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Human Rights and Digital Bullying: Abuses you suffer online
Bullying is a problem that has plagued humanity for centuries. The scope of the problem has changed as times have, but the core issues have remained largely the same. Unfortunately, modern technology and social media have amplified the scope of cyberbullying, making it an even bigger issue than ever before.
Users of the internet need to the kind of bullying there are confronted with. This will help them to use the right approach to manage and deal with it.
Each type stems from different motivations and consequences; some types are more damaging than others. There are several types of digital harassment or cyberbullying: Directed at a particular person (ego cyberbullying), general mean-spiritedness (snarking), invading someone’s privacy (invasion of privacy), public shaming (public shamings), distributing personal information without consent (digital stalking) and using electronic images to humiliate someone (image based bullying).
Human Rights and Digital Bullying: Types of online bullying
Ego Cyberbullying
Ego cyberbullying is perhaps the most common type of digital harassment, and the easiest to recognize. It is when one person uses an online platform to spread a false, damaging narrative about another person. Ego cyberbullying, like traditional bullying, stems from insecurity. The perpetrator takes action because he or she is unhappy with some aspect of his or her life, and decides to project that onto another person. Ego cyberbullying is almost always public, and very often done over social media. It can be done on any digital platform, but the most common is Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat.
Snarking
Snarking is a type of online bullying that focuses on “poking fun” at people who are not present. Typically, snarkers use sarcasm to tease or mock a person or group in a demeaning way. They may also use humour to make fun of sensitive topics or situations. Like ego cyberbullying, snarking is rooted in insecurity. While ego cyberbullying stems from unhappiness with one’s own life, snarking comes from unhappiness with the lives of others. Snarkers may be unhappy with what others are doing, how others are living their lives, or how others are expressing themselves. They may also be unhappy with certain aspects of other people’s appearance or personality. When directed at a specific person, snarking may be considered cyberbullying. However, when done in a general way, it is not technically considered cyberbullying.
Invading Someone’s Privacy
This type of cyberbullying can take many forms, but the general idea is that one person invades another person’s privacy in order to publicly shame them. An example of this may be a person releasing another person’s personal information without consent. An example would be a person posting another person’s address online along with a message saying, “Go vandalize their house.” Another example would be a person releasing another person’s medical information or information about their sexual activities. This type of cyberbullying is extremely damaging, as it goes beyond mere insults or shaming. It can have lasting, negative repercussions on a person’s life.
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Public Shamings
In many ways, public shamings are a subtype of invading someone’s privacy. Rather than releasing one person’s private information, a public shaming occurs when a group of people publicly shame one person. Often, public shamings occur online. This can happen on social media platforms, as well as on online discussion forums, message boards, and even comments sections. While public shamings are often done as a form of invading someone’s privacy, they can also be done for ego cyberbullying. This is because the person who is being shamed is often not the target of the shamings. Rather, the intention is to mock or ridicule the group of people who are being shamed.
Digital Stalking
Like invading someone’s privacy, digital stalking often overlaps with other types of cyberbullying. In fact, some people may consider certain types of snarking to be forms of stalking. Stalking is when a person continually harasses another person, often following them or monitoring their activities. Stalking is often done as a form of obsession or compulsion. People who stalk may have trouble controlling their urges to follow or watch certain people. Stalking may also be a result of a person’s desire to be in control of others. Stalking can be done either digitally or in person. Stalking one person digitally is different than stalking a group of people. Digital stalking is when a person uses technology to stalk another person. Examples include looking through a person’s social media posts or images, reading a person’s online communications, or monitoring a person’s internet usage.
Image Based Bullying
Image based bullying is when one person uses images or videos to insult or demean another person. This can include posting a person’s images online without consent and adding demeaning or insulting captions, or posting edited images or videos of another person. Image based bullying can be done to anyone, but it is particularly common among teenagers. It is most often done on social media platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. Although image based bullying may be done by one person, it often occurs when a group of people get together and decide to target another person by posting insulting images or videos.
As you can see, there are many different types of digital harassment and cyberbullying. Each type stems from different motivations and can have different negative impacts. Because technology is constantly changing, so is the way people bully each other. This means we must stay up to date with the latest developments so we can better protect ourselves and end digital bullying. With the right knowledge and tools, you can prevent or end digital bullying in your life. You can also protect yourself from digital bullying and help others in your community deal with it. With the tips and information in this guide, you can better understand the types of bullying online, how it works, and how you can defend yourself against it.
Human Rights and Digital Bullying need to be examined and human rights advocates need to do more about this to create a safer online presence for us all but it starts with you.
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