Japan's parliament on Monday passed legislation making "online insults" punishable by imprisonment amid rising public concern over cyberbullying sparked by the suicide of a reality television star who had faced social media abuse.
i mean, if it's a kid being cyber bullied, telling them to log off is like telling them not to go to school. isolating yourself from social situations where bullies might exist doesn't solve the problem and it's basically impossible anyway.
if you've got a strong irl support network then you can log off - but if you've got that kind of support the cyber comments probably aren't going to bother you as much.
Is spreading rumors around online also cyberbullying? You could be entirely offline but everyone you know could hear and spread gossip about you online.
i didn't even think about that, but yeah I would qualify that as cyberbullying too. My point is just that you can't just log off unless you have a strong offline social group (which most kids in the developed world really don't have).
The stalker doesn't even have to be the one to break in. It can be "the address is 123 oak lane will no one rid me of this meddlesome SJW" :le-pol-face:
Use of the internet is almost mandatory these days, and even if it wasn't, any very online sociopath that wants to doxx and stalk someone that upset him enough can do offline harm quite easily. "GamerGate" demonstrated that over and over again. :le-pol-face:
I thought it was dumb then and I think it's dumb now. You can log off, sure - when you're not forced to use the internet for work/school - but you can't make everyone else log off. People can still spread hateful content to your family and friends, they can still spread rumors and start hashtag campaigns that all of your peers will see.
And even beyond that, oftentimes the people who face the most harassment online are the ones who have the most trouble fitting in with the real world. They hang out in weirdo anime forums or furry Tumblr and get most of their validation from other internet users. Whether or not that is healthy, these communities don't deserve to be stalked by people hunting for the next big "lolcow" or whatever. They deserve to have safe access to their online communities.
With all of that said, do some people deserve it? Well yeah. The world shouldn't be a safe space for reactionaries. There are some people who should be afraid to show their face, online or otherwise.
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i mean, if it's a kid being cyber bullied, telling them to log off is like telling them not to go to school. isolating yourself from social situations where bullies might exist doesn't solve the problem and it's basically impossible anyway.
if you've got a strong irl support network then you can log off - but if you've got that kind of support the cyber comments probably aren't going to bother you as much.
Is spreading rumors around online also cyberbullying? You could be entirely offline but everyone you know could hear and spread gossip about you online.
i didn't even think about that, but yeah I would qualify that as cyberbullying too. My point is just that you can't just log off unless you have a strong offline social group (which most kids in the developed world really don't have).
Cyberbullying can just be "your address is 123 oak lane and I am going to break into your house and blow your brains out"
So no
It won't work
The stalker doesn't even have to be the one to break in. It can be "the address is 123 oak lane will no one rid me of this meddlesome SJW" :le-pol-face:
Use of the internet is almost mandatory these days, and even if it wasn't, any very online sociopath that wants to doxx and stalk someone that upset him enough can do offline harm quite easily. "GamerGate" demonstrated that over and over again. :le-pol-face:
Idk, my brother was cyberbullied and I don't think logging off would have helped entirely.
On the other hand, I have a friend who was being getting abused on Twitter by someone and logging off certainly seems to have helped.
I guess the situation is too complex for there to be a one size fits all answer.
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I thought it was dumb then and I think it's dumb now. You can log off, sure - when you're not forced to use the internet for work/school - but you can't make everyone else log off. People can still spread hateful content to your family and friends, they can still spread rumors and start hashtag campaigns that all of your peers will see.
And even beyond that, oftentimes the people who face the most harassment online are the ones who have the most trouble fitting in with the real world. They hang out in weirdo anime forums or furry Tumblr and get most of their validation from other internet users. Whether or not that is healthy, these communities don't deserve to be stalked by people hunting for the next big "lolcow" or whatever. They deserve to have safe access to their online communities.
With all of that said, do some people deserve it? Well yeah. The world shouldn't be a safe space for reactionaries. There are some people who should be afraid to show their face, online or otherwise.