School Bullying Council

Dan Henderson and the PLUS Program partner to fight Bullying in schools.

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America is full of wannabees. But there’s only room for one dork in this country, not two dorks. Sorry, kids who are bullied, you think you’re a dork but you’re NOT. Geesh. Hey bully, you need to bully the real THANG!!!! Ooh yeah!! Now here’s your test: Say “urinate” REALLY loud. Now scream “defecate”. Now you SEE?!?! You can’t do it coz you’re no dork. You make me weep, bully. You do, you make me cry rivers of umm ah……..yo make me weep. I’m like the Cristo Redentor statue in Rio………com

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BULLIED and FIGHTING BACK! FUR Facts and a skit about cyber bullying. How it happens, and how to overcome it. Beat Bullying Youtube community Anti-bullying campaign “Cyberbullying” Anti-Bullying 2011 ‘Sticks and Stones…’ Cyber bully stop cyberbullying internet bullies haters trolls suicide block delete ignore how to stop cyberbullies Youtube community Anti-bullying campaign “Cyberbullying” Anti-Bullying 2011 ‘Sticks and Stones…’ Cyber bully stop cyberbullying internet bu

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Cyberbullying needs a solution. About a schoolkid who is suffering Depression from Bullying, he finds a resolution.

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Bullying affects every community in our nation. Children are faced with cruel text messages, whispers in hallways, and even physical violence on a daily basis. As martial arts instructors we have a special opportunity to be a positive influence on the lives of these children and help them take a stand and end bullying in their communities through the life skills of confidence, honor, respect, integrity, and honesty. Stand with us as we work to change our communities and end bullying. Share your

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I am upset to hear another suicide because of bullying. I try to persuade kids to tell an adult if they know a bully or someone is being bullied either online or in school. Helpful Links: http internetsafetycenter.com Make sure to say a prayer for the Morales’ family. Thank you, Timmy

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• Nicola Brookes, 45, was targeted by internet trolls after posting message of support for X-Factor contestant Frankie Cocozza
• The mother, who doesn’t even watch X-Factor, wrote message supporting singer on his official Facebook page after her daughter showed her his page
• Abusers created fake profile with her picture and posted sick messages to lure young girls
• The single mother is the first person ever to bring a court case privately to track down those who abused her
• She was forced to take action after police refused to intervene
• Despite the abuse, Nicola is STILL on Facebook

By
Vanessa Allen

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06:31 EST, 8 June 2012

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UPDATED:

16:37 EST, 8 June 2012

A mother who was sent death threats by so-called internet ‘trolls’ has won a landmark legal case against Facebook.

Nicola Brookes was tormented for months by anonymous internet bullies after she left an innocent message of support for an X Factor contestant on the social networking site.

She went to police to make a complaint but claimed officers told her to go home.

Months of torment: Nicola Brookes was targeted by internet trolls after she messaged her support for X Factor star Frankie Cocozza

Now she has won a legal order forcing Facebook to disclose the identities of the trolls. It is the first time an individual has won such an order and Miss Brookes, 45, hopes to pursue private prosecutions against those responsible for her months of ‘vicious and depraved’ abuse.

Charities said the High Court ruling sent a message to the cyber bullies that their anonymity can be stripped away, leaving them open to prosecution.

Campaigners warned that online bullying has become the ‘weapon of choice’ among children and teenagers, with police and prosecutors failing to keep pace with the changes in technology.

Miss Brookes’s ordeal began last November when her daughter told her that an X Factor contestant, Frankie Cocozza, had received hate mail on Facebook. Stung by the cruelty, the mother left a message on his Facebook page, saying simply: ‘Keep your chin up, Frankie, they’ll move on to someone else soon.’

How it started: Nicola’s support for X Factor’s Frankie Cocozza led to a horrid hate-campaign against her

Within minutes bullies on the site turned on her, writing vile abuse including ‘Your [sic] a desperate pedo b****’ and ‘Ur [sic] a ****ing dog’. More than 100 cruel messages were left in just 24 hours. Miss Brookes said: ‘Facebook users began deliberately targeting me, writing under my comment that I was a paedophile and hoping that I would die.’

Worse followed when an online bully set up a fake Facebook profile in Miss Brookes’ name, with her photo and personal email address, and used it to send explicit messages to thousands of children, some as young as nine.

Some messages falsely described her as a drug dealer, a prostitute and a paedophile and known child abuser, and others attempted to ‘befriend’ young girls.

On Mother’s Day this year, trolls published the single mother’s home address in Brighton.

Horrified, she reported the abuse to Facebook and the police, but said officers did nothing to help her. She said one officer told her she could leave a dossier of evidence ‘but we won’t read it’.

Frustrated by their response Miss Brookes contacted lawyers and began legal action to force Facebook to reveal details about her anonymous tormentors.

