dealing with online bullying
If someone’s posted something malicious about you on a web site, you should report it to the host of the internet service provider. They will investigate and remove anything which contravenes their Terms and Conditions.
In severe cases, seek legal advice and keep copies of web pages and other relevant information. It may also be possible to obtain a court order to establish the identity of the poster of an internet site or blog comment, for the purposes of starting a civil case against them.
With malicious emails, the service provider can help police to trace the sender of messages, even if the user fakes the sender ID.
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bullying and harassment online – talking points for children
Children spend a lot of online time on social networking sites like MySpace, where they post content about themselves, and can view information about others. Occasionally, this results in malicious material being posted. Here’s some advice for children to deal with this.
where to next?
For more about bullying and harassment, the following sites contain information on the subject of bullying in general:
For further information on bullying and text messages, visit the National Children’s Home page.
For a free short film tackling the issue of mobile bullying, click here.
