Cyberbullying

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Cyberbullying Sexting
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What is Cyberbullying?

• The use of information and communication
  involving electronic technologies to facilitate
  deliberate and repeated harassment or threat to
  an individual or group.
• Being cruel to others by sending or posting
  harmful material using technology means
• Power
• Control
• Human Relationships

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Differences

• Bullying
• 1. DIRECT
• 2. Occurs on school property
• 3. Poor relationships with teachers
• 4. Fear retribution
• Physical hitting, punching, shoving
• Verbal Name calling, gossip
• Nonverbal Use of gestures exclusion

• Cyberbullying
• Anonymous
• Occurs off school property
• Good relationships with teachers
• Fear loss of technology privileges
• Further under the radar than bullying
• Emotional reactions cannot be determined

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Prevalence of CyberbullyingPatchin and Hinduja
(2005) studied 1400 Internet-using adolescents
experiences with online bullying found that

• 34 of respondents say they have been bullied
  online
• 13 were threatened
• 5 were scared for their safety
• 17 have bullied others online
• 56 were bullied in a chatroom
• 49 were bullied using computer text message (IM)
• 28 were bullied by email
• 34 felt frustrated

• 30 felt angry
• 22 felt sad
• 24 of victims were negatively affected at home
• 18 of victims were negatively affected at school
• 42 of victims did not tell anyone about the
  incident
• 11 of those who were bullied told an adult about
  the incident
• Online bullying seems to be linked to offline,
  traditional bullying

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IM Acronyms

• POS Parent Over Shoulder
• PAL Parents Are Listening
• RUF2T Are You Free To Talk?
• 99 All Clear
• A/S/L Age/Sex/Location

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What is Sexting?

• Sending nude pictures or pornographic pictures
  using a cell phone
• 1 in 5 teenage girls in a recent study admitted
  to sending nude or semi-nude pictures online
• Form of bullying
• Refers to the sending or posting of sexually
  suggestive text and images in cyberspace.

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Education and Prevention Websites

• Web Wise Kids (www.webwisekids.com)
• SafeTeens.com (www.safekids.com)
• Ad Council (www.adcouncil.org/issues/online_sexual
  _exploitation)
• ProtectKids.com (www.protectkids.com

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School Violence and Bullying Prevention Hotline

• Available 24/7
• 1-800-788-7254
• Bullying A Resource Toolbox for School
  Administrators
• www.ebasedprevention.org
• http//www.ebasedacademy.org/

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School Resource Officer

• Officer Craig Crider
• What is the law?

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Ohio Anti-Bullying Bill 276

• Repetitive and hostile behavior with the intent
  to harm others through the use of information and
  communication technologies and other Web-based
  online sites (also known as cyberbullying),
  such as the following

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Illegal use of minor nudity-oriented material or
performance (2907.323)

• Having the pictures
• No person shall do any of the following
• Photograph any minor who is not the persons
  child or ward in a state of nudity, or create,
  direct, produce, or transfer any material or
  performance that shows the minor in a state of
  nudity
• Felony of the 2nd Degree (F2)
• (For MINORS)

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Cont

• Possess or view any material or performance that
  shows a minor who is not the persons child or
  ward in a state of nudity
• Felony of the 5th Degree

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Disseminating matter Harmful to juveniles
2907.31

• Sending or showing pictures to a minor
• Sexting
• No person shall
• Directly sell, deliver, furnish, DISSEMINATE,
  provide, exhibit, rent, or present to a juvenile
  (minor), a group of juveniles, a law enforcement
  officer posing as a juvenileany material or
  performance that is obscene or harmful to
  juveniles
• allow any juvenile to review or peruse any
  material or view any live performance that is
  harmful to juveniles (shows/pornography)

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Penalties

• If convicted, even if a juvenile, the guilty
  person must register as a sex offender. This
  could remain on the persons record for life, or
  a limited time, held to the discretion of the
  judge.
• Harmful Misdemeanor of the 1st degree
• Obscene Felony of the 5th degree
• Under 13 years of age Felony of the 4th degree
  (regardless of anythingno matter what)
• Exceptions exhibit/medical situations only

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Cont

• A juvenile cant determine if its
  (picture/video/live performance/pornography)
  harmful to them or notthis is determined by the
  law enforcement involved.