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How to Report Cyberbullying under 18 years old with link provided

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How to Report Cyberbullying under 18 years old with link provided

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Follow these steps to make a complaint

1. Collect evidence and information

2. Report to the social media service where the bullying took place

3. Make a cyberbullying complaint to eSafety

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If you are in immediate danger or at risk of harm call the police on Triple Zero (000), staying safe is your number one priority. Learn more and get support.

Follow these steps to make a complaint

1. Collect evidence and information

Find out about the evidence and information you need in order to make a complaint. It is also a good idea to collect evidence before you report to social media services. Read more about collecting evidence.

2. Report to the social media service where the bullying took place

The eSafety Guide has reporting links for social media services, apps, games and websites. If the abusive material is posted on one of the social media services we work with you should report it to them first and wait 48 hours for a response.

3. Make a cyberbullying complaint to eSafety

Once you have collected relevant evidence and information.

Are you an adult experiencing cyber abuse?

If you are aged 18 and over and are being bullied or harassed online, find out how you can take action and get help and support. Find out more.

More information on cyberbullying

Get help and support

Kids Helpline

5 to 25 year olds. All issues. Confidential phone counselling available all day, every day. Online chat available 24/7, 365 days a year.

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12 to 25 year olds. All issues. Phone counselling available all day, every day. Online chat available 9am to 1am EST daily.

Privacy and your personal information

Before submitting any information to us, please read our privacy policy and the collection notification for cyberbulling complaints. The collection notification sets out the types of information we may collect, why we collect this information and how it may be used in managing your complaint.

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Adult cyber abuse

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How to make a cyberbullying complaint | eSafety Commissioner

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If you are in immediate danger or at risk of harm call the police on Triple Zero (000), staying safe is your number one priority. Learn more and get support. Find out about the evidence and information you need in order to make a complaint.

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Cyberbullying is sending, posting, or sharing negative, harmful, false, or mean and nasty content about someone else. It includes sharing personal or private information about someone else causing them to be hurt, embarrassed or humiliated.

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Cyberbullying is bullying that takes place over digital devices like cell phones, computers, and tablets. Cyberbullying can occur through SMS, Text, and apps, or online in social media, forums, or gaming where people can view, participate in, or share content. Cyberbullying includes sending, posting, or sharing negative, harmful, false, or mean content about someone else. It can include sharing personal or private information about someone else causing embarrassment or humiliation. Some cyberbullying crosses the line into unlawful or criminal behavior.

The most common places where cyberbullying occurs are:

Social Media, such as Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and Tik Tok

Text messaging and messaging apps on mobile or tablet devices

Instant messaging, direct messaging, and online chatting over the internet

Online forums, chat rooms, and message boards, such as Reddit

Email

Online gaming communities

Special Concerns

With the prevalence of social media and digital forums, comments, photos, posts, and content shared by individuals can often be viewed by strangers as well as acquaintances. The content an individual shares online - both their personal content as well as any negative, mean, or hurtful content - creates a kind of permanent public record of their views, activities, and behavior. This public record can be thought of as an online reputation, which may be accessible to schools, employers, colleges, clubs, and others who may be researching an individual now or in the future. Cyberbullying can harm the online reputations of everyone involved - not just the person being bullied, but those doing the bullying or participating in it. Cyberbullying has unique concerns in that it can be:

Persistent - Digital devices offer an ability to immediately and continuously communicate 24 hours a day, so it can be difficult for children experiencing cyberbullying to find relief.

Permanent - Most information communicated electronically is permanent and public, if not reported and removed. A negative online reputation, including for those who bully, can impact college admissions, employment, and other areas of life.

Hard to Notice - Because teachers and parents may not overhear or see cyberbullying taking place, it is harder to recognize.

Laws and Sanctions

All states have laws requiring schools to respond to bullying. As cyberbullying has become more prevalent with the use of technology, many states now include cyberbullying, or mention cyberbullying offenses, under these laws. Schools may take action either as required by law, or with local or school policies that allow them to discipline or take other action. Some states also have provisions to address bullying if it affects school performance. You can learn about the laws and policies in each state, including if they cover cyberbullying.

