Cyberstalking

The internet is a tool that people can use to access information. The internet came into use during the 1990s and is known as the world wide web. Cyberbullying started when the internet became a common tool for anonymous users to say upsetting words without thinking of the consequences. Because the internet has only been around for less than twenty years, cyberbullying is a new term that has only been used during the last twelve years. Moreover, most recently the term has been associated with…

Workplace internet access is invaluable for employees to perform their work responsibilities in the most efficient and effective way. Responsibilities such as competition research, new opportunity identification, and keeping abreast of relevant industry and political environments, cannot be effectively accomplished without providing employee internet and email access. While these accesses are imperative for businesses to remain competitive, employee internet and email access pose liability…

Cyberbullying is the cause of most suicide cases. Bullies can reach there victim through the internet, social media, text or instant messages, and phone calls. There are different types of bullying; harassment in person or by phone, and also cyberstalking. Cyberbullying can cause people to become self-conscious or to commit suicide. Natural Crime Prevention Council did a study and found that 43% of 834 junior high and high school students have been cyberbullied in the past year. Girls between…

Like forceful conduct at home, stalking is a wrongdoing of constrain and control. Stalking is conservatively portrayed as "a course of lead facilitated at a specific person that incorporates reiterated (no less than two occasions) visual or physical region, nonconsensual correspondence, or verbal, created, or induced risks, or a mix thereof, that would realize a sensible individual fear." Stalking hones in like manner may consolidate constant cases of leaving or sending the setback undesirable…

Cyberbullying The Merriam-Webster online dictionary gives the legal definition of cyberbullying as “the verbal bullying of someone (as a classmate) through the use of often anonymous electronic communication (as online posts or text messages).” The definition explains how cyberbullying is still bullying, but instead of a physical or verbal confrontation, the bullying is manifested through online interactions such as email, social networks, and text messages. On the news we hear about cases of…

Cyberstalking When it comes to investigating a cyber-stalking case there are steps that must be taken in order to find out who is committing the crime and to solve the case in order to put a victim at peace feeling safe again. A lot of individuals who commit the crime of cyber stalking think that they will get away with it due to the fact that the victim does not actually physically see them personally and all they get are messages through a computer. I will now go through the steps that…

Cyber harassment has come about and is the use of technology to cause harm towards another in a harsh manner. In an online article State Cyberstalking and Cyberharassment Laws, the article stated that “Cyberharassment usually pertains to threatening or harassing email messages, instant messages, or to blog entries or websites dedicated soley to tormenting an individual.” Both cyberbullying and…

Each year, many children, teenagers, and even, young adults are affected by some form of cyber-bullying, anywhere from an embarrassing picture or video posted on Facebook to a malicious text message. According to Peter Smith and his colleagues, they define cyber-bulling as, “An aggressive, intentional act carried out by a group or individual, using an electronic form of contact, such as e-mail, instant messages, digital images, and messages sent to a cell phone.” (Kowalski, Limber, Agatston, 57)…

With the way social media has progressed, it has made a big impact on teenagers. With how it has evolved over the past couple of years, it has become a necessity for teenagers to be able to access social media. Technology over the years has allowed teenagers to go on social media with their cellphones and other devices. According to Amanda Lenhart (2015) from Pew Research Center, “56% of teens ages 13-17 go online several times a day, 12% go online once a day, 6% go online once a week, and only…

Social media is used so much today by teenagers it is almost impossible to avoid seeing cyberbullying or even becoming another victim to cyberbullying. Many teenagers use social media as a way of communicating with friends and family. Social media is also used for entertainment and gaming. Many teenagers receive mean comments on their posts but the mean comments do not really escalate from there and just stay as random mean comments. Social media is used so much by bullies because now a days…