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).
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).