How can your organisation help beneficiaries that are being cyber-bullied?<\/p>\n
RECOGNIZE<\/strong><\/p>\n How do you recognize someone that is being bullied? How do you recognize someone that is a bully? Has your organisation developed an identification process for the above?<\/p>\n RESEARCH<\/strong><\/p>\n Are you familiar with the social media apps children are using? Do you monitor online activities, daily or weekly?\u00a0Are you following trending hashtags? Have you created an online forum for adults to be whistle-blowers? Do you have children in your immediate community that can help notify you of cyberbullying?<\/p>\n REACT<\/strong><\/p>\n The WORST thing you can ever say to a victim of bullying: JUST IGNORE IT.<\/em> Don\u2019t say that, it never works, it only makes the situation worse. When a child tells you that they are being cyberbullied: 1) LISTEN, ATTENTIVELY 2) BUILD CONFIDENCE, IMMEDIATELY 3) FOLLOW UP BY CLOSE MONITORING<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n RESPONSIBLY REPEAT<\/strong><\/p>\n Once you have been made aware of a cyberbullying incident and you have addressed the issue with the victim, it is time to turn to your community to help raise awareness of the dangers of cyberbullying and to help the victim in the healing process. Equip your community with the correct tools and build a partnership with local social workers and guidance counsellors.<\/p>\n [bctt tweet=”#Tech2EndGBV – Tech tools to help end cyberbullying ” username=”tech2endgbv”]<\/p>\n TECH TOOLS TO HELP END CYBERBULLYING<\/strong><\/p>\n Google Alerts: Monitor Blog Posts or Forum Discussions by setting Google\u00a0Alerts for certain words or phrases. An example: \u201cSams Primary School\u201d<\/p>\n Google Search: When last did you search your school, nonprofit or own\u00a0name?<\/p>\n Google Image search: Use this to identify authors of images to help trace who\u00a0uploaded the image first<\/p>\n Whatsapp Groups \u2013 similar to neighbourhood watches, create Whatsapp\u00a0Groups for school teachers, parents etc to: Whistle-blow| Raise Awareness |\u00a0Seek Advice<\/p>\n Social Media \u2013 KNOW YOUR APPS FIRST! Spend the time and get trained on Email \u2013 make use of your powerful email contacts to send out regular In-App Search \u2013 Use Facebook\u2019s Search function to look for terms like: BLOCK | REPORT | DELETE \u2013 Learn how to block, report and delete someone Screenshots: this is crucial to building a portfolio of evidence against a bully \u2013 Sponsored Posts \u2013 Create adverts on Social Media and then boost them to CANVA \u2013 create free graphics online to post on your Social Media to raise Protect Accounts \u2013 change security settings<\/p>\n Organisations to follow for other resources:<\/p>\n www.thatsnotcool.com<\/a> | www.commonsensemedia.org<\/a> |\u00a0www.connectsafely.org<\/a> | www.athinline.org<\/a><\/p>\n
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\nSocial Media and the complex apps available that help children mask their
\nidentity. Know how to use the programme before creating a profile to use for
\nmonitoring<\/p>\n
\nreminders that your community needs to start talking about cyberbullying<\/p>\n
\n\u201cSomerset West under 18\u2019s\u201d or \u201cSy is n SLET – Kaapstad\u201d<\/p>\n
\noff various social media accounts<\/p>\n
\nteach the youth that if they are ever bullied online, they MUST take
\nscreenshots<\/p>\n
\ngeneral public to help spark conversations about cyberbullying \u2013 when a
\nbully feels he or she is being watched by his or her peers, they tend to back
\ndown<\/p>\n
\nawareness of cyberbullying<\/p>\n