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[|Cyberbullying Identification Prevention Response Fact Sheet]
The Cyberbullying Research Center is dedicated to providing up‐to‐date information about the nature, extent, causes, and consequences of cyberbullying among adolescents. For more information, visit [|http://www.cyberbullying.us]. © 2010 Cyberbullying Research Center ‐ Sameer Hinduja and Justin W. Patchin





[|Lupe - Research]
text posted below **Cyberbully**

I had the opportunity of interviewing the counselor at our campus 5th/6th Grade. I asked what procedures for identification/handling/consequences on the cyberbulling issue. I asked her if cyberbulling was a issue here at our campus. She said it is not a problem sometimes in our email system among the students, but students are quick to report it and it gets taken care quickly On the other side, she did say that it is a big problem outside the campus, she mentioned its pretty big especially through FACEBOOK and its mainly among/between the girls. She stated that some girls are really vicious. Same reporting procedures, as soon as they here about, parents are notified and hopefully parents would look into this at home, she stated there is really not much they can do when it involves FACEBOOK but to notified the parents.

**Bottom line - there is NOBODY actually monitoring to see if there is cyberbullying going UNLESS someone reports its. Its like our counselor stated its up to us the adults to continued educated our students on reporting inappropriate actions from other students.** 

I went into our District Handbook, to see the Internet Usage Policy Guidelines: Internet Acceptable Use Guidelines (AUG) for Students Illegal, unethical or inappropriate use of these technologies can have dramatic consequences, harming the District, its students, and its employees.  •Borrowing someone’s account without permission. •Unauthorized use of chat rooms. •Intentionally introducing a virus to the computer system. •Postingmessages or accessingmaterials that are abusive, obscene, sexually oriented, threatening, harassing, damaging to another’s reputation, or illegal. •Gaining unauthorized access to restricted information or resources.
 * Inappropriate uses:\**

**The following consequencesmay result** •Suspension of access to the system; •Revocation of the computer system account; or •Other disciplinary or legal action, in accordance with the Student Code of Conduct and applicable laws. For example if a student sends a threatening email at school, it will be treated as though the student made the threat in person at school.
 * frominappropriate use:**

Would this helps with our subject. Please feel free to add comments about your school.

