Network Harassment And Covid-19
California defines the network paradox as that everyone sends online communications, intentionally threatening, insulting, torturing or otherwise attacking others.
The network isolation research center calls it “computer, It is defined as “intentional and repeated victimization through mobile phones and other electronic devices” and “when someone repeatedly teases others on the Internet, repeatedly provokes others through email or SMS, or someone uploads information about others that they hate on the Internet”.
With the school closed for a year and reopened, the memory of school bullying may have disappeared from children’s memory in the face of “hard fight”. They are afraid to show up at school, but they see bullies every day.
However, distance education and additional online time will only make social media and other types of online harassment more vulnerable. In addition to the recent increasing number of uncivilized political acts and the convenience for people to remain anonymous on the Internet, many bullies feel that they have the right to bully all kinds of children and adults more than ever. In any case, 95% of teenagers are online, and the vast majority of them use social media. A large number of online isolated behaviors have occurred on social media.
Many children are bullied online:
• About one-third of American children have experienced online harassment.
• Nearly two thirds of teenagers have experienced online harassment.
• It is reported that nearly three quarters of teenagers spread rumors about them online.
• About one sixth of young people admit that they bully others online.
• Nearly half of LGBTQ youth have experienced online harassment.
So what? Shouldn’t we have freedom of speech?
We generally believe that the United States has freedom of speech, but this is only guaranteed on government platforms, not on personal platforms such as Twitter or Facebook. But this does not mean that all media have the nickname of freedom of expression. For example, hate speech and combat speech cannot guarantee the form of expression.
Of course, many forms of online harassment are hate speech. Network harassment can produce the following results:
• Victims of cyber harassment are almost twice as likely to commit suicide.
• Bullies are also more likely to commit suicide. 70% higher than the average person.
• Two thirds of online harassing children have experienced mental health problems.
• Two thirds of children said that online harassment would affect the school’s learning ability and sense of security.
Is there no law prohibiting such things?
At present, there are clear cyber harassment laws, but there is no federal law specifically prohibiting such acts(although some groups have civil rights laws). Most of the online harassment and online chat suspects are complementary to other crimes.
• Schools can punish bullied children, but until recently, their hands were almost tied when bullying occurred after school.
• States have their own laws, which can be found here.
What can we do?
Experts say it is best to ignore rude posts, comments, text messages, phone calls, messages, etc. In other words, do not respond. But this is certainly an unacceptable proposal. The bully said that he was looking for a response, so if he did not respond to the child bullied by the Internet, he would actually win. Their online advisors are likely to disappear.
At the same time, it is better to keep copies of all these emails, messages, comments, comments, etc. to prevent action at a certain time. Preserve evidence. Without it, there is no evidence.
The sexual photos of minors should be deleted. Otherwise, the recipient may be prosecuted for possession of child pornography. Anyway, they should not give it to others. Otherwise, deployment costs may increase. This needs to be repeated: please delete the sexual photos of minors and do not send them to anyone.
You can report the harassment to an ISP, which provides the school, the social media website where the harassment occurred or started, and the email address of the child or harasser. The report includes copies of violation information other than the sexual images of the minors mentioned above.
If there is a threat of violence or death, stalking or self mutilation rewards or even suicide, please report to the police. Similarly, keep a copy of the violation material and submit it together with the report submitted to law enforcement agencies. Include everything, but be concise in your narrative and take them more seriously.
Change your account. If the harassment or harassment continues, you can close the target account and open a new account.
Remember that children communicate with their peers through electronic devices. They were bullied and thus deprived of the way to communicate with their friends. This encourages the victim to remain silent when tortured. Verywell Family [] said that most children would not report bullying because they were afraid of losing contact with the world. Especially during isolation.
Help children avoid cyber violence
In the early days, when children began to communicate online, they were taught to accept network etiquette, that is, the rules of network behavior. Except that online behavior may be anonymous, they are not very different from the recognized face-to-face behavior rules. Although it may be difficult to teach politeness from our common politicized and uncivilized behaviors, of course, the best teacher is to create the behaviors you want to see in children.
Basic Rules of Network Etiquette
Avoid hurting others’ feelings.
Respect the rights of others.
Avoid insulting others. No matter who it is, really.
Don’t say what you don’t want to say to your face.
If someone insults you, please calm down.
They just want to get a response. As mentioned above, if you refuse to contact the insulter, you will win.
Use a language that respects others, including their privacy, and do not use capital letters.
This may apply to older users, but perform a fact check before republishing. It’s easy. It can dispel harmful rumors.
Helpline
Provide telephone help hotline for affected people(thank CyberSmile)
Immediately interrupt the harassment hotline: 1-800-273-8255 Help Line established by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
National suicide prevention lifeline: 1-800-273-8255
National suicide hotline: 1-800-784-2433
Tambi é n Processable Espanol Phone: 1-888-628-9454
National Association of Eating Disorders: 1-800-931-2237
Leveraged project: 1-866-488-7386: LGBTQ community suicide prevention
although online harassment is a curse, it can reduce the impact of online harassment or even its occurrence by listening to children’s opinions, imitating their civilized behavior, and talking about online etiquette and expectations with them early. We can participate in supporting laws and school policies against criminals, and provide well-known support, such as hotlines for outstanding people who want to support people affected by abuse.
Our life is more and more related to online behavior. This trend will only continue. Create safer places.
Note: Most of the data not yet counted are from TechJury and CyberSmile.
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