosts regularly observe the dialog in some chat rooms in an effort to police conversations and evict offensive individuals, personal messages sent between users are viewable only by the sender and the recipient, and therefore outside the regulatory reach of the proper authorities. Furthermore, there are no individuals to monitor or censor offensive content in electronic mail or text messages sent via computer or cellular phone. Another problem is the increasingly common presence of computers in the private environments of adolescent bedrooms. Indeed, teenagers often know more about computers and cellular phones than their parents and are therefore able to operate the technologies without worry or concern that a probing parent will discover their experience with bullying (whether as a victim or offender).

In a similar vein, the inseparability of a cellular phone from its owner makes that person a perpetual target for victimization. Users often need to keep it turned on for legitimate uses, which provides the opportunity for those with malicious intentions to engage in persistent unwelcome behavior such as harassing telephone calls or threatening and insulting statements via the cellular phone’s text messaging capabilities. There may truly be “no rest for the weary” as cyberbullying penetrates the walls of a home, traditionally a place where victims could seek refuge.

Research
Hinduja and Patchin (In Review) completed a study in the summer of 2005 of approximately 1500 Internet-using adolescents and found that over one-third of youth reported being victimized online and over 16% of respondents admitted to cyber bullying others. While most of the instances of cyber bullying involved relatively minor behavior (40% were disprespected, 18% were called names), over 12% were physically threatened and about 5% were scared for their safety. Notably, less than 15% of victims told an adult about the incident.

According to a 2005 survey by the National Children's Home charity and Tesco Mobile of 770 youth between the ages of 11 and 19, 20% of respondents revealed that they had been bullied via electronic means. Almost three-fourths (73%) stated that they knew the bully, while 26% stated that the offender was a stranger. Another interesting finding was that 10% indicated that another person has taken a picture of them via a cellular phone camera, consequently making them feel uncomfortable, embarrassed, or threatened. Many youth are not comfortable telling an authority figure about their cyberbullying victimization; while 24% and 14% told a parent or teacher respectively, 28% did not tell anyone while 41% told a friend (National Children’s Home, 2005).

A 2004 survey by i-Safe America of 1,556 students from grades 4 to 8 found that 42% had been bullied online and 35% had been threatened. As well, 53% had said hurtful things to others online.

A survey by the Crimes Against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire in 2000 found that 6% of the young people in the survey had experienced some form of harassment including threats and negative rumours and two per cent had suffered distressing harassment. In the UK, a study in 2002 by NCH, a children's charity found that one in four students had been the victim of bullying online.

Preventing and Addressing Cyber-bullying
As with traditional bullying, there are efforts we can take to prevent its online variant. Parents must regularly monitor the activities their children are engaged in while online. They must also encourage an open dialog with their children regarding issues of safety and responsible Internet use. Teachers, too, must take care to supervise students as they use computers in the classrooms and should consider incorporating discussions of issues related to cybersafety in their curriculum when appropriate. School liaison officers and law enforcement officials must investigate all instances of harassment – including electronic bullying – and hold responsible parties accountable. In short, parents, teachers, law enforcement, and other community leaders must keep up with technological advances so that they are equipped with the tools and knowledge to identify and address this problem before significant victimization occurs.

There are other steps you can take to address cyber bullying. Always print and save any harassing messages you receive. Only give screen names to people you trust and change often if necessary. Children and teens should talk to parents or other adults about cybersafety issues. Anyone who is being threatened and feel as though their personal safety is in jeopardy should contact the proper authorities. There are ways that you can change the way people get bullied it will really help.

Further Readings

 * Berson, I. R., Berson, M. J., & Ferron, J. M. (2002).  Emerging risks of violence in the digital age: Lessons for educators from an online study of adolescent girls in the United States.  Journal of School Violence, 1(2), 51-71.


 * Patchin, J. W. & Hinduja, S. (In Press). Bullies move beyond the schoolyard: A preliminary look at cyberbullying.  Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice, forthcoming in 2006.


 * Hinduja, S. & Patchin, J. W. (In Review). Cyberbullying: A Preliminary Profile of Offending and Victimization.  Manuscript in review.


 * Keith, S. & Martin, M. E. (2005). Cyber-bullying: Creating a Culture of Respect in a Cyber World. Reclaiming Children & Youth, 13(4), 224-228.


 * National Children's Home. (2005).  Putting U in the picture.  Mobile Bullying Survey 2005.  [Online] Available: http://www.nch.org.uk/uploads/documents/Mobile_bullying_%20report.pdf, September 4, 2005.


 * Ybarra, M. L. & Mitchell, J. K. (2004). Online aggressor/targets, aggressors and targets: A comparison of associated youth characteristics. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 45, 1308-1316.

Article Expansion Plan
I suggest expanding this article from its current status by adding the following sections.


 * Research
 * Examples of Cyber bullying
 * Symptoms of Cyber bullying
 * Suggestions for combatting cyber bullying
 * By children and young people
 * By parents
 * By governments, schools and law enforcement

Other suggestions are welcome. I suggest working on sections here until such time as each section is ready to be moved across to the main article. Capitalistroadster 10:17, 7 October 2005 (UTC)


 * I like what you've done with this so far. I would maybe mention that cyber bullying happens among children and not just to children because I'm not sure that's quite clear. You also might want to include an example that seems more like the conventional idea of bullying. The example you use, even though it's cited in some of the news articles, to me isn't a great example and would be better included in a list of examples rather than as a sole example. I'll dig around some more and see if I can find some other information that will fit in well with the outline you've suggested which I totally agree with. Nice going. Jessamyn 23:42, 7 October 2005 (UTC)


 * Jessamyn,

Thanks for your advice. I have added the section on research. As for examples, I have some in mind notably the Star Wars kid which is perhaps a more typical example but I have printed off some academic journal articles outlining some examples. I would welcome your suggestions. Capitalistroadster 04:46, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

one word or two?
If one form is chosen cyberbullying vs, cyber bullying, it should remain constant throughout. I'd opt for the two word phrase and redirect the cyberbullying page to that. Jessamyn 02:51, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
 * The one word phrase seems more common - 68,400 Google hits vs. 53,700. Also, cyber- is a prefix, not its own word. Andre ( talk ) 22:14, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
 * I'd make a note to the alternitive spelling.... "Cyber bullying is also spelled "cyberbullying" in some cases..." (Signed: J.Smith) 17:20, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

As the first person to use this term six years ago as "cyberbullying" -one word, I would be very grateful if Wikipedia and others would do the same. --Belsey 04:17, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

cites for See Also links?
While I think it's a good idea to have examples, if we can, about cyberbullying, I'm reluctant to just list sites who have sometimes engaged in what some people call cyberbullying. For example Cruel.com is just a link of the day site which is sometimes cruel but often just odd and/or quirky and I think its inclusion on this list sort of dilutes the idea of cyberbullying. Can we find a list that is preferably published elsewhere that gives a few definiteive examples of this? If this list comes from someplace like that, please include a citation. Thank you. Jessamyn 14:49, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

"Women and Cyberbullying"
What is the point of this section, and why is there just a single random case noted? Is there something particular about women and this phenomena? SOmething special about this case? Seems arbitrary. 173.89.31.45 (talk) 23:37, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

The info about its classification & nomenclature....
--222.64.223.77 (talk) 03:48, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
 * http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&newwindow=1&q=allintitle%3A+cyber-bullying+gov&btnG=Search&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=
 * http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&newwindow=1&q=allintitle%3A+cyber+bullying+gov&btnG=Search&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=

--222.64.223.77 (talk) 03:42, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
 * http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=allintitle%3A+cyber+bullying+defining&btnG=Search&as_sdt=2000&as_ylo=&as_vis=0
 * http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=allintitle%3A+cyber+bullying+define&btnG=Search&as_sdt=2000&as_ylo=&as_vis=0


 * http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=allintitle%3A+cyber-bullying+define&btnG=Search&as_sdt=2000&as_ylo=&as_vis=0


 * http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=allintitle%3A+cyber-bullying+defining&btnG=Search&as_sdt=2000&as_ylo=&as_vis=0

It seems that this is a new area which needs to be deeply studied and which includes computer virus outbreak --222.64.223.77 (talk) 03:45, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

Deletion of video from lead
I have conflicted feelings about this edit, which removed a video from the lead section. On the one hand, I can partially agree with the edit, on the grounds that we might not want to be a conduit for such material, but on the other hand, I think that it may be appropriate to include it on this page. What do other editors think? --Tryptofish (talk) 16:20, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Good call on deleting it. Leave it out. It added nothing encyclopedic to the article. Toddst1 (talk) 17:26, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

I think the video is okay on the article; because it represents an example of Cyber-Bullying. I say this as the uploader of the file; and I think it is illustrative. :-) --Diego Grez let's talk 16:58, 2 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I continue to speak here as someone who has mixed feelings, and can see both sides of the issue. Diego: can you explain in more detail why you feel that the video adds something of encyclopedic value? In other words, what does it add that is not available from the text, and what does it add that would outweigh concerns that it might be gratuitous? --Tryptofish (talk) 17:42, 2 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Sorry for the late response. The video adds something that pictures cannot, it's a clear video-example of cyber bulling. A friend of mine recorded this 5-minutes long video (although I cut it off after Commons' admins requested me to do so), that has been used to harass him. I reiterate, in addition that the article seems very boring without illustrations, the video will provide a clear example to the fellow readers and editors. --Diego Grez ¡aprende a llorar! 01:59, 7 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Boring? It's an encyclopedia, not entertainment. Toddst1 (talk) 04:40, 7 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the answer, no problem with the time. I'm afraid that I'm going to come down on the side of not including the video. I appreciate the good faith intentions of presenting it, but absent some notable aspect of cyber-bullying that the video can illustrate but the text cannot, I do not think that readers need to see a specific instance of the phenomenon in order to gain an understanding of it. A case can be made that it is either pointy (as in saying: look how awful this is), or providing an audience to a bully who doesn't deserve it. Also, there is no reason to regard this particular incident as being notable. Sorry, but I would say leave it deleted. --Tryptofish (talk) 20:30, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

