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Thursday, March 18, 2010

Tips to Avoid From getting Cyber Bully

 
People basically get people from anywhere when they are weak. there are many ways for the victim to avoid from getting bully. Today i am here to discuss with you readers about how to avoid from getting cyber bully.

Internet now can be access from any mobile devices. Therefore it will be easy to pass information around. sometimes positive information are being passed but sometimes negative ones are being pass as well. It've been showed that 'pre-paid' phones are now widely use around Australia by teenagers. The average age of mobile phone owners will be girls under the age of 18, is 13 years old.

The best way to avoid being a victim will be that users should always keep their personal information private. this is because by doing so, people will then wont be able to have any valuable information to bully them.

The next way will be try not to create your password as such easy one such as your birthday, home address, phone number and etc. this is because this type of information can be easily guess by hackers. With the information that can be hack, user will then be a victim of cyber bully.

the nest way to prevent being a victim of cyber bully will be that only pass out private information only to people who can be trusted. This is because is private information can be share by public, it wont be a private information anymore.

This are the few ways for user to prevent themselves from being a victim of cyber bully.

Reference: http://www.girl.com.au/cyber-bullying-prevention-tips-for-teenagers.htm

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Cyber Bullying Law

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As we are all aware of, we are living in the 21st century which is a world of technology. Technology is getting higher and better as the day passes. Therefore, more people are relying on using the Internet as their primary source for communication. Hence more people might use the tool of Internet to cyber bully and the social risk will increase observably.


Malaysia has not implement any cyber laws on cyber bullying which is because cyber bullying in Malaysia is not a serious matter. However, in the US, cyber bullying is a serious matter and because many cases which had caused death because of cyber bullying, many states in America had already implemented cyber laws on cyber bullying. The government believe that by making these laws can protect their children from being harassed, threatened, and humiliated online.

The states which had implemented cyber laws are Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, New Jersey, Oregon, Missouri, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont.


The laws are such as follow:
  • School officials are permission to take action against cyber bullies even if the bullying did not happen in school itself.
  • School officials are allowed to suspend their students if one is found guilty of bullying another through telephone or computer.
  • Fines will be charged to an individual if one is found guilty of cyber bullying via electronic communication.
  • Tougher and heavier punishment is added on top of the delinquents under the terms of state's laws for young offenders.
  • Court sessions would be held for cyber bullying offenders and police officials will be getting involved as well.

Reference: Cyber Bullying Alert [Online] Retrieved on 17th March, 2010
http://www.cyberbullyalert.com/blog/2008/10/cyber-bullying-state-laws-and-policies/

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Cyber Bullying Hits Down Hard on the Gay Community

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Cyber bullying is a huge problem by itself, what more the pressure it puts on the gay community. This gay community consists of gay people, lesbian people and those of transgender. The mere mention on anything regarding the subject of the gay community brings about a certain feeling of taboo for our community. Thus, people tend to turn a blind eye when a member of the gay community is a victim of a cyber bully. In fact, people in the community itself tend to become the bulliers. This happens because people of the community find the gay community and the fact of the same gender liking the same gender, weird and abnormal. People are tend to be more scared of what they do not understand, and do not wish to accept it, thus, the gay community becomes an easy pray for cyber bullies.

The Iowa State University conducted a study that finds that the younger generation compiled from the people identified as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender (LGBT), as well as thier straight allies are hit hard by this form of harrasment, occasionally ending in lethal concequenses. This study also reveals that one out of every two transgender students (LGBT), are a victim of cyber bullying. Furthermore, due to the stealth in this form of bullying, it becomes harder for teachers and parents to detect it.

"In the online survey of 444 junior high, high school and college students between the ages of 11 and 22 -- including 350 self-identified non-heterosexual subjects -- 54 percent of the LGBT and allied youth reported being victims of cyberbullying in the 30 days prior to the survey. Cyberbullying includes attacks such as electronic distribution of humiliating photos, dissemination of false or private information, or targeting victims in cruel online polls."

Information taken from : Sticks and Stones Can Break My Bones, Cyberbullying can Potentially Kill

This survery shows that the gay community becomes an easy target for cyber bullies worldwide, who will taunt them with names such as "queer", "weirdo", "abnormal", and many other mean and degrading names. 

True to the survey, this has become a huge issue, which souldnt be taken lightly. The government should provide more awareness on the existance of the gay community and how they are not abnormal, as it is just a way of living. People should learn to accept the gay community  for who they are, and by doing this, cyber bullies will target less of them.

Thank you for reding. Do leave a comment and we will get back to you.  

Monday, March 15, 2010

The Abuse of Youtube as a Cyber Bullying hub

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Statistics show that Youtube.com is the second most used search engine in the world. With statistics higher than that of Yahoo.com, Youtube has become on of the most popular search engines in the world. Thus with that thought, it has also become the hub of cyber bullies around the world. With hidden identities, these cyber bullies pray on their victims by leaving mean comments on their posts of videos. These comments range from sexual insults to life threats on the victims. Cyber bullying on youtube has become a huge problem and youtube has not taken the proper measures to filter these comments.

