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Cyber Bullying in U.K.

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Is Cyberbullying A Criminal Offence Bullying 3 Impact of Cyber bullying 4 Issues associated with Cyber bullying and action taken by social media to prevent them 4 Cyber Laws for Cyber bullying in U.K. 5 Prevent Cyber bullying 5 CONCLUSION 5 References 6 INTRODUCTION Cyber bullying can be defined as any kind of bullying which takes place online by use different mediums like social networking sites, messaging apps, chat rooms such as Live, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and many other mediums (Campbell and Bau

Cyber Bullying in U.K.

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Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................................3Cyber bullying.............................................................................................................................................3Impact of Cyber bullying.........................................................................................................................4Issues associated with Cyber bullying and action taken by social media to prevent them.......................4Cyber Laws for Cyber bullying in U.K....................................................................................................5Prevent Cyber bullying............................................................................................................................5CONCLUSION...........................................................................................................................................5References...................................................................................................................................................6
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INTRODUCTIONCyber bullying can be defined as any kind of bullying which takes place online by use differentmediums like social networking sites, messaging apps, chat rooms such as Live, Facebook, Instagram,YouTube and many other mediums (Campbell and Bauman, 2018). This report is based on cyberbulling, its impact, issues associated with it and steps which are taken by social media platforms to helpthe individuals. Furthermore, cyber laws used by UK are discussed and ways in which cyber bully can beprevented is discussed.Cyber bullyingCyber bullying is a platform which is used by twenty first century bully to inflict humiliation andpain upon others. It is basically use of technology to threaten, harass, embarrass and target anotherperson. Despite of absence of audible insults and physical contact, it is more traumatizing than traditionalforms of bullying (Espelage and Hong, 2017). By the use of social media bullying can be viewed byanyone family, friends and acquaintances. This leads severe consequences and can become more severe.Example can be taken to understand it like if a school student takes unflattering picture of classmate andputs it on social media as well as circulate it among friends with hurtful comments then it can create asevere impact on mind of that student and might take life.Impact of Cyber bullyingCyber Bullying has made young people more than twice likely to commit suicide or self harm asper recent studies. Though growth in technology is considered as a strong asset but with rise in socialmedia it has left youngsters vulnerable to online bullying which comprises of humiliation of intimidatingmessages, threatening or posting of images or harmful comments. Around one third of young peopleclaims that they have been victims of bullying. Researchers at Oxford Universities found that around 2.3times risk of self harm and suicide has been raised in recent times (Cyberbullying makes young peopletwice as likely to self harm or attempt suicide, 2019). For this it has been suggested that prevention fromcyber buying must be incorporated in school’s anti-bullying policies along with other concepts associatedwith digital citizenship.An analysis was conducted in Britain in which 11000 young people were taken, it was found thatgirls of 14 years were addicted to social media, around two fifth of them use it for more than three hoursevery day as compared to boys. It was analyzed that around 38% of heavy social media users (around 5years a day) and 12% of light media users showed high sign of depression (Teen girls twice as likely asboys to experience depression due to social media, 2019).
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