What is Cyberbullying?

"Cyberbullying involves the use of information and communication technologies to support deliberate, repeated, and hostile behavior by an individual or group, that is intended to harm others." - Bill Belsey

Cyberbullying is a form of harassment, intentional mental / emotional torture, that is target towards a particular individual through the medium of the Internet, mobile phones, and other similar technologies. Opening up of fake profiles, photographs, discussions about the person on a public forum, ridiculing that person, or any other action that will lead to torture of that person, is considered cyberbullying. Cyberbullying is done in two ways, directly and indirectly. The indirect way is also known as a 'proxy' method. The direct way includes sending direct threats via e-mails and messages, whereas the indirect way includes bullying without the knowledge of the person involved. After cyberbullying gained so much momentum, the governments came up with laws that punish these bullies. It is important you know of these, while learning how to deal with cyberbullying. These cyberbullying laws help in curbing the impact to quite some extent. Cyberstalking can also be a part of cyberbullying.