Poll: Cyberbullying

[oppp7]

If it's the virus/hacking type, then yes, get some legal peoples involved. For everything else there's ignore.

 

[Wardnath]

ITT: We confuse cyber-bullying with simple flame wars.

From Wiki:

The National Crime Prevention Council's definition of cyber-bullying is "when the Internet, cell phones or other devices are used to send or post text or images intended to hurt or embarrass another person." StopCyberbullying.org, an expert organization dedicated to internet safety, security and privacy, defines cyberbullying as: "a situation when a child, tween or teen is repeatedly 'tormented, threatened, harassed, humiliated, embarrassed or otherwise targeted' by another child or teenager using text messaging, email, instant messaging or any other type of digital technology." Other researchers use similar language to describe the phenomenon.

Cyber-bullying can be as simple as continuing to send e-mail to someone who has said they want no further contact with the sender, but it may also include threats, sexual remarks, pejorative labels (i.e., hate speech), ganging up on victims by making them the subject of ridicule in forums, and posting false statements as fact aimed at humiliation.

Cyber-bullies may disclose victims' personal data (e.g. real name, address, or workplace/schools) at websites or forums or may pose as the identity of a victim for the purpose of publishing material in their name that defames or ridicules them. Some cyberbullies may also send threatening and harassing emails and instant messages to the victims, while other post rumors or gossip and instigate others to dislike and gang up on the target.

Bolded that part for particular emphasis.

 

[JokerboyJordan]

Anyone who gets cyber bullied is incapable of the most basic operations on the internet. The
block/remove/report.
You wouldn't add someone who torments you; on Facebook, MSN, or your mobile. It's as simple as that.

Spreading rumours or gossip happens in real life aswell therefore however terrible it may be it would happen regardless of the choice of medium.

 

[MelziGurl]

It's not a matter of it just being 'online'. Most cyberbullies know the person they are bullying, from school etc. It can be just as cruel as any other form and it's definately getting worse because it's not a direct form. I've been bullied and seen people being bullied, it has a different effect on each person. I'm tired of people treating it like it's not that serious when it actually is.

EDIT: And no, it can't always just simply be ignored or deleted. If you push the bullying too far, if effects you mentally and by that time you've already done damage.

 

[Vrex360]

I still reckon the one, sure fire way to end cyber bullying and by extension trolling and spamming and all other problems on the internet would be to pass a law that makes it a legal obligation for everyone to show their true identity on the web. No one would be allowed to operate anonymous anymore, they would have to have their details, name, workplace, home and relatives all on the details and sent to a database and anyone who doesn't comply will have their internet disconnected.

I don't really see a problem with this law, if everyone knew EXACTLY who you were, naturally you would behave yourself.

But yes, in the meantime I think police are needed to a slight degree but more often than not I think people should be able to rise above petty insults on the web.

 

[Abedeus]

Anyone who gets cyber bullied is incapable of the most basic operations on the internet. The
block/remove/report.
You wouldn't add someone who torments you; on Facebook, MSN, or your mobile. It's as simple as that.

Spreading rumours or gossip happens in real life aswell therefore however terrible it may be it would happen regardless of the choice of medium.

I am sure that if you block someone who posted nude pictures of you and your personal data on the Facebook he'll remove everything and apologize.

Now who's lacking basics on the Internet?

 

[ninjapenguin981]

Police are there in real life to deal with real life situations, unless the cyber bullying is really something to be seriously concerned with (doing stuff IRL or causing them to become in trouble) then mods are there on forums and public places, and you should have enough common sense to block/delete people in private things like MSN/Facebook.

tl;dr

Police are for real life, Mods/Common Sense for internet.

 

[ninjapenguin981]

Anyone who gets cyber bullied is incapable of the most basic operations on the internet. The
block/remove/report.
You wouldn't add someone who torments you; on Facebook, MSN, or your mobile. It's as simple as that.

Spreading rumours or gossip happens in real life aswell therefore however terrible it may be it would happen regardless of the choice of medium.

Sorry for the double post if it is one. Something like this I would say is more than cyber-bullying, this is harassment and actually goes against human rights of privacy (I would say) and therefore something like that should be dealt with by the police, but most instances are not as severe and are usually a case of over-reacting.