Jessi Slaughter
i want to point out that just because the article has been deleted, doesnt automatically mean that any mention of the incident must be deleted. I will not revert, as there are blp issues to consider, but events dont have to have their own article to be mentioned on WP.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 20:11, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I saw the addition and then deletion of that edit, and I have an open mind about it. I agree with the principle of what you say: that the WP:N requirements for a sentence within a page are not the same as those for an entire page. On the other hand, the edit that was deleted here was unsourced. Is there a good secondary source to support the material being mentioned here briefly? --Tryptofish (talk) 20:16, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Maybe this, from CBS News? --Tryptofish (talk) 20:21, 25 July 2010 (UTC)

I've read around the Wiki a little more, and gotten more familiar with the BLP concerns here. I now would be reluctant to put any material about this on the page, until some more time passes and we can see how independent sources view the topic, because I think the issues of potential harm to a minor are just too large. --Tryptofish (talk) 21:49, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I think it should be included, but current consensus says no, so i will abide by it. however, if it gains more notability, it could be up for discussion again, at least as a single sentence. I have yet to read a really well thought out argument for summarily excluding it for blp reasons, but i am definitely open to one.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 22:18, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
 * That's very fair, I think. --Tryptofish (talk) 23:21, 25 July 2010 (UTC)

Cyber Harassment and Cyber Bullying are not the same thing
They are different names for the same thing. Whether the victim is a child or adult, the pain of being bullied feels the same. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Oilstone (talk • contribs) 17:07, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

This topic should be kept seperate. 'Cyber Bullying' refers to bullying via technology between MINORS, or initiated by MINORS. When adults become involved it is no longer referred to as 'Cyber Bullying', but rather as 'Cyber Harassment' or 'Cyber Stalking'. Although 'Cyber Bullying' and 'Cyber Harassment' are similar in nature, they both relate to different age groups and can involve different means of bullying or harassment. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.183.77.110 (talk) 10:38, 30 July 2010 (UTC)
 * A citation for that difference would be needed. — Arthur Rubin  (talk) 14:08, 30 July 2010 (UTC)
 * To harass and to bully is similar, to cause emotional stress and psychological damage to the person on the other end. Also in need to be addressed is abuse of power by moderators and site owners against individuals, but it is hard to draw the line on what is typical moderation of a message board versus an urge to make the offending member a target and not only to ban, but ridicule a member endlessly and the act of "MISTing" or excessive trolling combined with harrassment and bullying, to make the banned member feel "very sorry" for his or her offenses. Site admins. and moderators should know the differences between doing their jobs and intentionally attacking a member, thus an act on an abuse of mod. powers. + 71.102.11.193 (talk) 02:16, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
 * That comment doesn't seem directed to improving the article, but I suppose I shouldn't revert. — Arthur Rubin  (talk) 07:54, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

effects of cyber bullying. Since cyber bullying occurs often, cyber bullying can affect the individual that is being bullied. It can affect the individual with depression and mental health problems that can lead them to taking their own life. Cyber bullying is very harmful. (information provided by cyberbullying.gov) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Taniacoyazo (talk • contribs) 19:48, 17 November 2015 (UTC)

Trolling.
Isn't Trolling the more common well-known term for cyberbullying? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.160.123.254 (talk) 09:00, 21 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Not necessarily. While some trolling could be considered cyberbullying, quite often the target of trolling is not a person, but media such as a video game, movie, etc. For example, someone starts a thread with "OMGZ AVATAR SUCKED SO HARD", then proceeds to refuse to actually give their reasoning or have an intelligent discussion. Xaphnir (talk) 14:28, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

To clarify, trolling has been completely misunderstood by people. The media has completely confused 'trolling' with cyberbullying. Trolling is defined more as posting deliberately provocative things for the sake of amusement - perhaps even going so far as to create a fictional character. e.g. arguing that 4/5 of women should be forced to get an abortion with deliberate spelling mistakes and incoherent arguments. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.208.242.76 (talk) 13:47, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

Rename article
In my opinion, it must be cyberbullying, not ciber-bullying, like another words with cyber prefix. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Internetsinacoso (talk • contribs) 12:48, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
 * No I don't think so. It is spelled this way in English. In Spanish it can be called Ciberbullying, but not in English. --Diego Grez (talk) 16:24, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
 * In English, it must be spelled with a "y". It can be spelled either with or without a hyphen. Because the unhyphenated spelling is a redirect to this page, I do not think that matters. --Tryptofish (talk) 18:12, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Edit request
I request permission to make the following additions to this article: Section 4: As of July 2010, 30 states have passed laws making electronic harassment illegal, but only 6 specifically define the term "cyberbullying." 29 states require schools to draft their own anti-cyberbullying rules. The Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act, which would impose prison sentences of up to 2 years against those who use "electronic means to support severe, repeated, and hostile behavior," is currently pending in Congress Section 7: February 12, 2010: Boston Mayor Thomas Menino meets with community leaders, city officials, and Boston Public Schools students to begin a cyberbullying awareness campaign. Possible measures discussed at the meeting included letters from the mayor to social networking sites and parents calling for action against cyberbullying, requiring city employees who work with youth to undergo additional training on how to deal with bullying, a hotline for victims to safely report bullying, and an anti-cyberbullying PSA. Section 13: Cyberbullying.info: site "aimed at students 10-14 years of age" to help them learn more about cyberbullying and what to do about it. [http://www.nasponline.org/resources/cyberbullying/index.aspx CyberSmart! Cyberbullying Awareness Program]: a series of teacher resources presented in conjunction with the National Association of School Psychologists Cmills88 (talk) 14:46, 27 October 2010 (UTC)


 * I have doubts about cyberbullying.us being a reliable source, even for interpretation of something verifiable. — Arthur Rubin  (talk) 14:58, 27 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Having viewed the cyberbullying.us website more closely, I understand your doubts. Also, I cannot find any better single source of this information and I do not know how many sources I would have to use to properly verify this information. I would, therefore, like to limit my request to the edits I have proposed for sections 7 and 13. -- Cmills88 (talk) 21:38, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

Edit request from 68.204.8.238, 6 June 2011
I want to point out that cyberharassment in the workplace is not simply cyber stalking as defined in the Wikipage. Cyberharassment against adults (and corporations) also include online defamation, tort interference, defacing, etc - see: Workman, M. (2010). A behaviorist perspective on corporate harassment online: Validation of a theoretical model of psychological motives. Computers & Security, 29, 831-839. I think the page should be modified to reflect this.

68.204.8.238 (talk) 10:24, 6 June 2011 (UTC)
 * The lead of the article sums it up fine:Cyber-bullying is "the use of information and communication technologies to support deliberate, repeated, and hostile behavior by an individual or group, that is intended to harm others"." What you are suggesting is unnecessary disambiguation. — James (Talk • Contribs) • 6:38pm • 08:38, 10 June 2011 (UTC)

Edit reques, 19 September 2011
on facebook there are a huge amount of cyber bullying. quite alot of this is because it is easily spread. also it can be used for pedo's and other people to bully others, by typing to them and giving them grief over the facebook site

09waringm (talk) 17:34, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
 * I imagine that this may be true, but it's not clear what should be changed on the page. We would need a source to back up any claim that Facebook plays an important role in the phenomenon. --Tryptofish (talk) 21:19, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

one more language: hebrew
this is the link for the article: http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%A8%D7%A9%D7%AA I suggest you publish it on the side. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Segalzeyalz (talk • contribs) 21:52, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

Edit request from, 14 November 2011
Gullable (talk) 11:59, 14 November 2011 (UTC)

Zidanie5 (talk) 12:42, 14 November 2011 (UTC)

School Bullying Council (Cyberbullying) http://www.schoolbullyingcouncil.com/cyber-bullying/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bishwana (talk • contribs) 18:50, 24 July 2012
 * That page does not appear to do more than offer a publication for sale. Articles are not available for linking to pages like that, see WP:EL. Johnuniq (talk) 22:04, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

Copyvio claim: Cyber bullying definition
These edits have claimed a copyvio problem with http://www.cyberbullyinglaws.net/cyber_bullying_definition.html

It looks like Wikipedia was the source of at least some of the copy/pasted text; see diffs below.

