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Internet Safety for the Real World **What is Cyberbullying? ** media type="youtube" key="lN2fuKPDzHA" width="420" height="315" Cyberbullying is [|bullying] that takes place using digital technology. Digital technology includes devices and equipment like cell phones, computers, and tablets as well as communication tools including social media sites, text messages, chat, websites, and interactive gaming.

Examples of cyberbullying include mean text messages or emails, rumors sent by email or posted on social networking sites, and embarrassing pictures, videos, websites, or fake profiles.

How is Cyberbullying Different from Other Forms of Bullying?
Kids who are being cyberbullied are often bullied in person as well. Additionally, kids who are cyberbullied have a harder time getting away from the behavior than other forms of bullying because:
 * Cyberbullying can happen 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and reach a kid even when he or she is alone. It can happen any time of the day or night.
 * Cyberbullying messages and images can be posted anonymously and distributed quickly to a very wide audience. It can be difficult and sometimes impossible to trace the source.
 * Deleting inappropriate or harassing messages, texts, and pictures is **impossible** after they have been posted or sent

Effects of Cyberbullying
Digital devices are not to blame for cyberbullying. Social media sites can be used for positive activities, like: But these tools can also be used to hurt other people. Whether done in person or through technology, the effects of bullying are similar. Kids who are cyberbullied are more likely to:
 * Connecting kids with friends and family
 * Helping students with school
 * Entertainment
 * Use alcohol and drugs
 * Skip school
 * Experience in-person bullying
 * Be unwilling to attend school
 * Receive poor grades
 * Have lower self-esteem
 * Have more health problems

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**6 Tips for Managing Your Digital Footprint **

These tips will help you protect your online identity and build a positive digital footprint:
 * Never post anything that you might find embarrassing later.
 * Be careful with the pictures you post on your public profiles. Remember others will see them and judge you based on their content.
 * Change the privacy settings on your social networking sites so that only your Friends can see your information
 * Do not disclose your personal address, phone number, passwords. Bank card numbers, etc. ...even in private messages. There is always the possibility of somebody hacking into your account and finding them.
 * Do not post things to bully, hurt, blackmail, insult, or afflict any kind of harm on others.
 * Always keep in mind that once information has been posted online, it is impossible to remove because of archiving and file sharing. Even though you deactivate your accounts or delete from your wall, the information may still be retrieved by others.

An Extreme Case of Digital Abuse

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Digital devices are not to blame for cyberbullying. Social media sites can be used for positive activities, like connecting kids with friends and family, helping students with school, a **How to Report Digital Abuse**: [|Report Cyberbullying] **Let's Practice! ** [|NS Teens] **Now Show Me What You've Learned! **NS Teens Challenge