 

[ohellynot]

I still reckon the one, sure fire way to end cyber bullying and by extension trolling and spamming and all other problems on the internet would be to pass a law that makes it a legal obligation for everyone to show their true identity on the web. No one would be allowed to operate anonymous anymore, they would have to have their details, name, workplace, home and relatives all on the details and sent to a database and anyone who doesn't comply will have their internet disconnected.

I don't really see a problem with this law, if everyone knew EXACTLY who you were, naturally you would behave yourself.

But yes, in the meantime I think police are needed to a slight degree but more often than not I think people should be able to rise above petty insults on the web.

This doesn't work for so many reasons.
1. You can't police the internet, end of story and i'm not going to waste time explaining why (I wrote an essay for this as an AS exam so I know what I'm talking about)
2. It sure as hell wouldn't stop bullies who also bully IRL, after all they still do it in person and everyone knows who thay are so having people know who they are when they do it online would be no barrier to them.

 

[Koganesaga]

No, two reasons. 1) The police is already stretched thin enough as it is (were I live anyway) and to add to their list, having to track down internet criminals is going too far, after all who's gonna bust that drug lord while officer Williams is out arresting some 13 year old with attention issues? 2) If kids are really killing themselves over what people say on facebook, are they really going to last long in the real world? Seriously, they get worked up over what are effectively the words of strangers, what happens of people the know make fun of them? Sad as it may be, it's better they take their own life vs killing everyone who mocked them and THEN taking their own life.

 

[Jedoro]

Cyber Bullying really annoys me, especially when it's made to be such a huge problem. I'm not saying it's not a problem, but in most cases it can easily be avoided. If someone is constantly harassing you on MSN, just block them or delete them. If someone is harassing you on Facebook or something you can delete them as well.

QFT

Suck it the hell up and block the bastard.

 

[RicoADF]

I'm sure I've been 'bullied' much more online than a lot of people, and why am I not affected?

Oh yeah, because it's online.

Thankyou, you just summed up my opinion on this. If you honestly get depressed and such over someone trolling you over the internet, then you need to harden the fuck up.

Jesus Christ, I hate how much we coddle children nowadays. We're WEAKENING humanity, ffs.

Also, mate, you don't need to make a new thread every two seconds.

I usually agree, but when its a case of school kids bullying and harrassing someone from school (as in they know them), then its a different matter. To me its no different then bullying normally in those cases. Weather police get involved tho depends on the situation imo, some cases do warrent police involvement, while others just require normal disciplinary action.

 

[Enigmers]

I think there are much bigger and better things the police can spend their time with. After all, if someone is cyber-bullying (which I believe is early 90's slang for "trolling") you can hit that big, red "X" on the top-right-hand corner of your screen. Then you can take off your diaper and start telling yourself that not everybody is going to say nice things all the time.

 

[Marter]

Never been "Bullied", but I have had the mass amount of insults thrown when you are winning any online game. The ones who can't take it should either stay off the Internet, or go to therapy, because they will have difficulty managing their lives off the web.

 

[Wardnath]

It's not a matter of it just being 'online'. Most cyberbullies know the person they are bullying, from school etc. It can be just as cruel as any other form and it's definately getting worse because it's not a direct form. I've been bullied and seen people being bullied, it has a different effect on each person. I'm tired of people treating it like it's not that serious when it actually is.

EDIT: And no, it can't always just simply be ignored or deleted. If you push the bullying too far, if effects you mentally and by that time you've already done damage.

And, if they're good enough, they've got your IRL address, your name, your IP number, your phone number, among other things.

I still reckon the one, sure fire way to end cyber bullying and by extension trolling and spamming and all other problems on the internet would be to pass a law that makes it a legal obligation for everyone to show their true identity

Stopped right there. Just ask Michael Atkinson why this'll never work.

 

[RnAoDm]

If it's simple making fun or harsh words etc i think anyone who complains about this should be made to sit through it and build a resistance. The real world is less forgiving and the resistance they built up will help them.

 

[Legendsmith]

Cyberbullying no (Leave it to the school, since a lot of it involves students saying stuff to each other after class), but that crap that anon does to people, ordering scores of pizzas to their address, ringing them up and impersonating dead loved ones? that's explicitly against the law.