cyberbullying

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This Blog is about some things I learnt when we studied Cyberbullying. Cyberbullying happens online.

What does the law say about Cyberbullying?

Under the 2015 Harmful Digital Communications Act:

• it’s an offence to send messages and post material online that deliberately cause serious emotional distress. If found guilty you can be imprisoned for up to two years and fined up to $50,000 for individuals, or up to $200,000 for companies.

• the District Court can issue take-down notices and impose penalties on people who don’t comply with court orders (punishable by up to six months in prison or a $5,000 fine for individuals, and fines of up to $20,000 for companies)

• it’s an offence to incite someone to commit suicide, even if the person does not attempt to take their own life

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Cyberbullying has fewer boundaries than traditional bullying.

Examples of Cyberbullying are name calling , mean names, being mean, name calling, not being nice and not being kind. 

Here is my cyberbullying DLO .