Haters & Trolls:Creating Safe Spaces Online

Rebecca Lansbury

Most populated site by 12 - 26 year olds are Social Networking and Vlogging/Blogging sites.

Young Teens Youth Generation Y

Social Networking

Blogging

Vlogging

Social Networking

http://www.cyberbullying.us/research.php

20.8% of the kids have been cyberbullied in their lifetime

17% have been cyberbullied at least once in the previous 30 days

13.3% have been cyberbullied by rumors online

14.3% have been cyberbullied by mean or hurtful comments online.

7.2% have been threatened online

2010 Cyberbullying Research Center Survey

http://www.cyberbullying.us/2010_charts/cyberbullying_gender_2010.jpg

Adolescent girls are significantly more likely to have experienced cyberbullying in their lifetimes.

http://www.ipsos-na.com/news-polls/pressrelease.aspx?id=5462#.Tw6exyC2__s.twitter

• One in ten parents online (12%) around the world say their child has experienced cyberbullying.

• One in four (24%) of those parents say they know a child in their community who has experienced cyberbulllying.

• Of those, 60% say the children experienced the harassing behavior on social networking sites like Facebook.

Natalie Farzenah

The cyber bullying on Facebook Natalie endured led her to contemplate suicide.

"I thought maybe if I started this account, people would get to know me and they could finally stop giving me abuse,"

"I got at least 10 messages, from the same person I think, saying: 'Kill yourself, everybody hates you, you're horrible'.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-16880173

15-years-old

Jessi Slaughter11-year-old

http://gawker.com/5589103/how-the-internet-beat-up-an-11+year+old-girl

Jessi was placed under police protection after receiving threatening phone calls.

http://gawker.com/5590166/11+year+old-viral-video-star-placed-under-police-protection-after-death-threats

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Issa Rae

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Anti-bullying Twitters:

@Cyber_Bullying@cyberbullying@CyberBullyAlert@No_Cyberbullies

Hashtags:

#cyberbullying#cyberbullyingfacts#bullying#harassment#antibullying#safety#mentalhealth#nomorebullies

http://hashonomy.com/hashtag/cyberbullying/http://socialmediatoday.com/index.php?q=SMC/78505

http://reversecyberbullying.tumblr.com/

http://compassionalert.tumblr.com/

http://lets-bandage-it-up.tumblr.com/

Anti-bullying Tumblr blogs:

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Tips on how to prevent cyber bullying

• Don’t respond

• Block the user

• Save the evidence

• Report it

Question & Answer

• Have you or your friends been affected by Cyberbullying?

• How have you combat bullying in your online space?

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Thank you!

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