Concept Paper

(CYBERBULLYING)
Introduction:
Over this past few years, there are many cases of cybercrime that
was reported. Thousands of these cases involves human trafficking and
child pornography. This paper aims to open up the minds of people on
what kind of cybercrime they may have experience so that they will
know what to do when this case happens to them.
Bullying has always been a part of society. With the inception of
the internet, it was only a matter of time until bullies found their way on
to this new and opportunistic medium. With services like email and
instant messenger, bullies became able to do their nasty deeds with
anonymity and great distance between them and their targets. There are
some key differences, however, between traditional bullying and cyber
bullying. On this page, the differences between the two will clearly
defined. Legislation that has been created to protect against cyber
bullying, court cases and rulings dealing with cyber bullying, research
done on cyber bullying, and negative effects and impacts of cyber
bullying will be discussed as well.
Purpose:
∙ To open up the people’s mind when it comes t
cybercrime.
∙ To help them to be aware of what’s the possible
effects of being cyberbullied.
∙ To let them know what are the steps to do when
you experience being bullied over the internet.
∙ To promote the understanding, use and
development of online communication, information,
and technology for international mental health
community.