WHAT IS CYBERBULLYING?

Cyberbullying or cyberharassment is a form of bullying or harassment using electronic means. Cyberbullying includes sending, posting, or sharing negative, harmful, false, or mean content about someone else.

Life is a ﬁght, but not everyone’s a ﬁghter. Otherwise, bullies would be an endangered species.

SOCIAL EFFECTS OF CYBER BULLYING

The effects of cyberbullying also include mental health issues, increased stress and anxiety, depression, acting out violently, and low self-esteem. Cyberbullying can also result in long-lasting emotional effects, even if the bullying has stopped.

How to prevent cyberbullying

Cyberbullying is hard to identify because the conversation usually doesn’t take place in a public space. The issue is, there’s a big stigma around the problem of cyberbullying. Whenever someone tries to bring it up (especially adults) people tend to lash back. Things like “get off the internet then” or “just don’t read it” are common. Preventing cyberbullying as an adult is much harder, however. Because there’s really no controlling what other people do. But it’s still essential to address any bad behaviour. It’s also important to have systems in place that keep the cyberbullies in check. However, these systems do need to actually work.

In conclusion

Fighting cyberbullying will take hard work and a mind-shift in society at large. However, it’s essential to start the fight against toxic online behaviour now before it keeps escalating.

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