Was Justine Sacco’s Trial By Twitter Cyberbullying?
A few days ago, Justine Sacco, a communication director for InterActiveCorp, the parent company of many websites including About.com, CollegeHumor, Dictionary.com and Vimeo, posted an offensive tweet that read “Going to Africa. Hope I don’t get AIDS. Just...5 Different Types of Cyberbullying
Just like how traditional bullying exists in many different types such as verbal abuse and physical violence, there are many different types of cyberbullying. Here is a list of few common types of cyberbullying. 1. Harassment It involves the bully sending offensive...Cyberbullying Prevention: Seven Great Tips for Teens
These are some tips to staying cyber-safe. 1. Be Educated! To prevent someone, including yourself, from being cyberbullied, you must first be knowledgeable about what cyberbullying is. Here are few basic information about the definition of cyberbullying, the negative...Twitter Critics Say It’s Not Sensitive Enough To Cyberbullying
Twitter has received a wide criticism for temporarily changing its ‘blocking’ policy. Originally, the blocking featured allowed one to forbid any other user from ‘following’ and removed the blocked user from seeing one’s mentions and...“BullyBlocker” Developed To Prevent Cyberbullying
A group of students directed under Dr. Yasin Silva, professor of applied computing at Arizona State University West, developed an application called BullyBlocker which identifies and assesses the likelihood of a child being bullied on social networking sites. Once...
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