Lupe

[|Cyberbully Statistics That Might Shock You]
**Cyber Bullying Statistics that may Shock You!** August 27th, 2008 by admin Bullying is nothing new to school or youth culture. The past several decades in the United States have seen a remarkably consistent pattern, with bullying beginning in the elementary school years, peaking in frequency and intensity during junior high school (grades six through eight) and leveling off (but continuing) through high school. But the rise of the Internet as a mean of regular communication between our children has opened up new doors for those who wish to bully other children. Chat rooms, MySpace, email, instant messaging and other online tools have all helped create the epidemic. Give your child the ability to report cyber bullying incidents instantly with. **Statistics about cyberbullying**
 * According to the National Crime Prevention Center, over 40% of all teenagers with Internet access have reported being bullied online during the past year.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Girls are more likely than boys to be the target of cyberbullying. Also, there is a direct correlation to the amount of time girls spend online and the likelihood that they will be bullied.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The National Crime Prevention Center National Crime Prevention Center study found that only 10% of those kids who were bullied told their parents about the incident, and that a mere 18% of the cases were reported to a local or national law enforcement agency.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Only 15% of parents are “in the know” about their kids’ social networking habits, and how these behaviors can lead to cyberbullying.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Currently, the most common virtual locations for cyberbullying are chat rooms, social networking web sites, email and instant message systems. [[image:https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/gtNO7FGIZpHGK0BcsHiBga5REA7XNqr4PErXbZtr5bXEpD9JNVgU3hFyOHV1CfqOVdX6uf6uCVFPcwUSVRUpOmKOihTtggsOjkvaGcmJbK6E-tsxPg width="135" height="135"]]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Of the technologies above, chat rooms are currently where the most cyberbullying occurs, with various sources finding anywhere between 45% - 57% of all incidents originating there.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace are growing fast, and so are the cyberbullying incidents originating from them. Experts believe that they will soon overtake chat rooms as the top source of cyberbullying problems worldwide.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">According to a recent study, 58% of 4th through 8th graders reported having mean or cruel things said to them online. 53% said that they have said mean or hurtful things to others while online. 42% of those studied said that they had been “bullied online”, but almost 60% have never told their parents about the incident.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Cell phone cameras and digital cameras are a growing problem in the cybe [[image:https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/Fr6U2AQsd9UetlpEXJtasS92eSTYO_BMExLC5lRv9kwfLaAjA_855rDMatONyLjhVi-qM9C-9Lt9dnGvPkc8ezrYbJ29AVTKkkdWksn3al4iP7zang width="129" height="139"]]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">According to extensive research on middle school age students and teenagers online, the fastest growing problems within the world of cyberbullying are:
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Stealing an individual’s name and password to a social networking site, then using their profile to post rumors, gossip or other damaging information.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Altering photographs using PhotoShop or other photo editing software in order to humiliate the individual.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Recording conversations without the individual’s knowledge or consent, then posting the call online.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Creating confrontational and mean-spirited online polls about the individual and posting them on different web sites.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Using web sites and blogs to post hurtful, embarrassing information about another individual.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ed1b23; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**MySpace Cyberbullying incident produces tragic results**
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 7pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">August 11th, 2008 by admin
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The Internet has provided a new method of communication for young people from all over the world. For most, online social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook are an opportunity to share feelings about music, movies, school and anything else that kids tend to talk about with one another when they congregate.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">But as kids gain a greater mastery over the online tools at their disposal, more and more are using these technologically advanced sites, and major consumer software programs, for an insidious purpose – namely, cyberbullying.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**What is Cyberbullying?**
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Cyberbullying occurs when one or more individuals use the Internet to inflict psychological harm on another individual. This can occur in many forms, including: using social media techniques to spread hurtful or untrue information about another individual, creating fake identities and using them to manipulate others, posting unwanted photos of an individual, or doctoring photos of an individual using PhotoShop or other photo editing software programs.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Give your child the ability to report cyber bullying incidents instantly with.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**The sad case of Megan Meier**
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Recently, cyberbullying made headlines when a 13-year old girl f [[image:https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/RaA__c6fBP2JVxbh-S76MDm_vUJx1Q_25OtshnKyGjk8hzIfwKE2diobMF90C5Bubu-mzS7bqvqi48e5PaFcJdIolV3MkfZy7F4fRhUEHriRNfmoFA width="237" height="272"]]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Megan developed a relationship on MySpace with an individual who she thought was a new boy in the area, but turned out to be a cabal of other individuals from the neighborhood, including adults such as Lori Drews (who’s 13-year old daughter was once friends with Megan, but had gotten into a fight with her) and an 18-year-old temporary office worker who worked for Drews.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The group created an elaborate hoax to make Megan believe that she had a burgeoning relationship with the boy. When the plot was revealed for all to see, Megan was unable to deal with the humiliation and took her own life.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The state of Missouri had no cyberbullying laws at the time of Megan’s suicide and was therefore unable to prosecute Lori Drews or any of the other parties involved. Federal prosecutors working in Los Angeles however, saw the case as a clear cut violation of the Consumer Fraud and Abuse Act and stepped in to bring Drews up on charges for violating the terms and conditions of her MySpace account. That case is currently pending.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Bullying and young girls**
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This sad case is unique in that it involved an adult at the helm who should have known better, but the act of bullying has been around as long as there have been children. And while many individuals associate bully-behavior with boys, some of the most devastating instances of bullying occur with girls. What makes girl-girl bullying so harmful is that the age in which it is most likely to occur, say twelve to eighteen years old, is the time in which young women-to-be are dealing with a number of challenging issues regarding their bodies and self-image. Exposing them to high levels of emotional stress, such as those coming from being the target of a cyberbullying incident, can yield unpredictable and often tragic results.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The ACLU gets involved
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">And this incident is far from over. Recently, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has become involved in the case, concerned that in their haste to bring someone to justice for Megan Meier’s tragic death, Federal prosecutors will be setting a bad precedent, and that the door will open to prosecute (or investigate) anyone who innocently violates the terms and conditions of the websites they use. Like the federal case against Lori Drews, this case is pending as well.

Susan Research
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