There is a case whereby a blogger, who posted his content on Youtube which was about saving the dolpins. The user wanted to let people know that dolphins will in fact become an endangered species if stricter laws aren't brought up to protect them from poachers. Instead of the positive feedback he expected from awareness, all he gained was criticism and insults.

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In this picture we can view at the bottom of the video post, other users posted mean comments, such as "If you die dolphins won't give a crap", and another few comments. These people are examples of cyber bullies. If you do not like the video, as long as it does not contain any offensive content, users should not respond in such a manner.

Other cases are people who have been cyber bullied but do not know what to do, or who to tell. These people search for a 'safe' place for them to let out their worries and release their stress of being a victim of a cyber bully through posting videos on Youtube. They hope that people from all over the world may watch and comment helping them through the situation.




Taken from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c57TjaGrg2s&feature=related

In the above video, a girl, Julianne Flory, tells her story about how she was a victim of cyber bullies and how they ruined her life. She shares her experience on Youtube.com in a hope that others who suffer the same fate as her are able to listen, watch and learn from what she has to say. She explains in brief details her traumatic experience being bullied and how she didn't even feel safe in her own house. She was paranoid and afraid of people. She found it very hard to trust people and had low-self esteem.

For people like Julianne, they are able to tell their story, whether by posting it online or speaking to their parents, victims of cyber bullies must stand up and make their problem known.

Thus, lastly it is proven that even in the biggest of websites, the prevention of cyber bullying is not yet proper and management of these web sites must try harder to find the culprits of cyber bullying in these web sites and ensure they get the punishment they deserve. We, as the society also must help others who are a victim to these cases of cyber bullying, aware that they can escape cyber bullying, and life will go on.

Thank you for reading, and please do feel free to leave a comment. We will get back to you as soon as possible.

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Cyber Bullying among Celeberities

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Cyber bullying has become such a general topic that we realized it doesn't only happen or revolve around any regular individual in this world. Even celebrities get cyber bullied. As we all are aware of, cyber bullying is so easy these days as long as there is an Internet connection or any electronic communication devices revolve around in our daily life environment. As have been said, cyber bullying can happen at anytime and anywhere and definitely, to anyone in the world as well. Therefore, celebrities get cyber bullied over the Internet and people enjoy hot new gossip news revolve around celebrities and eventually, it will become a hot selling topic.

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Most of the celebrities get cyber bullied from photos taken by paparazzi and unauthorized personals. However, cyber bullied by video is usually different comparing with cyber bullied by photos. For example, the infamous Paris Hilton, who had a homemade sex video of she and her former boyfriend, was leaked and released on the Internet back in 2003. It was the hot news back then and without any shame or humiliation, Paris Hilton had later released her video in a DVD name 1 night in Paris instead of taking legal actions. She made a big amount of money through her infamous idea of releasing and selling it on DVD to the public.

Another case was the Kim Kardashian sex tape scandal. In 2007, a homemade sex video of she and her then boyfriend was leaked on the Internet. Kim made a law sued against Vivid Entertainment, an adult film production company for having in possession and ownership of the tape without any permission from Kim. However, Kim later on dropped the suit and settled with Vivid Entertainment for USD$5 million.

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No matter how both celebrities had some how rewarded back with money after the incidents, but personally i am sure that nobody ever will have the intention to receive money in such a way and this has shown that cyber bullying can happen to anybody, anytime and anywhere.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Week 6 Poll Result


This week we have ask the readers to vote on the question that is 'What will you do it you get cyber bully?' and the answer that are given to choose from are ' call polis for help, call your family for help and lastly just ignore it'.

The answer with the most vote will be call your family and friends for help with 50% of votes. to my opinion, the reason for the readers to vote on this answer is because they trust their family and friends more as they are the ones that will always be with you when your in trouble. So the easies reaction for a person to do when they are in trouble will be to call their family and friends.

The second most vote will be the answer call polis for help with 38%. I do believe that the reason readers vote on this answer will be that people trust the polis to do their job and to protect the one who need protecting. And the answer with 13% of the vote will be just ignore it. I think that readers who vote on this answer believe that by ignoring the treats that are given will stop sooner or later as the person who bully have not get back any feedback from the victim or maybe because the victim just don't bother about what others say to them in the Internet.

Monday, March 8, 2010

Are You a Cyber Bully?

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Cyber bullying is a rough and heavy term used, when the fact is that cyber bullies can range from those who really wish to cause pain towards another and those who are just playfully inserting a mean comment. For example, a big time cyber bully would taunt and disturb the victim online or through thier mobile device, wanting the victim to break down, but a small time cyber bully are those who see a funny picture of thier friend on the web, and they say their friend looks horrible. There is a fine line between what is funny and what can cause harm and pain in others.

