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In this video, learn a list of vocabulary terms used when discussing cyberbullying.


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Thank you We sneak in cyberbullying vocab allah shmoop all

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right Well if someone's insulting you online and sure would

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be nice to know what they're saying it's probably a

00:13

good idea to be familiar with the language of the

00:16

internet Not just your only angie's your ella wells but

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a handful of important terms that will help you understand

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how a cyber bully might track you down and what

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you can do to hopefully keep him her or it

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out of your life All right so let's get started

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I p address a computer's individualized address its coordinates in

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cyberspace Yeah like this oblique in stock you to your

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home i p address just like they'd stock you to

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your geographic address About the only thing they can't do

00:49

is tp your computer monitor All right who is our

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well there's A website that can be used to track

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an individual via domain name personal websites or i p

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addresses like these And now you know what is who

01:03

is Yeah That's what It looks like all right Exclusion

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It's a method used by cyber bullies Toe blatantly cut

01:10

someone out of a group and make them feel unliked

01:13

Or discarded by their friends Don't get rudolph started on

01:17

that subject outing posting personal private information communication or images

01:24

to be seen by a wide audience Causing shame on

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the part of the victim is a real bummer It's

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called personal private information people for a reason All right

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next fishing tricking someone into giving out private information by

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pretending to be someone else like a doctor claiming to

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need your medical history or a company asking for your

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social security number or a program requesting your personal passwords

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Hint if you get an email that's riddled with typos

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it probably comes from someone who's fishing denigration look bad

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five dollar word the posting of any material intended to

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damage someone's reputation which is why we recommend having an

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awful reputation and then that way no one can ruin

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it Okay cyber stalking a form of cyber bullying that

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involves taking action online with the intent of seriously injuring

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a person financially emotionally or socially We're talking some real

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sickos here people same people who friday ants with a

02:26

magnifying glass and kicked puppies when they were little there's

02:29

A whole lot of crazy in the world You gotta

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avoid it alright creeping following someone online from room to

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room or site to site basically exhibiting the kind of

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behavior that would inspire someone to get a restraining order

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against you in the real world Doctors stuff next flaming

02:47

using vulgar or offensive suggestions itjust a rile someone up

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and online these comments don't come with a complimentary censored

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bar unfortunately bash board who any place you can go

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online to chat doesn't actually have to mean that anyone

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is bashing anyone else but the possibility always exists that

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a bashing sesh could break out We sincerely hope you

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never have a clash with a bash trash basher if

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for no other reason then it's really hard to say

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virtual world the world online that bears some resemblance to

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the real world in that there are other people conversing

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with you but in which you can easily be deceived

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by people hiding behind fake personas Welcome to the matrix

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yeah like that alright am sms enhanced messaging service and

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multimedia messaging service text messages with the options for pics

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or sounds m s or animation video and then mess

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Yeah believe it or not text messaging didn't always include

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the option for images we actually had to spell it

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out instead of just well using the poop emoji it's

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kind of gross all right a vup acceptable internet use

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policies Well these air policies set in place to help

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weed out cyber bullies or to discourage them from torturing

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others because whenever cyber bullies have to read a usage

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policy well they usually wind up falling asleep and then

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they can't bother anyone Copa children's online privacy protection act

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it's a federal law that helps protect any child under

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the age of thirteen whose information might be out there

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somewhere in cyberspace So our advice is to try to

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avoid turning thirteen for as long as possible And so

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we're doing around here committing these terms to memory won't

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keep the cyber bullies away but you'll be more informed

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about whatever nonsense they're trying to pull When you do

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encounter one it might actually give the two of you

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something to talk about not just your only angie's yer 00:04:42.24 --> [endTime] ella wells

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