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Cyberbullying prevention

How many hours per day do you spend on social media? These hours are the same that you are exposed to be cyberbullied or be a cyberbullier. Cyberbullying can happen at any time, and it can be difficult to escape from because it can reach the victim 24/7

So, to manage cyberbullying and social media situations, it is important to take action immediately. 

DENIGRATIONHow can we tackle cyberbullying on social media?

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  1. Don't respond to the bully: Responding to the bully can often escalate the situation and make it worse. It's best to ignore the bully and not engage in any conversations with them.
  2. Block the bully: Most social media platforms have a feature that allows you to block users. This can prevent the bully from being able to see your profile or send you messages.
  3. Report the bully: Most social media platforms also have a feature that allows you to report users who are engaging in abusive behavior. Reporting the bully can help the social media platform take action against the bully and prevent them from causing harm to others.
  4. Talk to someone you trust: Cyberbullying can be distressing, and it's important to talk to someone you trust, such as a friend or family member, about how you are feeling.
  5. Document the bullying: If the bullying continues, it can be helpful to keep a record of the onlineincidents. disseminationThis can include screenshots of slander, liesmessages or rumors,posts, gossip,as oftenwell as any other evidence of anthe offensivebullying.
  6. Seek professional help: If cyberbullying is having a significant impact on your well-being, it may be helpful to seek professional help from a therapist or counselor who can provide you with support and cruelguidance.
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Do you know other ways to stop it? Please share it with your classmates. 

In response, Snapchat had introduced a feature called "Here For You" that offers in-app support for mental health and well-being. This portal provides resources on various topics such as grief, bullying, harassment, anxiety, eating disorders, depression, stress, all of which were developed in collaboration with leading international advocacy and mental health organizations. 

Tik Tok took decisive action against any behavior or content that seeks to shame, bully, or harass members of the community. Moreover, they partnered with experts to develop a well-being guide, which provides valuable information on improving mental health and maintaining a safe, inclusive space for the purposecommunity

On Facebook and Instagram, a set of defamingCommunity Standards and Community Guidelines, respectively, have been established. Any content that violates these policies, such as bullying or insultingharassment, someoneis promptly addressed and action is taken against the violators. 

The social media platforms are constantly enhancing their detection tools to identify such content more efficiently. Preventing the display of hateful or damagingharassing content in private conversations can be a challenge since these messages are private. However, Facebook and Instagram have implemented measures to take stricter action against those who violate their reputationrules. If an individual persists in sending violating messages, their account will be disabled. New accounts created to circumvent messaging restrictions will also be disabled, and personalaccounts relationships.solely created to send harmful messages will continue to be disabled as well.

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Activity: Social media reflexion

  • Do you think that these measures are enough?

  • If you could, what other measures would you implement?

and now it's time to take action!!

 

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Remember, each and every one of us has the power to make a difference. It starts with being aware of our own actions and treating others with kindness, respect, and empathy. Let's be the change we want to see in fact, send or publish on the Internet altered images (photographs or video clips) of the target, for instance, by modifying the face or body of the target student in order to ridicule him or her, or by making him or her the protagonist of sexually explicit scenes, through the use of photomontages.

In these cases, the peers who receive the messages or view the photographs or video clips on the Internet are not necessarily the targets (as is predominantly the case with harassment and cyberstalking), but sometimes passive spectators of cyberbullying (when they just watch), more likely active ones (if they download the material, report it to other friends, comment on it and vote on it).

Therefore, unlike in cyberstalking, the cyberbully's offensive and intentional activity can take the form of a single action (e.g. publishing a retouched photo of a classmate), capable of generating, with the active, but not necessarily required, contribution of other Internet users ("involuntary recruitment", Pisano, 2008), unpredictable cascading effects.

Finally, denigration is the form of cyberbullying most commonly used by students against teachers: there are, in fact, numerous seriously offensive video clips on the Internet depicting episodes from classroom life. In some cases, the scenes depicted are obviously fake and, therefore, re-created ad hoc by the student, sometimes they are, unfortunately, true.

Here is a concrete example:

"Marco is in his first year of middleour school and has landed in a class where he knows no one: making new friends is difficult. To break the ice, Annalisa takes care of it: after asking everyone for their mobile phone number, her classmate creates a class group on WhatsApp. The kids start interacting. There are those who write jokes, like Giacomo, those who send curious photos, like Sara, and those, like Gloria, who only reply with smiling emoticons and simple 'ahahs'. Others, however, view the conversations but do not participate. Annalisa does not worry: sooner or later it will be their turn.  The group on WhatsApp also seems to help in real life, because the children now find themselves talking about that shared photo or that song Sara linked. community!

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short. Until the maths test arrives. The day before, everyone talks about it, and promises to 'help each other' and 'suggest'. The debate, in the group, continues even after the test is over. And for the first time, Dario intervenes.  Dario sits two seats away from Marco: he always keeps to himself and speaks little. His best friends are in other classes and he spends playtime with them. During the test, Dario ended up next to Marco and, throughout the test time, asked him for his results. But Marco was unable to help him because the teacher was keeping an eye on him.

Dario then debuts in the group with a very specific accusation: Marco refused to hand over the task to him. It is a false accusation and full of insults. Marco tries to justify himself, but Dario continues to insult him. Someone tries to stop the comrade, but he gets fed up almost immediately: after all, his attack is only on Marco and everyone prefers to talk about something else.

Only Annalisa writes a private message to her unjustly attacked friend: she tells him to let it go, that Dario is only telling lies and that no one believes him. To Marco, however, those harsh words hurt. He cannot help but give them weight. And so, what used to be a space to have fun, now becomes a battleground, and Marco loses the will to interact with his peers...'

Check the video bellow.

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