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TYPES OF CYBER BULLYING

Sending mean messages or threats to a person's email account or cell phone

Spreading rumors online or through texts

Posting hurtful or threatening messages on social networking sites or web pages

Stealing a person's account information to break into their account and send damaging messages

Pretending to be someone else online to hurt another person

Taking unflattering pictures of a person and spreading them through cell phones or the Internet

Sexting, or circulating sexually suggestive pictures or messages about a person

STATS

Around half of teens have been the victims of cyber bullying

Only 1 in 10 teens tells a parent if they have been a cyber bully victim

Fewer than 1 in 5 cyber bullying incidents are reported to law enforcement

1 in 10 adolescents or teens have had embarrassing or damaging pictures taken of themselves without their permission, often using cell phone cameras

About 1 in 5 teens have posted or sent sexually suggestive or nude pictures of themselves to others

Girls are somewhat more likely than boys to be involved in cyber bullying

WHAT CAN BE DONE TO PREVENT CYBER BULLYING AT HOME

Keep friends list as updated as possible.

Have the parents supervise their childes internet usage.

Stop using the social networking site.

Have the public settings set as strictly as possible.

The parents have access to their childes email and social networking sites.

HOW TO PREVENT CYBER BULLYING AT SCHOOL

Schools also need to better monitor the computer usage

Schools need to increase their computer security. (students know how to get around the current security systems that schools use)

WHY THE GOVERNMENT SHOULDN’T BE INVOLVED

In the first amendment it says that the government can not make a law that takes away the freedom of speech.

To make cyber bullying illegal it would be very difficult to create a law that does not take away the first amendment of freedom of speech.

WORKS CITED

"Cyber Bullying Statistics - Bullying Statistics." Bullying Statistics - Teen Violence, Anger, Bullying, Treatment Options. The Harford County Examiner. Web. 25 Nov. 2011. <http://www.bullyingstatistics.org/content/cyber-bullying-statistics.html>.