Last week the High Court granted an order compelling the site to disclose the bullies’ names, email addresses and their computers’ internet protocol (IP) addresses, which can be used to determine a computer’s location.

Miss Brookes said: ‘These abusers are not just random people who have nothing better to do with their time.

‘These are organised people who have been operating on Facebook for years.

‘I’m going for the strongest possible prosecution against these people. I want them exposed.’

Last month, a survey found that just over half of all internet users have received abuse online or by text message. Only a minority report the abuse to police as many believe it will not be taken seriously.

Jibes: Nicola Brookes has her picture posted on Facebook – and someone suggests she has been sending round pictures of child abuse

Offensive: Some more of the abuse that went on Facebook. This page formed part of the evidence that Nicola’s solicitors presented to the High Court

Prosecutions under the Malicious Communications Act, which makes it illegal to send grossly offensive messages, have increased three-fold since 2004. There were almost 900 such prosecutions last year but prosecutors accept that only a minority of trolls are brought to justice.

Miss Brookes has remained on Facebook despite the abuse and said she was determined not to be bullied into quitting the site.

Her legal action would have cost her up to £5,000 but her solicitors Bains Cohen agreed to take the case for free because of her horrific treatment. Lawyer Rupinder Bains said Facebook had not contested the action and had agreed to hand over the information within six weeks.

Four individuals were believed to have led the abuse against Miss Brookes and her lawyers will consider private prosecutions against them. If their Facebook accounts were set up using fake names and email addresses, lawyers will have to return to court and win similar orders against the trolls’ internet service providers, to get the bill-payers’ addresses.

Rise of the sick internet trolls

Vile: Ms Brookes shows off print outs of some of the abuse she suffered online at the hands of tormenters

Abuse: A false Facebook page that was set-up for Nicola Brookes by the cyber bullies

Mr Bains said: ‘It should have been the police’s job to get these details from Facebook but they have completely failed in their responsibility to do that.’

Facebook said it reveals its users’ names and email addresses only if a court orders it to do so. A spokesman said: ‘There is no place for harassment on Facebook, but unfortunately a small minority of malicious individuals exist online, just as they do offline. We respect our legal obligations and work with law enforcement to ensure such people are brought to justice.’

Suzie Hayman, of Bullying UK, said: ‘Bullies hide behind the anonymity of the internet and they should not be able to do so. You can’t be anonymous if you say something hurtful in the office or the schoolyard and people need to learn you can’t be anonymous on the internet either.’

Sussex Police said they had asked Facebook to remove any abusive posts about Miss Brookes and insisted they were investigating the case.

A spokesman said: ‘We need to gather evidence to prove who the person is for a successful prosecution to take place.’

Insults: Here someone posted Nicola’s home address in Brighton where she lives alone (left) while ‘Cuthbert Bollingsworth-Smythe’ posts more offensive messages

Horrendous: Yet more offensive messages directed at Nicola Brookes are posted on this page

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2156365/Nicola-Brookes-victim-internet-trolls-wins-High-Court-backing-reveal-identities-targeted-her.html

A bully named Drew drives a young teenager to suicide, in the YouTube short “Drew”.

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You can’t help what you don’t know. Increase communication with students and increase school and student safety with the CyberBully Hotline. Meet students where they are and communicate with them on their terms-texting on their cell phones. The CyberBully Hotline is so much more than a phone number. It’s a comprehensive, anti-bullying program consisting of an anonymous, two-way reporting system that students can call or text, school-level and student-level reinforcement materials, and a bully pr

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This is my second video on bullying but this video is on cyberbullying. Check out my other videos and don’t forget to suscribe! Thanks!

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This is a video is to help raise awareness to all types of bullying whether it is cyberbullying or just plain bullying…. It needs to stop. And It starts with one person! Hope You Like It.

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You can’t help what you don’t know. Increase communication with students and increase school and student safety with the CyberBully Hotline. Meet students where they are and communicate with them on their terms-texting on their cell phones. The CyberBully Hotline is so much more than a phone number. It’s a comprehensive, anti-bullying program consisting of an anonymous, two-way reporting system that students can call or text, school-level and student-level reinforcement materials, and a bully pr

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Brandon DeMarco is an average teenager in an ordinary High School that becomes the target of relentless harassment and vindictive cyberbullying. His story’s been seen by thousands of students all over the globe.

