Have you ever experience cyber bullying before?
Do yo know what is cyber bullying?
Cyber bullying is the use of technology to harass, threaten,
embarrass, or target another person. By definition, it occurs among young
people. When an adult is involved, it may meet the definition of
cyber-harassment or cyber-stalking, a crime that can have legal consequences
and involve jail time.
Cyber bullying is usually not a one time communication,
unless it involves a death threat or a credible threat of serious bodily harm.
Kids usually know it when they see it, while parents may be more worried about
the lewd language used by the kids than the hurtful effect of rude and
embarrassing posts.
Cyber bullying may rise to the level of a misdemeanor cyber
harassment charge, or if the child is young enough may result in the charge of
juvenile delinquency. Most of the time the cyber bullying does not go that far,
although parents often try and pursue criminal charges. It typically can result
in a child losing their ISP or IM accounts as a terms of service violation. And
in some cases, if hacking or password and identity theft is involved, can be a
serious criminal matter under state and federal law.
When schools try and get involved by disciplining the
student for cyber bullying actions that took place off-campus and outside of
school hours, they are often sued for exceeding their authority and violating
the student's free speech right. They also, often lose. Schools can be very
effective brokers in working with the parents to stop and remedy cyber bullying
situations. They can also educate the students on cyber ethics and the law. If
schools are creative, they can sometimes avoid the claim that their actions
exceeded their legal authority for off-campus cyber bullying actions. We
recommend that a provision is added to the school's acceptable use policy reserving
the right to discipline the student for actions taken off-campus if they are
intended to have an effect on a student or they adversely affect the safety and
well-being of student while in school. This makes it a contractual, not a
constitutional, issue.
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