Cyberstalking and Cyberbullying
Cyberstalking Defined
'Cyberstalking, simply put, is online stalking. It has been defined as the use of technology, particularly the Internet, to harass someone. Common characteristics include false accusations, monitoring, threats, identity theft, and data destruction or manipulation. Cyberstalking also includes exploitation of minors, be it sexual or otherwise.' http://us.norton.com/cyberstalking/article Cyberbullying Defined
'Cyberbullying is the use of cell phones, instant messaging, e-mail, chat rooms or social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter to harass, threaten or intimidate someone.' http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/cyberbullying |
Cyber means online and stalking means when someone spies another person who does not want to be observed. Bullying means to threat someone.
Stalking and also Bullying is nothing new but since the creation of social media the cyberstalking and cyberbullying were born. These will never end because there are now too many medias online and the social media grows up and do not break down. When something is online you can never put it out of the world wide web. So you should take care what do you post on the internet. Think about that 'Whatsapp','Snapchat' and 'Ask' are also not safe because these are also Websides on the internet. |
Anyone can be refered by this problem. You can be stalked by a cyberperson right now and you do not even know anything about it...
Mostly young people who use the social media especially teenage girls. |