Case study

This year in Clinton Missouri, charges were filed against a teenager who allegedly created a fake Facebook account to serve as a competition against a young girl who was interested romantically in a male student. The account was created by another girl who wanted the boy all to herself, the suit claims. As a result, the targeted individual underwent significant levels of stress which affected her studies and her ability to attend school regularly. The case is one of many that feature phony accounts on Facebook or MySpace that are used to harass young people or stir up trouble among friends.

Cyber Bullying has become a worldwide problem because of the difficulty to track its occurrences. It some cases it has been accepted as humor, but when is it taken to far? When a child has taken her own life because she was cyber bullied, we know it has been taken way too far.

Cyber bullying has been present in the 2008 presidential election with the slurrying of both presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama. Even the vice-presidential candidates Sarah Palin and Joe Biden have been victims of this abuse. These slanders wouldn’t technically be considered cyber bullying, but are loosely related. Senator Sarah Palin has received the worst of it with the creation of videos mocking her interviews on Saturday Night Live. NBC reports over 7 million views online, with millions more watching it on YouTube and Google video.

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Inspirational use of Facebook

1. Get to know more about my friends
2. To keep in touch with our friends
3. Get to know what is happening around the world
4. Keeps us updated about friends' life

Cyber wellness tips

1. Never add strangers as your friends
2. Keep your private information private
3. Never meet up with anyone u don't know
4. Adjust privacy settings so that only friends can see what you post

Interesting facts of Facebook

1. More than 2.5 billion pictures are uploaded to Facebook each month
2. There are over 250 million registered users on Facebook of which 125 million login for atleast once almost daily
3. Over 1 billion photos and 10 million videos are uploaded to Facebook each month
4. More than 15 million pieces of varied content such as web links, news stories and blog posts are shared everyday

Dangers of Facebook

1) personal data can be stolen
2) we can be hunted down by strangers
3) no more privacy
4) rumors spread very fast (good and bad)