We need to realize that our actions on the internet, especially social networking sites are seen and viewed by millions a day, as it is the fastest way to easy communication. We must understand and think about the feelings of others before we act or do something online. Even though just a playful comment, we must still have empathy and think from the others perspective. Would you want the same thing to happen to you?

The short quiz below is for those of you who wish to ensure that you are not in the category of a cyber bully. Just tick the ones you have done before and count all those which you have ticked to determine your score.

Have you ever...

___Signed on with someone else’s screen name to gather info?

___Sent an e-mail or online greeting card from someone’s account?

___Impersonated someone over IM or online?

___Teased or frightened someone over IM?

___Not told someone who you really are online, telling them to “guess”?

___Forwarded a private IM conversation or e-mail without the permission of the other person?

___Changed your profile or away message designed to embarrass or frighten someone?

___Posted pictures or information about someone on a Web site without their consent?

___Created an Internet poll, either over IM or on a Web site, about someone without their consent?

___Used information found online to follow, tease, embarrass or harass someone in person?

___Sent rude or scary things to someone, even if you were just joking?

___Used bad language online?

___Signed someone else up for something online without their permission?

___Used an IM or e-mail address that looked like someone else’s?

___Used someone else’s password for any reason without their permission?

___Hacked into someone else’s computer or sent a virus or Trojan horse to them?

___Insulted someone in an interactive game room?

___Posted rude things or lies about someone online?

___Voted at an online bashing poll or posted to a guestbook saying rude or mean things?



Now calculate your total score:

0 – 5 Points: Cyber Saint

Congratulations! You’re a cyber saint! Your online behavior is exemplary! Keep up the good work!

6-10 Points: Cyber Risky

Well, you’re not perfect, but few people are. Chances are you haven’t done anything terrible and were just having fun, but try not to repeat your behaviors, since they are all offenses. Keep in mind the pain that your fun might be causing others!

11-18 Points: Cyber Sinner

Your online behavior needs to be improved! You have done way too many cyber no-no’s! Keep in mind that these practices are dangerous, wrong, and punishable and try to be clean up that cyber record!

More than 18: Cyber Bully

Put on the brakes and turn that PC/MAC/text-messaging device around! You are headed in a very bad direction. You qualify, without doubt, as a cyber bully. You need to sign off and think about where that little mouse of yours has been clicking before serious trouble results for you and/or your victim(s), if it hasn’t happened already!

(taken from http://www.stopcyberbullying.org/tweens/are_you_a_cyberbully.html)


Thank you for participating in the quiz. Feel free to drop us a comment stating your results.

Saturday, March 6, 2010

week 5 poll result

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This week we have ask the readers the question 'How can we stop cyber bully?' and the answer that was given to choose from are 'banned web sites, punish people who cyber bully and advice user about cyber bully'.

The answer with the most vote will be the answer punish the person who cyber bully with 75% of the vote. To my opinion, the reason why they pick on the answer is because they think that by having this action people will then be scare to do cyber bullying any more.

The second answer that have the most vote will be banned web site with 25% of the vote. I think the reason why people choose the answer is because they think by doing this action might not work because the person who cyber bully can bully their victim from any sites and it would be hard to banned all the site.

The last answer will be advice user about cyber bully. This answer didn't get any vote. I think the reason why people did not vote on this answer is because they don't believe that this action will help to stop people from cyber bully.

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Cyber Sin The Movie

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Cyber Sin is an unique awareness short film campaign (approximately 4 minutes) which promotes to educate the world on cyber bullying. This film empowers youth with their courage and their confidence to fight against cyber bullying. Also, this film project has an universal message which will have a big impact on our generation.

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The tagline for this short film campaign is "A death sentence is only one click away". The story is about the 16 year old student name Cindy who cyber bullies her own family relative, her cousin. With the help of two of Cindy's closest friends, She sent out compromising photos of her cousin's photos from her personal social networking through internet and mobile phone. Soon after the incident, the whole school knows about it and Cindy's cousin committed suicide. Parents of Cindy's cousin reveals their heartache of losing their daughter.

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This film's objective is to create awareness in the society about the serious nature of cyber bullying and to educate the youngsters to make the right choice. Also, to educate the youngsters the consequence of cyber bullying in a positive manner and they need to be responsible of their actions.

Evette Henderson, who is the writer and the producer of the film Cyber Sin, has attracted many celebrities, corporates to endorsed, sponsor on the film and as well as supports from organizations. Cyber Sin will be showing in 2010 globally.

Reference: Cyber Sin The Movie, Evette Henderson Ozemag.com [Online] Retrieved on 4th March, 2010
http://www.prlog.org/10333548-celebrities-support-cyber-bullying-film.html
http://www.cybersinthemovie.com/