About CyberBullying*

What to do if you're being CyberBullied:

1. KEEP EVERYTHING! Don't delete e-mails, IMs, chat

logs, etc. Place them in a separate folder on your hard

drive or diskette/zip disk, CD, DVD etc and print out a

hard copy. You can also take a screen shot of the IM

or chat. To do this, hit the Ctrl and Print Screen (or Prt

Sc) keys on your keyboard, then open a graphics or

word processing program and go to Edit, Paste (or Ctrl

+ V keys), then save the document.

2. Let your parents, teacher or other adult you trust

know about what is happening online

3. Contact the cyberbully ONE time via email or IM

with something as simple as "Please leave me alone."

You do not need to explain why. CC (copy) the

cyberbully's ISP and keep a copy of your request for

them to stop.

4. Do NOT respond after that, but do keep anything

the cyberbully may send

5. Send complaints to the cyberbully's ISP with the full

headers (if via email). If you don't know how to do this,

go to haltabusektd.org/help/headers/index.shtml.

6. If someone has created a web site to harass you,

complain to the server where the site is hosted (we

can help you with this).

7. If the cyberbullying continues, contact WHOA-KTD

for help at haltabusektd.org

Use Cyber Street-Smarts

• Use a gender-neutral username/e-mail address

• Use a free e-mail account such as Hotmail

(www.hotmail.com) or YAHOO! (www.yahoo.com)

for boards, blogs, chat rooms, IMs, e-mails from

strangers, and other online activities

• Don't give your primary e-mail address to anyone

you do not know or trust (see above)

• Never give out your real name, age, address or

phone number online without permission

• Don't put too much information in your profile,

especially your name, age, where you live, or

anything that can be used against you by

cyberbullies or online predators

• Lurk on groups, message boards, blogs and chat

rooms before posting messages

• When you do participate online, be careful -- only

type what you would say to someone's face

• Block or ignore unwanted users in chat or IM.

Check out what options/preferences are available

and take advantage of the "Block all users except

those on my buddy list" or adding unwanted

usernames to an Ignore list in chat. If anyone

bothers you and won't go away, put them on block

or ignore, even if it feels rude! Your comfort level is

more important than their feelings.

• Your first instinct may be to defend yourself if you

are cyberbullied - DON'T - this is how most online

harassment situations begin

• For more online safety tips, go to

http://www.haltabusektd.org/resources/online.shtml

*Information used with permission from http://www.haltabusektd.org/