Origin of "disclose victims' personal data":
 * may publish personal contact information
 * may disclosing victims' personal data
 * may disclose victims' personal data

Origin of "while the behavior is identified by the same definition in adults": It seems likely that the copyvio was not by Wikipedia. Johnuniq (talk) 07:50, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
 * although the identifying behavior is the same ...
 * Revision of article before the copyvio tag was added:
 * My notes above show how two pieces of text were developed at Wikipedia. The above diffs show that it is extremely unlikely that the specified text was copied into Wikipedia.
 * I just had a closer look at the cyberbullyinglaws.net page. The third line contains '"embarrass another person."[' where the '[' is a link. That link is .
 * Searching the page for " " shows another location where a quick cleanup after copying from Wikipedia was incomplete. Johnuniq (talk) 03:57, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
 * More notes:
 * This article is reported at Copyright problems/2011 December 5.
 * This version of the article is close to what would have been copied from Wikipedia:
 * Note that the cyberbullyinglaws.net article uses blue text (with no links) for items such as "threats" and "hate speech"—in the Wikipedia article those items are links to other articles. There are a lot of examples of this and it is inconceivable that cyberbullyinglaws.net made that blue text, then an editor copied it to Wikipedia and replaced each of the blue items with wikilinks. Obviously the text originated at Wikipedia, and was copied to the other website: the blue font was kept but the links to Wikipedia were removed. Johnuniq (talk) 04:05, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for your investigation and careful analysis. I agree. The Wikipedia article history shows incremental edits by Wikipedia editors over time which appear to be now contained within the "source" website. Therefore, I have removed the copyvio template, restored the article to its latest revision, and added a backwards copyvio template to the top of this page. I am closing the report at Copyright Problems. — Cactus Writer (talk) 21:11, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

Edit request on 5 January 2012
Plzzz put more info bout c-bullyin i need it 4 my report k thx

99.228.101.118 (talk) 16:03, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please be more specific about what needs to be changed. --Jnorton7558 (talk) 17:42, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 4 March 2012
I would like to edit this page by adding a paragraph summarizing a research article that relates to cyber-bullying and can be added under the section about research in order to keep it up-to-date. This can be added at the end of the section:

In addition to the current research,Sourander et al. (2010) conducted a population-based cross-sectional study that took place in Finland. The authors of this study took the self-reports of 2215 Finish adolescents between the ages of 13 to 16 years old about cyberbullying and cybervictimization during the past 6 months. It was found that, amongst the total sample, 4.8% were cybervictims only, 7.4% were cyberbullies only, and 5.4% were cyberbully-victims. Cybervictim-only status was associated with a variety of factors, including emotional and peer problems, sleeping difficulties, and feeling unsafe in school. Cyberbully-only status was associated with factors such as hyperactivity and low prosocial behavior, as well as conduct problems. Cyberbully-victim status was associated with all of the risk factors that were associated with both cybervictim-only status and cyberbully-only status. The authors of this study were able to conclude that cyberbullying as well as cybervictimization is associated not only with psychiatric issues, but psychosomatic issues. Many adolescents in the study reported headaches or difficulty sleeping. The authors believe that their results indicate a greater need for new ideas on how to prevent cyberbullying and what to do when it occurs. It is clearly a world-wide problem that needs to be taken seriously.

Source: Sourander, A., Klomek, A.B., Ikonen, M., Lindroos, J., Luntamo, T., Koskeiainen, M., … Helenius, H. (2010). Psychosocial risk factors associated with cyberbullying among adolescents: A population-based study. Archives of General Psychiatry, 67(7), 720-728.

Jseff (talk) 08:17, 4 March 2012 (UTC)


 * The article is freely available at http://archpsyc.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/67/7/720 . Regards, mabdul 13:41, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

Done Thanks, Celestra (talk) 17:48, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 23 April 2012
The National Crime Prevention Council reports that cyber-bullying is a problem that affects almost half of all American teens. So social networking is becoming a huge part in today’s world some social networking sites like Facebook are teaming up with the UK Child Exploration to have an app available to users to easily report cyber bullying. The app will be advertised on the home page of these sites.

Gray Downs05 (talk) 13:39, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
 * The most important issue I see with the proposed addition is the need for sourcing for the statements that it contains. We cannot just add this to the page without attributing it to sources (one for the first sentence, another for the second and third). Also, the second and third sentences sound a little promotional, so maybe they could be rewritten to sound less boosterish. Where on the page would you propose to put this material? --Tryptofish (talk) 23:31, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you for rewriting the proposal. It still must cite sourcing, and we still need to know where, on the page, it would go. I'd also suggest not starting the second sentence with "so", and spelling out "application". --Tryptofish (talk) 22:02, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Marking as answered given the above. When you had made adjustments to your request, feel free to change the answered parameter in the template from yes to no, and someone else will come along and review it.  elektrik SHOOS  (talk) 00:04, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 27 April 2012
The "Washington Post" states in one of their articles a surprising fact they found, "The center's research has shown that adolescent girls are significantly more likely than boys to partake in and experience cyber-bullying. Girls also are more likely to report cyber-bullying to a parent or teacher. The center's research also suggests that the type of cyber-bullying tends to differ by gender; girls are more likely to spread rumors, while boys are more likely to post hurtful pictures or videos."

Tf01152 (talk) 01:11, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Where on the page would you propose to put this? --Tryptofish (talk) 20:07, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Marking as answered given the above. When you had made adjustments to your request, feel free to change the answered parameter in the template from yes to no, and someone else will come along and review it.  elektrik SHOOS  (talk) 00:04, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

I think that this would be best served somewhere in section 3 "comparison to traditional bullying", because when many people think of traditional bullying, they don't think of females being the ones doing the bullying. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tf01152 (talk • contribs) 00:24, May 1, 2012‎
 * OK, in that case, please provide an opening sentence about gender for the beginning of the paragraph. (I figure I'll put this paragraph at the end of that section.) Please also identify the "center" in question, and provide a URL for the Washington Post source. Thanks. --Tryptofish (talk) 22:04, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 27 April 2012
According to the Cyberbullying Research Summary, "there have been several high‐profile cases involving teenagers taking their own lives in part because of being harassed and mistreated over the Internet, a phenomenon we have termed cyberbullicide – suicide indirectly or directly influenced by experiences with online aggression."

VLSMITH12 (talk) 01:21, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Where on the page would you propose to put this? --Tryptofish (talk) 20:08, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Marking as answered given the above. When you had made adjustments to your request, feel free to change the answered parameter in the template from yes to no, and someone else will come along and review it.  elektrik SHOOS  (talk) 00:04, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

I believe this information would best fit in section 5-Harmful effects, under Intimidation, emotional damage, suicide. — Preceding unsigned comment added by VLSMITH12 (talk • contribs) 01:20, May 1, 2012‎
 * ✅ Thanks! --Tryptofish (talk) 22:08, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 27 April 2012
In a recent survey of 2,000 teens by the Cyberbullying Research Center "20% of respondents reported seriously thinking about attempting suicide (19.7% of females; 20.9% of males), while 19% reported attempting suicide (17.9% of females; 20.2% of males)." They also stated that "cyberbullying victims were almost twice as likely to have attempted suicide compared to youth who had not experienced cyberbullying."

ReidPennington (talk) 01:35, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Where on the page would you propose to put this? --Tryptofish (talk) 20:08, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Marking as answered given the above. When you had made adjustments to your request, feel free to change the answered parameter in the template from yes to no, and someone else will come along and review it.  elektrik SHOOS  (talk) 00:04, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 30 April 2012
According to a 2006 poll from the national organization Fight Crime: Invest in Kids found that 1 in 3 teens and 1 in 6 preteens have been the victims of cyberbullying. As more and more youths have access to computers and cell phones, the incidence of cyberbullying is likely to rise. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hr00610 (talk • contribs) 22:08, April 30, 2012‎
 * Where on the page would you propose to put this? --Tryptofish (talk) 22:14, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Marking as answered given the above. When you had made adjustments to your request, feel free to change the answered parameter in the template from yes to no, and someone else will come along and review it.  elektrik SHOOS  (talk) 00:04, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Requested move

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the move request was: Move. Jafeluv (talk) 07:42, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

Cyber-bullying → Cyberbullying – Note the lack of hyphen. The majority of sources in the article appear to use one word, without hyphen, when describing it, so it should be moved to that per WP:COMMONNAME. However, this page's history has shown that the hyphen has been controversial in the past, so I'm going to use this formal process for possible feedback first.  elektrik SHOOS  (talk) 01:10, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Support move; the hyphenless version seems like a reasonable COMMONNAME to me. bobrayner (talk) 10:51, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Support move. I've reviewed the page history, and there never really was a very good rationale for the hyphen. I also note consistency with Cyberstalking. However, please note that there are a bunch of categories that use the hyphen, that also might need to be renamed. --Tryptofish (talk) 21:52, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment: It's cyberbullying in the online versions of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate and Oxford Dictionary of English. SSR (talk) 08:06, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Logo
I'm curious about the edit removing the logo image. Why is the logo unrelated to the subject of the page (per the edit summary). I'm really just asking, not complaining, because I do not understand. Thanks. --Tryptofish (talk) 18:54, 6 May 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 14 December 2012
Please add below text. Is an add on under legislation tab. Following is prevention strategies to be used and other current legislation that has attempted to be passed and/or relates to cyber-bullying. Academic sources will be provided below.