Frequency of Cyberbullying

There are two sources of federally collected data on youth bullying:

The 2019 School Crime Supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey (National Center for Education Statistics and Bureau of Justice) indicates that, nationwide, about 16 percent of students in grades 9-12 experienced cyberbullying.

The 2021 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) indicates that an estimated 15.9% of high school students were electronically bullied in the 12 months prior to the survey.

See also " Frequency of Bullying."

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Cyberbullying is bullying that takes place over digital devices like cell phones, computers, and tablets.

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- Approximately one in five young people under 18 (20%) reported experiencing online bullying in any one year.
- School staff report an average of 2.1% reports per student of online bullying, with 1.2 per 100 for primary schools
- The majority (72%) of schools reported managing at least one incident of online bullying in the previous year.

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-What is cyberbullying?
-What are ways to deal with cyberbullying?
-What can we do when faced with cyberbullying?
-Who can we go to for help as a victim or seeing someone getting cyber bullied?
-If you find any informational graphs, statistics or links to informational websites feel free to add them to this padlet!

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1. Reach out to a trustworthy adult
2. Disengage
3. Log Off and Block Harassers
5. Take Screen Shots
6. Step In to Stop It
7. Report It
8. Empathise
9. Remember: You are Not to Blame
10. Be a Friend

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It's a fact of life in the 21st century that kids are connected to each other 24/7. A generation ago, young people who were bullied in school could count on hours spent at home as a respite from ridicule. Today, kids are ever-connected through texting, instant messaging and social media sites; sadly, there is little rest for the bully-weary.

While many parents consider themselves digital immigrants in their child's native cyber-lands, even a tech novice can help a young person navigate their way safely through the choppy waters of online aggression. What follows are 10 guidelines that parents, caregivers and other concerned adults can offer to the young people they care about for effectively dealing with cyberbullying:

It ups the ante on aggression. The person who "started" it will likely escalate their cruelty even farther.

It creates equal culpability in the eyes of adults. Accountability is not based on "who started it?" but rather, who did the right thing to bring the situation to an end?

It can potentially land both kids in legal jeopardy, since cyberbullying can be a criminal offense.

Signe Whitson, LSW is a school counselor, national educator on bullying, and author of two books on stopping bullying, including 8 Keys to End Bullying: Strategies for Parents & Schools (coming Spring 2014) and Friendship & Other Weapons: Group Activities to Help Young Girls Cope with Bullying. For more information or workshop inquiries, please visit www.signewhitson.com

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10 Strategies for Stopping Cyberbullying

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It's a fact of life in the 21st century that kids are connected to each other 24/7. A generation ago, young people who were bullied in school could count on hours spent at home as a respite from ridicule. Today, kids are ever-connected through texting, instant messaging and social media sites; sadly, there is little rest for the bully-weary.

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Kids Helpline

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Bullying | How to deal with being bullied | Kids Helpline

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If you’re being bullied, or know someone who is, there are lots of things you can say and do to make the bullying stop and to cope.

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What to do if your friend is being bullied

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Putting a stop to cyberbullying is everyone's responsibility. If you know someone who is being cyberbullied there are things you can do to help.

How to help stop cyberbullying

Each of us can help keep the internet a safe place so nobody gets hurt, abused, or attacked online. Here's what you can do:

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Friends being cyberbullied? Here's what you can do to help

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Putting a stop to cyberbullying is everyone's responsibility. If you know someone who is being cyberbullied there are things you can do to help. Each of us can help keep the internet a safe place so nobody gets hurt, abused, or attacked online. Here's what you can do:

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Cyberbullying Helpline

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Support is always available. If you're being cyberbullied, it's important to talk to someone you trust. If you need help to get through this, give us a call, start a WebChat or send us an email.