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Cyberbullying (cyberharassment or online bullying) is a form of bullying or harassment using electronic means. Since the 2000s, it has become increasingly common, especially among teenagers and adolescents, due to young people's increased use of social media. [1] Related issues include online harassment and trolling.
Cyber-bullying is very common among children and young adults that are ten to eighteen years old. [17] Victims of cyber-bullying, often feel negative about themselves after being bullied. It is also common for cyber-bullying to have negative effects on cyber victims' social well-being because it has a negative impact on their self-esteem. [18]
Megan Taylor Meier (November 6, 1992 – October 17, 2006) was an American teenager who died by suicide by hanging herself three weeks before her 14th birthday. A year later, Meier's parents prompted an investigation into the matter and her suicide was attributed to cyberbullying through the social networking website MySpace.
The psychological harm cyber bullying can cause is reflected in low self-esteem, depression and anxiety. It also opens up avenues for manipulation and control. Cyber bullying has ultimately led to depression, anxiety and in severe cases suicide. Suicide is the third leading cause of death for youth between the ages of 10 and 24.
Stop Cyberbullying Day is an international awareness day launched by The Cybersmile Foundation [1] on 17 June 2012, taking place on the third Friday of June annually. The day encourages people from around the world to show their commitment toward a truly inclusive and diverse online environment for all, without fear of personal threats, harassment or abuse.
France has launched a cyberbullying investigation following a complaint by Algerian Olympic boxing champion Imane Khelif, prosecutors told CBS News on Wednesday, after the athlete endured backlash ...
“It will take Cyber Bullying to another level,” lamented one person on Instagram. “It’s like they want to continue to see us argue and hate each other,” an X user wrote, per the Daily Mail .
Cyberbullying, use of the internet to bully and intimidate. Cybercrime, use of computers in criminal activity e.g. hacking; Cybersex trafficking, the live streaming of coerced sexual acts and or rape; Internet homicide, the killing online; Malware, software designed to harm a user's computer, including computer viruses