Preventative Measures and Other Attempts at legislation
Researchers suggest that programs be put in place for prevention of cyber-bullying. These programs would be incorporated into school curriculum and would include online safety and instruction on how to use the internet properly. This could teach the victim proper methods of potentially avoiding the cyber-bully, such as blocking messages or increasing the security on their computer. Within this school prevention model suggested, it must be noted that even in a perfect world, not one crime can be stopped fully. That is why it is suggested that within this prevention method, effective coping strategies should be introduced and adopted. As with anytime of crime, we learn to cope with what has happened. The same goes for cyber-bullying. We can adopt coping strategies to combat future cyber-bullying events in the future. An example of a coping strategy would be a social support group comprised of various victims of cyber-bullying. That could come together and share experiences, with a formal speaker leading the discussion. Something like a support group can be of a great importance, not only does it allow students to share their stories, but it allows that feeling of them being alone, to be removed. Teachers should be involved in all prevention educational models, as they are essentially the “police” of the classroom. Most cyber-bullying often goes unreported as the victim feels nothing can be done to help in their current situation. However, if given the proper tools with preventative measures and more power in the classroom, teachers can be of assistance to the problem of cyber-bullying. If the parent, teacher and victim can work together, a possible solution or remedy can be found. There have been many legislative attempts to facilitate the control of bullying and cyber-bullying alike. The problem is due to the fact that some loose legislation is already thought to be tied to bullying and cyber-bullying (terms such as libel and slander). These pre-existing legislations are attempted to be applied to cyber-bullying. The problem is they do not directly apply to it nor define it as its own criminal behaviour. Anti-cyber-bullying advocates even expressed concern for the broad scope of applicability by some of the bills attempted to be passed. In the United States, attempts to pass legislation against cyber-bullying were made. Few states attempted to pass broad sanctions in an effort to prohibit cyber-bullying. The problem is what is considered cyber-bullying to cyber-stalking and if charges are pressed, does it violate the bully’s freedom of speech. As Walther mentions in his article, “Illinois is the only state to criminalize "electronic communication(s) sent for the purpose of harassing another person" when the activity takes place outside a public school setting.” Again this came under fire for infringement on freedom of speech.

Edit Request 2013.2.5
Please delete category 'Computer crimes'. Cat Computer crimes should not have any cybercrimes (since Cat cybercrime is a subcat of that).76.103.213.6 (talk) 22:53, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia and Cyber-Bullying
Wikipedia and certain editors of Wikipedia should also be held accountable for their part in cyber-bullying. Many innocent people have written articles for Wikipedia which have been met with ridicule and deletion. Talk pages have left helpless victims stygmatized and unable to defend themselves as their edits are removed. An example of the defamation occurring through Wikipedia may be viewed on the talk page of List of Canadians Terry Ananny Canadian Artist. UNICEF artist Terry Ananny was made an example of what would occurr to artists who innocently try to create an article on their life work. The artist has had her name ruthlessly and systematically refered to as a vandal and other unpleasant adjectives which remain on Wikipedia, despite many many efforts to have them removed. It will be interesting to see under the new Canadian laws governing cyber-bullying if any action can be taken to minimize the damage that Wikipedia has cause to so many innocent contributors. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.12.28.158 (talk) 20:48, 25 April 2013 (UTC)
 * WP:Cyberbullying. WP:Griefing. And WP:DR, which isn't here. --Tryptofish (talk) 22:44, 25 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Spamming is not permitted on wikipedia. It is not cyberbullying to remove the damaging articles Ananny* creates.


 * possibly you.


 * 75* 21:34, 13 May 2013 (UTC)


 * July 2014
 * is still at it, see Today's SPI, block log and Long-term abuse/Ananny.--220  of  Borg 04:37, 6 July 2014 (UTC)

Reference for statement is needed
Sentence reads: "...often Internet stalking is treated with more seriousness than reports of physical stalking"

Added a 'Citation needed' tag to this sentence for now. Anyone got any reference to back up this statement? Glen newell (talk) 00:28, 7 August 2013 (UTC)
 * There is often a record of cyberbullying while real life harassment or stalking is often deniable, citation still needed, of course. User:Fred Bauder Talk 12:30, 8 August 2013 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 26 April 2014
Gaming "A new type of cyberbully known as a griefer is overtaking other forms of aggression on the Internet and in the world of online gaming, a health researcher warned. Unlike traditional Internet bullies who bully the giraffes, griefers lurk on online multi-player video games, harassing their victim by bullying, tormenting or thwarting other players in the game." '''Source: Thomson Reuters. http://www.reuters.com/article/2007/07/05/us-internet-bullying-idUSN0343424320070705 ''' "A few years ago, Microsoft filed a patent for software that could actively filter real-time audio streams but until something like this comes to pass, how can we protect ourselves and our kids from becoming a victim of continued and often targeted harassment during online gaming? While all gaming sites struggle with this issue, some sites are able to handle the issue of bullying better than others. Popular news aggregate and game discussion forum, News for gamers, (or N4G) is an example of a gaming site that not only turns a blind eye to bullying among its threads but offers cyber bullies digital tools to further harass." '''Source: Kyle Kulyk Co-Founder and Lead Developer for Itzy Interactive '''

Drdelasierra (talk) 23:46, 26 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: Your first request is a verbatim copy-paste from the source and therefore not allowed, and your second request reads like a verbatim copy-paste. I might be amenable to adding some of this content if you reword it in your own words. &mdash; KuyaBriBri Talk 14:24, 29 April 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 26 April 2014
Cyberbullying vs. Cyberstalking "In contrast with the term “cyberbullying”, “cyberstalking” is the term that has emerged to describe the use of technology to harass or stalk. Cyber-stalking is defined as the repeated use of the internet, e-mail, or related digital electronic communication devices to annoy, alarm or threaten a specific individual or group of individuals." '''Source: U.S. Department of Justice. Federal Bureau of Investigation. FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin. '''

Drdelasierra (talk) 23:49, 26 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: This is a verbatim copy-paste from the source and it does not improve anything that is not already on the article. &mdash; KuyaBriBri Talk 16:32, 29 April 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 26 April 2014
Harmful Effects -"Feel overwhelmed" -"Feel vulnerable and powerless" -"Feel exposed and humiliated" -"Feel dissatisfied with who they are" -"Feel angry and vengeful" -"Feel disinterested in life" -"Feel alone and isolated" -"Feel disinterested in school" -"Feel anxious and depressed" -"Feel suicidal" "Additionally, when cyberbullying occurs, most people recommend shutting off the computer or turning off the cell phone. But, for teens this often means cutting off communication with their world. Their phones and their computers are one of the most important ways they communicate with others. If that option for communication is removed they can feel secluded and cut off from their world." '''Source: Sherri Gordon Bullying Topic Writer. Author of seven books for tweens and teens including Beyond Bruises: The Truth About Teens and Abuse and Using Technology: A How-To Guide. Former editor of Columbus Parent and Home Living magazines. '''

Drdelasierra (talk) 23:52, 26 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: Verbatim copy-paste from source. Please rewrite in your own words. &mdash; KuyaBriBri Talk 16:29, 29 April 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 26 April 2014
Harmful Effects How Bullying Affects Kids “Kids that are bullied are likely to experience anxiety, depression, loneliness, unhappiness, and poor sleep,” explains Jennifer N. Caudle, DO, an AOA board-certified family physician in Philadelphia. The effects of cyber bullying can be so harmful that it can lead individuals to take their own lives; provided by cyberbullying.gov. Making the issue worse is the fact that such negative effects of bullying often go unnoticed, as many victims feel the need to conceal the fact that they are being bullied because they are embarrassed or afraid of further bullying. More often than not victims respond passively to bullying. They tend to act anxious and appear less confident. They may become quieter in class and, as a result, the bullying can become a hindrance on their academic success. Not only to their academic success but their personal as well, they begin to keep to themselves and not interact with others. Therefore, bullying is a problem that, if left unattended, can become a significant hurdle in a child’s development. '''Source: Jennifer N. Caudle, DO, an AOA board-certified family physician in Philadelphia from the American Osteopathic Association '''

Drdelasierra (talk) 23:54, 26 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: Verbatim copy-paste from source. Please rewrite in your own words. &mdash; KuyaBriBri Talk 16:30, 29 April 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 26 April 2014
Cyberbullying vs. Traditional Bullying In a study of over 3,000 students, one researcher found that 38% of bully victims felt vengeful, 37% were angry, and 24% felt helpless. According to a fact sheet on juvenile bullying produced by the the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Juvenile Justice and delinquency Prevention, victims of schoolyard bullying fear going to school and experience loneliness, humiliation, and insecurity. Moreover, they tend to struggle with poor relationships and have difficulty making emotional and social adjustments.

Cyberbullying is even more harmful to young people than face-to-face bullying for a number of reasons: •	Permanence: The insults, comments or images can be preserved by the person who was bullied or by others so that the victim may read or view them over and over again and the harm is re-inflicted with each reading or viewing. •	Audience size: The size of the audience that is able to view or access the damaging material increases the victim’s humiliation. •	Familiarity: Many young people are friends with or know their cyber bully either through school or other personal connections, increasing the potential for embarrassment and humiliation. •	Social Networking: Social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace allow cyber bullies to engage in campaigns against a particular person which may involve many others. •	Speed: The speed at which harmful messages can reach large audiences also plays a major part in making cyberbullying so damaging to the targets.

Source: 2009 AP-MTV Digital Abuse Study Johnson, J. M. (2009, March). The impact of cyberbullying: A new type of relational aggression. Paper based on a program presented at the American Counseling Association Annual Conference and Exposition, Charlotte, NC. Sameer Hinduja, Ph.D. and Justin W. Patchin, Ph.D. Cyberbullying Research Summary: Emotional and psychological consequences Youth Advisory Council, New South Wales, Report to the Minister for Youth on Cyberbullying

Drdelasierra (talk) 23:56, 26 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: Verbatim copy-paste from source. Request will be given due consideration if rewritten in your own words. &mdash; KuyaBriBri Talk 16:26, 29 April 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 26 April 2014
Cyberbullying vs. Traditional Bullying In a study of over 3,000 students, one researcher found that 38% of bully victims felt vengeful, 37% were angry, and 24% felt helpless. According to a fact sheet on juvenile bullying produced by the the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Juvenile Justice and delinquency Prevention, victims of schoolyard bullying fear going to school and experience loneliness, humiliation, and insecurity. Moreover, they tend to struggle with poor relationships and have difficulty making emotional and social adjustments.

Cyberbullying is even more harmful to young people than face-to-face bullying for a number of reasons: •	Permanence: The insults, comments or images can be preserved by the person who was bullied or by others so that the victim may read or view them over and over again and the harm is re-inflicted with each reading or viewing. •	Audience size: The size of the audience that is able to view or access the damaging material increases the victim’s humiliation. •	Familiarity: Many young people are friends with or know their cyber bully either through school or other personal connections, increasing the potential for embarrassment and humiliation. •	Social Networking: Social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace allow cyber bullies to engage in campaigns against a particular person which may involve many others. •	Speed: The speed at which harmful messages can reach large audiences also plays a major part in making cyberbullying so damaging to the targets.

'''Source: 2009 AP-MTV Digital Abuse Study Johnson, J. M. (2009, March). The impact of cyberbullying: A new type of relational aggression. Paper based on a program presented at the American Counseling Association Annual Conference and Exposition, Charlotte, NC. Sameer Hinduja, Ph.D. and Justin W. Patchin, Ph.D. Cyberbullying Research Summary: Emotional and psychological consequences Youth Advisory Council, New South Wales, Report to the Minister for Youth on Cyberbullying '''

Drdelasierra (talk) 23:56, 26 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: Duplicate request. &mdash; KuyaBriBri Talk 16:27, 29 April 2014 (UTC)

Digital Self-harm
I wanted to add information about digital self harm especially in light of the (IMO) under reported case about Hannah Smith in the UK who's suicide provoked a major outcry against Ask.fm but in fact it turned out 98% of the hateful messages were from herself.

Is this the correct page to the add the info to or should it get it's own one? The issue appears to sit half way between Self-harm and Cyberbulling but I'm not sure where's best. I think it might find it's place in attention seeking, I don't know really. Looking for the best page to start writing up the info I have. I'll be honest, there's probably enough press coverage to start Hannah Smith (dead teenager) of some kind, but I would find creating such an article personally in bad taste.

The Hannah Smith case is notable due to:
 * The volume of (UK, but also pan-european) press coverage focused on Cyberbullying
 * The press and government condemnation of the inaction of Ask.fm
 * The implementation of advertising blocking, some web blocking and calls to implement web blocking in response to the perceived inaction of Ask.fm.
 * The under reported element towards the end of the case when it was revealed most messages were sent to by the girl to herself, and the narrative of ubiquitous cyber bullies using a platform run by uncaring profiteers quietly fell apart.

I'm interested in adding information about this area due to my amateur psychology interest and significant contributions to article Web blocking in the United Kingdom where I'm trying to capture increasingly populist calls for web blocking by citing cases such as this.

Deku-shrub (talk) 23:39, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

Global cybermobbing of climate scientists
Please enter a new heading "8 Global Cyberbullying" with the following text:

Cyberbullying is not necessarily confined to a particular location or even to a region. Climate scientists and climate activists, for example, may be confronted with abusive emails from any location in the world. These emails may be responses to public statements that merely report the widely accepted findings of climate science and their implications for the future production of greenhouse gases by humans and for the survival of future generations. Such emails may be sent in response to suggestions posted on climate denial websites, which are effectively requests to engage in cyberbullying. Climate scientists and climate activists may also be confronted with libelous internet reports that aim to silence them or destroy their reputations.

Knock3times (talk) 08:35, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

✅ - I see you have already added this yourself - Arjayay (talk) 11:23, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

hey great article here are a few suggestion on how the government is trying to deal with cyber bullying from a legal perspective   --Uoit lyons (talk) 17:15, 15 October 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 24 November 2014
Researchers differ on definitions of bullying in the digital era and oftentimes, the public uses bullying as an umbrella term to categorize all forms of harmful or slanderous acts. The media tends to describe serious criminal acts of aggression as bullying rather than using terms such as stalking, harassment or abuse. Swedish psychologist, Dan Olweus, narrowed the definition to three particular components - aggression, repetition, and imbalance of power. :

Source: Boyd, Danah. It's Complicated. New Haven: Yale University, 2014. Print.

Hannaht12 (talk) 01:54, 24 November 2014 (UTC)
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Publicity and Anonymity in Social Media
Much of this harassment takes place on the overwhelming amount of social networking sites (SNS) such as, Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and anonymous options like Tumblr, Formspring.me and Ask.FM. The role of publicity has a critical impact on cyberbullying victimization. Adolescents reported feeling embarrassed or that the act is unmanageable when photos or information were amplified to a broad online audience on SNS (Dredge, et al., p. 289). Research conducted by Moore, Nakano, Enomoto and Suda explored a different aspect of cyber-attacks that has become more prevalent in today’s society – the option of anonymity (2012). This gives aggressors the option of being faceless in the process. Most individuals are less concerned with what they say because they feel no repercussions will take place with their actions. The anonymity feature is important to explore in cyberbullying as sites such as Formspring.me, Tumblr and Ask.fm all have anonymous asking options. Moore et al., explored the predictors of anonymity in cyberbullying, specifically using forum posts, as they build an understanding of cyberbullying with features of anonymity, the ability to view a post more than once and public visibility. Formspingme. is a specific forum site that was chosen for research purposes, due to the fact it has been linked to many instances of cyberbullying, even some resulting in suicide. A total of 5340 forum posts were studied. Automated and manual labeling was used to identify aggressive posts, which are defined as verbal insults or attacks of threats, violence, stalking or sexual acts directed at an individual. Moore et al., used manual labeling to define the aggressiveness of the forum posts compared to automated labeling used to distinguish the aggressiveness of anonymous posts. In fact, in another recent American study, half of the victims of cyberbullying reported that they did not know their perpetrators, only contributing to the fear that it could be anyone – including close friends. This leads to disruptions in adolescent’s social relationships and withdrawal from friends and family and lower school attachment (Nixon, p. 145). This withdrawal only contributes to internal emotional problems as victims often lose trust in those around them and question their self-worth. Factors of publicity and anonymity are conceptualized as a stressor and have reportedly caused victims significantly more stress than traditional bullying (Nixon, p. 145). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cwoodwa3 (talk • contribs) 15:59, 8 December 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 6 April 2015
140.146.169.25 (talk) 18:35, 6 April 2015 (UTC) Cyberbullying has been a raiseing epidemic sincde the expansion of social media sites. Cyberbullying is much worse then face to face bullying because we do not know who is behind the computer. They say they can be one person but they can be somebody totally different. Cyberbullying is the worst type of bullying because it consistenly happens not like when you just get bullied at school and leave this follows you everywhere. We need to make a difference so we can stop the bullying and make people comfortable for who they are. We need to make sites safer for people and have regulations for people not to make fake profiles. Cyber bullies need to stop and we all need to come together and help prevent it.
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. MadGuy7023 (talk) 18:42, 6 April 2015 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 22 July 2015
Remove the section titled "Global Warming". It is clearly unrelated to Cyberbullying and too tangential.

rckrd (talk) 19:36, 22 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: The 3 sources cited clearly describe the harassment of scientists as cyberbullying Cannolis (talk) 22:29, 22 July 2015 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 20 August 2015
Please change "The practice of cyberbullying is not limited to children and, while the behavior is identified by the same definition when practiced by adults, the distinction in age groups sometimes refers to the abuse as cyberstalking or cyberharassment when perpetrated by adults toward adults" to "In his book Cyber Bullying: Profile and Policy Guidelines( K. Jaishankar (2009). Cyber Bullying: Profile and Policy Guidelines. Tirunelveli:Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University. ISBN 978-81-906687-1-2),eminent criminologist Dr. K. Jaishankar defines cyber bullying as “abuse/ harassment by teasing or insulting the victims’ body shape, intellect, family back ground, dress sense, mother tongue, place of origin, attitude, race, caste, or class using modern telecommunication networks such as mobile phones and Internet.” However, cyber bullying can be part of cyber stalking or vice versa in some cases. But cyber bullying and cyber stalking are not the same. Debarati Halder & K.Jaishankar explained cyber stalking in the following words: "In one word, when ‘following’ is added by Mens rea to commit harm and it is successfully digitally carried out, we can say cyber stalking has happened". ((Debarati Halder, & Jaishankar Karuppannan, “Cyber Victimization in India: A Baseline Survey Report” url:http://www.cybervictims.org/CCVCresearchreport2010.pdf )<(Debarati Halder, & Jaishankar Karuppannan, “Cyber Victimization in India: A Baseline Survey Report” url:http://www.cybervictims.org/CCVCresearchreport2010.> Because Jaishankar's definition is more accurate and cyber bullying can also happen to adults just like as it may happen to children. Cyber stalking is different than cyber bullying.

Drdebaratiwiki (talk) 03:50, 20 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the template. As this seems to explicitly mention a particular book in the prose, I'd rather see some discussion first. Mdann52 (talk) 13:09, 31 August 2015 (UTC)

About that...
Hey there, Picu0320(Original, the Pichu0320...) here. I've been dealin' with these shitty trollers, and that makes me stress. However, when I after reading about cyberbullying, I was like, "Oh shit, I'll be more careful next time!!". Heh... What an loser whore for me... (Sorry for grammar...) User:picu0320

United States 2015
Under the United States no one has started a section for 2015. I would like to start a section for 2015 and add the following information.

Cyberbullying on social media has usually been student-to-student but recently, students have been cyberbullying their teachers. High School students in Colorado created a Twitter site that bullies many teachers. The bullying ranges from obscenities to false accusations of inappropriate actions with students. http://www.durangoherald.com/article/20151029/NEWS01/151029500/-1/news01&source=RSS

2015’s Best & Worst States at Controlling Bullying WalletHub measured the relative levels of bullying in 42 states https://wallethub.com/edu/best-worst-states-at-controlling-bullying/9920/

According to nobullying.com, sexual bullying is expected to increase in 2015. The following are examples of sexual bullying: sexual name-calling, spreading sexual rumors, and inappropriate sexual propositions. http://nobullying.com/the-complicated-web-of-teen-lives-2015-bullying-report/#_Toc412550276

Erwcastro1 (talk) 06:38, 3 November 2015 (UTC)

Erwcastro, great updated information for 2015. This would be a good addition to the page

Amyyfiene (talk) 03:26, 25 November 2015 (UTC)

References

I have looked through all of the references on the cyberbullying page and have come to notice that some links could not be found and or were not up to date.

Here are the numbers of the of the old references along with new website links that have the same (or similar) information:

2. Page will not load. Similar information can be found here. Smith, P. K., Mahdavi, J., Carvalho, M., Fisher, S., Russel, S., & Tippett, N. (2008, April). Cyberbullying: it's nature and impact in secondary school pupils. In Pubfacts Scientific Publication Data.

11. Page not found. Similar information can be found here. Hooge, Dylan. (2014). The practice of cyber bullying is not limited to children an. in Prezi.

12. Page error. Similar information can be found here. Wallace, H. (n.d.). e-Study guide for: family violence : legal, medical, and social perspectives. In Google Books.

14. page not found. similar information can be found here. State cyberstalking and cyberharassment rules (2015, January 12). In National Conference of State Legislatures.

15. Page not found. Similar information can be found here. Mehiri, S. (2014, April 2). Untitled prezi. In Prezi.

18. Page not found. Similar information can be found here. Olszewska, A. (2015, February 9). What is the cyber bullying?. In Prezi.

27: I could only locate an abstract of the article on the following link http://jec.sagepub.com/content/47/3/235.abstract I have a copy of the full article if there is a way to upload it to Wikipedia. or similar information can be found here. Pinto, D. (2015, March 16). Cyberbullying. In Prezi

33: There is not enough information to locate the article. The following article has similar information. Gregorie, T. M. (2001). Cyberstalking: dangers on the information superhighway. 35: The following article covers the same information Bailey, M. (2012, May 28). “Back Off, Bully!”. Retrieved November 2, 2015, from http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/back_off_bully/

also the official website to the app is the following link http://rmetro12.skills21schools.org/BOB/

45. It directs to a wrong website. use Cyberstalking – Cyberharassment – Cyberbullying. (2015). Retrieved November 1, 2015, from https://hfxtattoomonstercyberbullying.wordpress.com/cyberstalking/

46. Web page is not available anymore. Same information is on https://docs.education.gov.au/system/files/doc/other/australian_covert_bullying_prevalence_study_chapter_1.pdf

48. The book is not showing up. Use this: Hasebrink, U., Livingstone, S., Haddon, L., & Ólafsson, K. (Eds.). (2009). Comparing children's online opportunities and risks across Europe (2nd ed.). LSE, London ISBN 978-0-85328-406-2 http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/24368/1/D3.2_Report-Cross_national_comparisons-2nd-edition.pdf

75: Information under resource 75 is incorrect. The following is the correct information and working link. Authors: Robers, Simone; Zhang, Jijun; Truman, Jennifer; Snyder, Thomas D. Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2011 by Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) and National Center for Education Statistics Institute of Education Sciences (ies) http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/iscs11.pdf 80: Article has been moved to http://www.pantagraph.com/news/bill-targets-adults-who-cyberbully/article_6ade6d44-a162-54d1-9be0-88bebf181f6d.html

82: Invalid Page. Instead use http://www.fbusd.us/vnews/display.v/ART/4cd41cda558da

83: Invalid Page. Instead use http://www.centerdigitaled.com/edtech/Education-Legislation-Cyber-Bullying.html

89. Invalid Page. Instead use http://demetrioskritikos.com/cyber-bullying/

96.Video not found. Instead use https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ai09cWlyPrQ

97. Video not found. Instead usehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNO6G4ApJQY

98. Invalid Page. Instead use http://www.dailytitan.com/2009/10/cal-state-fullerton-student-causes-crash/comment-page-46/

Amyyfiene (talk) 06:06, 19 November 2015 (UTC)

Amyyfiene, This is a great work done by you. This would be really helpful improving the cyberbullying page. Dkim35 (talk) 15:21, 20 November 2015 (UTC)

Cyberbullying in South Korea
South Korea is one of the world leader in internet connectivity. About 92.4% of the population are internet users and they also have the world fastest average internet connection speed as well. We definitely have to add cyberbullying issue in the "Research" section with other countries.

Cyberbullying in South Korea

Over one in four South Korean students have been the subject of cyberbullying, according to a state-funded survey in 2014. The poll of 4,000 students aged 12 to 17 took place in middle and high schools across the country in May and June 2014. Of those questioned, 27.7% reported being the target of some form of online bullying. The most commonly-cited case was the deliberate leaking of private information online by their peers, which 12% of respondents said they had experienced. One in ten said they were bullied while playing games online, which can involve being coerced into providing lucrative items from a game or being forced to play a game on behalf of someone. The survey also found that nearly one in five said they had bullied a peer online at least once in the three months leading up to the survey. Among those that witnessed a case of cyberbullying by someone else, half said they didn’t intervene, while 28% said they confronted the bully and about 6% confessed to joining in on the act.

Dkim35 (talk) 14:45, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

I agree with you Dkim35. Your research for South Korea should be added. Erwcastro1 (talk) 18:04, 11 November 2015 (UTC)

Dkim35, I think this would be a great addition to the cyberbullying page considering there is no information on this country. This country clearly has many cyberbullying issues. Thanks for the information.

Amyyfiene (talk) 06:07, 19 November 2015 (UTC)

Traditional Bullying Section
I found some interesting informaion in the book It's Complicated the social lives of networked teens by Danah Boyd. I would like to add the following information under the Traditional Bullying Section.

Author Danah Boyd writes, “those who subscribe to Olweus’ definition view bullying as a practice in which someone of differential physical or social power subjects another person to repeated psychological, physical, or social aggression”.

Even though Olweus’ definition is accepted, there are others who believe that the media does not categorize events appropriately. For example, “news media has taken to describing serious criminal acts of aggression by teens as bullying rather than using terms like stalking, harassment, or abuse. Ironically, teens often use the term bullying to refer to the kinds of incidents that Olweus described while adults and news media use this term far more loosely”.

Erwcastro1 (talk) 09:24, 14 November 2015 (UTC)

Erwcasro, all great quotes from Danah Boyd. She is an expert in this field.

Amyyfiene (talk) 06:13, 19 November 2015 (UTC)

Methods Used Section
I would like to add the following information under the Methods Used Section that I found in the book It's Complicated the social lives of networked teens by Danah Boyd.

While most cases are considered to be cyberbullying, some teens argue that most events are simply drama. For example, Danah Boyd writes, “teens regularly used that word [drama] to describe various forms of interpersonal conflict that ranged from insignificant joking around to serious jealousy-driven relational aggression. Whereas adults might have labeled many of these practices as bullying, teens saw them as drama”. Drama among teens has existed for years but now that it is easier to share information through social media, it seems that simple drama gets out of control.

Erwcastro1 (talk) 09:26, 14 November 2015 (UTC)

Campaigns United States
I would like to list the following website under Campaigns for the United States

In 2006, PACER.org created a week long event that was held once a year in October. Today, the campaign is a month long event and is now known as the National Bullying Prevention Awareness Month.

Erwcastro1 (talk) 18:15, 16 November 2015 (UTC)

I agree Erwcastro, I think this is great information to be put on the page under campaigns in the US.

Amyyfiene (talk) 03:01, 25 November 2015 (UTC)

Victims/Cases United States 2015
I would like to start a new section for victims of cyberbullying. Adding cases of victims will put a face to the consequences of cyberbullying. The following cases occured in 2015 in the United States.

3-year-old Zoe Johnson from Wyoming, Michigan committed suicide on July 2015. Zoe had been a victim of cyberbullying for years and suffered from mild depression. It is believed that a message posted on her Facebook the day before her suicide may have been the turning point that pushed her towards suicide. After her death, people continued to post messages on her Facebook with one person posting the message “good ur gone”.

14-year-old Carla Jamerson from Las Vegas, Nevada committed suicide in 2015. She was a victim of cyberbullying for years. Carla went to the both the city and school police, but did not receive any help. After not receiving any help, she hanged herself.

Erwcastro1 (talk) 18:17, 16 November 2015 (UTC)

Erwcastro1, I realized that the page has not much information of current, 2015, issues. This would be great sources to add on to keep the page updated. Dkim35 (talk) 15:26, 20 November 2015 (UTC)

It's always good to have evidence that cyberbullying is effecting people's lives like this. This is also great information because it is recent. Amyyfiene (talk) 03:04, 25 November 2015 (UTC)

Methods Used
I think these could be a could addition to the methods used section on the page. These terms both have to do with the way in which information spreads so fast online. Both these terms have been related to cyberbullying by Danielle Keats Citron, who recently wrote a book with the focus o cyberbullying.

Methods Used Information Cascades- This is one method bullies used to rapidly spread information on the internet or on social media. Once the information cascades starts it is hard to stop. There are also information cascades that are harmless which is when truthful information is spread throughout the internet and social media

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_cascade

Google Bomb- This method is used in relation to information cascades. Bullies use google bombs increase the eminence of favored posts sorted by the most popular searches. Google bombs can manipulate the internet’s search engine but there is a way to counteract that manipulation as well.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_bomb

Citron, D. K. (2014). Hate crimes in cyberspace. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Amyyfiene (talk) 06:12, 19 November 2015 (UTC)

Amyyfienel, the two methods, information cascades and google bomb, can go to methods used section. you can even create "search engines" as a new subsection. Dkim35 (talk) 03:29, 25 November 2015 (UTC)

I agree with Amyyfiene that there needs to be more information on how cyberbullies use different aspects of the internet to harass their victims. .i.s.b.e.i.g.e. (talk) 03:36, 21 November 2015 (UTC)

I agree with Amyyfiene's information. This information will help the cyberbullying page. Erwcastro1 (talk) 06:01, 25 November 2015 (UTC)

Addition to in media and pop culture
Disconnect--a film about a boy that is cyberbullyed by a couple of his mischievous classmates who is tricked into sending them an embarrassing picture of himself by impersonating a girl called "Jessica Rhony."

Trust-- a film about a girl named Annie that is deceived by an online predator who is much older than her and poses as a younger teenager.

Wasted on the Young--a film about a girl named Xandrie that is raped at a party of a popular kid named Darren who then finds footage of the set up on her computer after he hacks it and spreads the images to everyone in the party through their phones.

Untraceable-- a film about a serial killer who live streams his victims' murders and taunts the FBI agents that are investigating him by hacking into all of their computers and even one of their cars — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.107.81.108 (talk) 16:27, 24 November 2015 (UTC)

Cyberbullying Effects
The effects of cyberbullying vary. But, research illustrates that cyber bullying adversely affects youth to a higher degree than adolescents and adults. Youth are more likely to suffer since they are still growing mentally and physically. Jennifer N. Caudle, an certified family physician, describes the effects as “Kids that are bullied are likely to experience anxiety, depression, loneliness, unhappiness and poor sleep”.

Most of the time cyberbullying goes unnoticed; the younger generation hides their bullying from anyone that can help to prevent the bullying from occurring and from getting worse. Between 20% and 40% of adolescents are victims of cyberbullying worldwide. The youth slowly change their behaviors and actions so they become more withdrawn and quiet than they are use to, but no one notices since the change is subtle. The youth become more anxious and timid in all types of environments and settings. According to A Study on Primary School Students’ Being Cyber Bullies and Victims According to Gender, Grade, and Socioeconomic Status, cyberbullying victims "have psychological problems, such as lack of self-confidence, distress, disappointment, fear of school, lack of academic achievement, loneliness, anxiety, depression, and suicide. Cyberbullying will "become a serious problem in the future with an increase in the Internet and mobile phone usage among young people”.

If preventive actions are not taken against cyberbullying, younger children in addition to teenagers will feel more lonely and depressed along with having a significant change in their eating and sleeping patterns as well as loss of interest in their normal activities. These changes will affect their growth and development into adulthood. Younger children and teenagers are 76.2% less likely to display suicidal behaviors and thoughts, but are still at risk depending on other factors such as mental health status, home care, relationships with others. The risk of suicide increases 35% to 45% when victims do not have any support from anyone in their life and cyberbullying amplifies the situation more.

. .i.s.b.e.i.g.e. (talk) 03:46, 22 November 2015 (UTC)

.i.s.b.e.i.g.e, It is interesting to look at the effects that cyberbullying has on the victims... this could be quite useful.

Amyyfiene (talk) 03:52, 25 November 2015 (UTC)

Interesting information. It should be used on the main page. Erwcastro1 (talk) 06:03, 25 November 2015 (UTC)

European Union Legislation
Since the 1990s, the United Kingdom and other European countries have been working to solve workplace bullying since there is no legislation regulating cyberbullying. The pervasive nature of technology has made the act of bullying online much easier. A 24 hour internet connection gives bullies a never ending opportunity to find and bully victims. Employers in the European Union have more legal responsibility to their employees than other countries. Since employers do not the ability to fire or hire an employee at will like in the United States, employers in Europe are held to a high standard in how their employees are treated. The Framework Agreement on Harassment and Violence at Work is a law that prevents bullying occurring in the workplace and holds employers accountable for providing fair working conditionsr. Lawyers pursuing cyberbullying cases use The Ordinance on Victimization at Work law, since they are not any laws specifically condemning cyberbullying.

In 1993, Sweden was the first European Union country to have a law against cyberbullying. The Ordinance on Victimization at Work protected victims from "recurrent reprehensible or distinctly negative actions which are directed which are directed against individual employees in an offensive manner and can result in those employees being placed outside the workplace community” . In 2002, France passed the Social Modernization Law, which added consequences to the French Labor Code for cyberbullying such as holding employers accountable for their involvement in harassment. The legislation states, “the employer can be held accountable if it is deemed by court of law that the conduct defile the employee emotionally or physical health in any manner” . The United Kingdom does not have anti-bullying legislation. However, it does have the Protection From Harassment Act, an anti-stalking law . The United Kingdom courts have used this legislation in bullying cases. In 2007, the European Union developed the Framework Agreement on Harassment and Violence at Work. The law defines the responsibilities of an employer such as protecting his or her employees from bullies in a work environment and the psychological pain a victim faces from bullies during business hours.

The United States and other countries have more extensive legislation on cyberbullying than the European Union. The amount of cyberbullying incidents on social media are widespread and have increased drastically. However, the process of getting a claim against a bully is not an easy one because of the victim's need to provide sufficient evidence to prove the existence of bullying.

Countries in the European Union like United Kingdom are in the process of creating law specially related to cyberbullying. Since the process takes time, the government is supporting schools programs to promote internet safety with the help of teachers and parents. This will allow government to take the time it needs to create the cyberbullying laws while helping students safeguarding themselves from cyberbullying as much as they can.

.i.s.b.e.i.g.e. (talk) 01:48, 22 November 2015 (UTC)

.i.s.e.i.g.e, great new information on legislation. This information should be useful on the page. Amyyfiene (talk) 03:51, 25 November 2015 (UTC)

Graphs
I would like to add the following graphs



Erwcastro1 (talk) 09:38, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Please provide a source for where you got the data from, so that other editors can verify, if they want, that the data is real. Users may also want to seek clarification from the source. For instance, I am interested in what "Instant messaging" means in this context. Many of these services mentioned, like Facebook and Snapchat, can be used for instant messaging, and in those cases I see "instant messaging" as a subclass for "social media". The graph, however, implies they're distinct concepts. On the other hand most people don't see ICQ, IRC or SMS, three other systems for sending instant messages, as social media.
 * Also a more appropriate caption for the second one would be "On which services cyberbullying is occurring". If my first issue is resolved, I would have no problem with them being added to the article. --BurritoBazooka (talk) 16:38, 25 November 2015 (UTC)


 * (ec) Hi, the graphs are marked as having been provided by you, that you are the source. However, what is the source of the information presented in the graphs?  I presume you get the information from some source(s) perhaps already in the article.  The information sources need to be included in the graphs themselves, i.e. in the images and text uploaded to commons, for them to be usable.  I have no opinion about whether the graphs are good for communication purposes or not, vs. just text presentation of the facts.
 * Also, by the way, in other discussion sections you suggest specific sources using pairs. To display the references in the discussion section, you should also include  where you want the references to display, so they do not display only at the very bottom of this long page, after other discussion sections get opened.  (I just inserted  in several places above.) -- do  ncr  am  16:40, 25 November 2015 (UTC)


 * Also the second graph might better be a pie-chart. And the title "Percentage where teens are cyber-bullied" is awkward/ungrammatical.  Perhaps just "Where teens are cyber-bullied in 2013" or something like that would be better, or there is other better wording for a title.  -- do  ncr  am  16:45, 25 November 2015 (UTC)


 * Okay, it looks like this user went ahead and added it with sources and all. I added those sources back on Commons. Still unclear what 'instant messaging' means here. I agree with that a pie chart would be better for showing percentages where the total percentage is 100. To me it is also unclear what age group the source is talking about. Adults most definitely also get bullied over the Internet, but many sources like that may naturally only consider teens. --BurritoBazooka (talk) 18:36, 25 November 2015 (UTC)

Comments on the References


I have looked through all of the references on the cyberbullying page and have come to notice that some links could not be found and or were not up to date.

Here are the numbers of the of the old references along with new website links that have the same (or similar) information:2. Page will not load. Similar information can be found here. Smith, P. K., Mahdavi, J., Carvalho, M., Fisher, S., Russel, S., & Tippett, N. (2008, April). Cyberbullying: it's nature and impact in secondary school pupils. In Pubfacts Scientific Publication Data.

11. Page not found. Similar information can be found here. Hooge, Dylan. (2014). The practice of cyber bullying is not limited to children an. in Prezi.

12. Page error. Similar information can be found here. Wallace, H. (n.d.). e-Study guide for: family violence : legal, medical, and social perspectives. In Google Books.

14. page not found. similar information can be found here. State cyberstalking and cyberharassment rules (2015, January 12). In National Conference of State Legislatures.

15. Page not found. Similar information can be found here. Mehiri, S. (2014, April 2). Untitled prezi. In Prezi.

18. Page not found. Similar information can be found here. Olszewska, A. (2015, February 9). What is the cyber bullying?. In Prezi.

27: I could only locate an abstract of the article on the following link http://jec.sagepub.com/content/47/3/235.abstract I have a copy of the full article if there is a way to upload it to Wikipedia. or similar information can be found here. Pinto, D. (2015, March 16). Cyberbullying. In Prezi

33: There is not enough information to locate the article. The following article has similar information. Gregorie, T. M. (2001). Cyberstalking: dangers on the information superhighway.

35: The following article covers the same information Bailey, M. (2012, May 28). “Back Off, Bully!”. Retrieved November 2, 2015, from http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/back_off_bully/

also the official website to the app is the following link http://rmetro12.skills21schools.org/BOB/

45. It directs to a wrong website. use Cyberstalking – Cyberharassment – Cyberbullying. (2015). Retrieved November 1, 2015, from https://hfxtattoomonstercyberbullying.wordpress.com/cyberstalking/ 46. Web page is not available anymore. Same information is on https://docs.education.gov.au/system/files/doc/other/australian_covert_bullying_prevalence_study_chapter_1.pdf 48. The book is not showing up. Use this: Hasebrink, U., Livingstone, S., Haddon, L., & Ólafsson, K. (Eds.). (2009). Comparing children's online opportunities and risks across Europe (2nd ed.). LSE, London ISBN 978-0-85328-406-2 http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/24368/1/D3.2_Report-Cross_national_comparisons-2nd-edition.pdf 75: Information under resource 75 is incorrect. The following is the correct information and working link. Authors: Robers, Simone; Zhang, Jijun; Truman, Jennifer; Snyder, Thomas D. Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2011 by Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) and National Center for Education Statistics Institute of Education Sciences (ies) http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/iscs11.pdf 80: Article has been moved to http://www.pantagraph.com/news/bill-targets-adults-who-cyberbully/article_6ade6d44-a162-54d1-9be0-88bebf181f6d.html

82: Invalid Page. Instead use http://www.fbusd.us/vnews/display.v/ART/4cd41cda558da

83: Invalid Page. Instead use http://www.centerdigitaled.com/edtech/Education-Legislation-Cyber-Bullying.html

84: Valid Source. Surdin, Ashley (January 1, 2009). "States Passing Laws to Combat Cyber-Bullying — washingtonpost.com". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 2,2009.

85: Active Link. http://www.out-law.com/page-5624

86: Valid Source. Von Marees, N.; Petermann, F. (2012). "Cyberbullying: An increasing challenge for schools". School Psychology International 33 (5): 476.

87.Valid Source. Smyth, S. M. (2010). Cybercrime in Canadian criminal law. (pp. 105–122). Toronto, ON: Carswell.

88.Valid Source. Walther, B (2012). "Cyberbullying: Holding grownups liable for negligent entrustment". Houston Law Review 49 (2): 531–562.

89. Invalid Page. Instead use http://demetrioskritikos.com/cyber-bullying/

90. Active Link. Alexandra Topping; Ellen Coyne and agencies (8 August 2013). "Cyberbullying websites should be boycotted, says Cameron: Prime minister calls for website operators to 'step up to the plate', following death of 14-year-old Hannah Smith". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 August 2013.

91. Active Link. . Kelly Running. "Cyber-bullying and popular culture". Carlyle Observer. Retrieved January 5, 2015.

92. Active Link. "Cyberthreat: How to protect yourself from online bullying". Ideas and Discoveries (Ideas and Discoveries): 76. 2011.

93. Active Link. Alvarez, Lizette. "Girl's Suicide Points to Rise in Apps Used by Cyberbullies". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 November 2013.

94. Active Link. "First Class Rank Requirements". US Scout Service Project. Retrieved August 5, 2008.

95. Active Link. Boy Scout Handbook adds advice for dealing with bullies". Dallas Morning News. Retrieved August 5,2008.

96.Video not found. Instead use https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ai09cWlyPrQ

97. Video not found. Instead usehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNO6G4ApJQY

98. Invalid Page. Instead use http://www.dailytitan.com/2009/10/cal-state-fullerton-student-causes-crash/comment-page-46/

99. Active Link. "End Revenge Porn". End Revenge Porn

100. Active Link. YouTube tackles bullying online BBC News, November 19, 2007

101. Active Link. Salazar, Cristian (2010-05-24). "Alexis Pilkington Facebook Horror: Cyber Bullies Harass Teen Even After Suicide". Huffington Post. Retrieved 22 October 2012

102. Active Link. "The BULLY Project". The BULLY Project.

103 Active Link. "Cyberbully". Imdb

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Amyyfiene (talk • contribs) 03:58, 25 November 2015‎
 * The customary way of dealing with dead links is laid out here: WP:DEADLINK. Either tag dead references with the template in the article text, or, if you're up to it, you can find an archived page or where the page has moved to (methods at WP:DEADLINK). I don't see this as essential and you don't have to do it. I won't either, I don't have the time right now, and it's still possible for people to find the vast majority those references (by again using the methods at WP:DEADLINK). Tagging with the template is handy though so that editors can know there's an issue with those links and then repair them. I will do that. Unfortunately I can't really use your information to fix the links because the citation numbers change automatically as new citations are added. Some of the Prezi ones you mentioned seem to be unreliable sources. One of them (the one by Olszewska) that I could find used Wikipedia as a source, which would be circular referencing if we referenced it too. Wikipedia is not a reliable source. --BurritoBazooka (talk) 23:20, 27 November 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 30 November 2015
I noticed there is a dead link in the "Age" section under "Law Enforcement". The dead link points to a NCPA article listing common bullying tactics used by teen cyberbullies.

We have put together an in-depth post and infographic around the subject of teen cyberbullying. You can view it here.

Please change the following text...

"The National Crime Prevention Association lists tactics often used by teen cyberbullies.[52][dead link]

Pretend they are other people online to trick others Spread lies and rumors about victims Trick people into revealing personal information Send or forward mean text messages Post pictures of victims without their consent"

TO

"The 8 most common cyberbullying tactics used by teens are listed below:

1. Exclusion: Teenagers intentionally exclude others from an online group. 2. Cyberstalking: Teens will harass others by constantly sending emails, messages, or tagging others in posts they don’t want to be tagged in. 3. Gossip: Post or send cruel messages that damage another’s reputation, relationships, or confidence. 4. Outing/Trickery: Trick another teen into revealing secrets or embarrassing information which the cyberbully will then share online. 5. Harassment: Post or send offensive, insulting, and mean messages repeatedly. 6. Impersonation: Create fake accounts to exploit another teen’s trust. They may also hack into an account and post or send messages that are damaging to the person’s reputation or relationships. 7. Cyber Threats: Threaten or imply violent behavior toward others to make them feel uncomfortable. 8. Flaming: Fights online that involve hateful or offensive messages that may be posted to various websites, forums, or blogs.

All states have laws in place regarding cyberstalking or cyberharassment. Since it is a relatively new topic, more laws are appearing as new cyberbullying cases appear."

Rrichards321 (talk) 17:26, 30 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Yellow check.svg Partly done: I have placed some of the content in the methods used section.  Ete ethan  (talk)  21:34, 7 December 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 12 December 2015
http://www.cyberbullyingfacts.org

Oasisfan12 (talk) 16:23, 12 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. Requests to simply add a link to a website will be rejected; please read WP:EL and WP:SPAM. Ivanvector 🍁 (talk) 21:29, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

Pseudonyms Protect Victims
¿Should not we have a section pseudonyms?

One easy way of protecting oneself is to remember that Real names are for the real world and pseudonyms are for the pseudoworld (cyberspace). If one follows this rule, bullying in one world cannot follow one into the other world.

If the bullying is only in the pseudoworld, as a last resort, one can cut one's losses and abandon a pseudonym, If one uses one's real name, abandoning one's real name for loosing bullies is not a viable option. Use of real names can lead to bullying to suicide.

Laws For Real Identity
Many Governments use cyberbullying as an excuse for requiring Real Identity Online. This only makes cyberbullying worse:

Cyberbullies do not obey these laws and cyberbully pseudonymously and anonymously, but they render the victims sitting ducks, with bullying in reality spilling into cyberspace or vice versa, with no option to cut one's losses and abandon one's online persona because it is the only persona they can legally have.

The real reason governments want to force people to use their real names online is not for helping the victims because it makes victims more vulnerable, but as a means to track more easily the online activity of law-abiding citizens, without, in any way, hindering the activity of cyberbullies.

External links modified
Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just added archive links to 3 one external links on Cyberbullying. Please take a moment to review my edit. If necessary, add after the link to keep me from modifying it. Alternatively, you can add to keep me off the page altogether. I made the following changes:
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