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Pop Culture- Music, Entertainment and Media- are powerful forces with the young generation. This STOP BULLY PSA is a response to this epidemic. How can this help? Please consider: Music is the soundtrack of many people’s lives. Songs have “hooks” that inspire repeated listenings. This “STOP BULLY PSA” includes a NEW short song made up from two “anti-bully theme songs” on the national multi-award winning Youth Under Construction CD project, which has promoted anti-bully awareness for well over a

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Join Edie Raether, MS, CSP, “The Bully Buster” as she discusses the latest trends in bullying and how to counteract them. To find more resources by Edie Raether and our other experts, please visit our website at

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JHS Students Embark on Journey to End Cyberbullying

Written by Rick Karas: syossetjericho@antonnews.com

Friday, 23 March 2012 00:00

Jericho teens start the organization to combat growing online problem

Name calling, teasing, shunning. Whatever form it takes, bullying has been an unfortunate rite of passage for many students from the first day of kindergarten to high school graduation. It’s been around in some form, most likely, since the first-ever school opened its doors.

As the decades roll on, so does technology, and schools do their best to try and keep up. Bullying certainly has; it has turned into cyberbullying, with putdowns moving from the playground to the PC and now, Smartphones.

Schools have addressed the issue of cyberbullying, but two local teens decided to take the matter a step further. The End To Cyber Bullying Organization (ETCB) is a non-profit started last year by Jericho High School juniors David Zhao and Samuel Lam. It’s mission is to raise awareness of cyberbullying and offer an array of services to both identify and end the problem for good.

ETCB held a kickoff event March 15 at the Jericho Public Library, where team leaders hoped to recruit volunteers from other area schools, and spread the ETCB word beyond the walls of Jericho. Its founders say the message is most effective coming from students themselves, not just parents and teachers.

“We really need a push from the ranks from below rather than on top,” Lam said. “If we can inspire change from below and get all the kids to join together and start a movement to teach kids that cyberbullying is not a cool thing to do, that is how we can ultimately prevent it.”

ETCB hopes to eventually employ psychologists to provide counseling. For now, it’s all about educating teens and parents on the signs someone is being cyberbullied, and even to make someone aware that he or she is cyberbullying and may not know it.

“We need to define a clear line between teasing, fun and bullying,” Zhao said, adding that 85 percent of teens have been bullied online at some point. “When you’re hurting someone’s feelings, are you having fun? That’s the line we have to clear up.”

What are the warning signs of cyberbullying? ETCB founders say parents should be on the lookout for any behavioral changes in their child, as minor as they may be.

“If they’re a cheerful kid and all of a sudden they’re not…there are very subtle signs and we have to make sure to explore all of them,” Lam said.

ETCB volunteers plan to travel to area schools to give presentations to students and faculty, and then hope to turn things over to the school itself, with chapters staying in touch and banding together for workshops and other events, culminating in the first ETCB gala in the fall.

The group is aiming high, with a movement under way to work with elected officials to enact cyberbullying laws on the state and even the federal level. Again, it all starts in Jericho, and with the volunteers of ETCB.

“That’s how we’re going to solve this problem, by you guys spreading awareness, by you guys starting programs at your schools,” Zhao told the prospective volunteers at the library. “That’s how we will start this movement, with power we’ve never been able to achieve before.” 

http://www.antonnews.com/syossetjerichotribune/news/21765-jhs-students-embark-on-journey-to-end-cyberbullying.html

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‘Cyberbullying’ was developed by John Ogilvie High School and was awarded a special commendation in the performance category of the 2010 Anti-bullying Week competition.

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Poll finds social networks the place where Australian kids are most likely to be bullied online. Picture: Getty Images
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AUSTRALIA rates number one in the world for bullying on social networks like Facebook, according to a global poll.

While Australia ranked fifth for cyber-bullying overall, nine out of ten parents said when the harassment occurred it was on these types of sites – much higher than the global average of six in 10.

The Ipsos Social Research Institute survey of 24 countries ranked Australia worse for bullying than all of the European countries, along with the US, Britain and China.

The four countries ranking higher than us, in order, were India, Indonesia, Sweden and Canada.

The research comes just a week after Victorian schoolgirl Sheniz Erkan took her own life after being tormented by Facebook bullies.

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Ispsos director Ryan Williams said the goal was to find out how prevalent cyber-bullying was and to find out where it was taking place.

“According to parents, Australian children were less likely to experience bullying in an online chat room, via email, or on their mobile phone, compared to global averages – but were more likely than any other nation to experience bullying via social networking sites, such as Facebook,” Mr Williams said.

Australia ranked 15th for mobile devices, 22nd for online chat, 17th for emails, 20th for instant messages, 21st for general websites and 18th for other forms of technology.

No Australian parent reported bullying was a persistent issue with their children.

Kids Helpline manager of strategy and research John Dalgleish said the rise of cyber bullying was a massive concern as it took it harassment from the playground directly into victim’s bedrooms.

Mr Dalgleish said the rise of social networking sites meant bullying was no longer limited to the classroom and teenagers faced further exposure to harassment thanks to the rise of social networking sites such as Facebook.

“Cyber bullying has a profound impact as it widens the audience (from school) and means it can be seen by anyone,” he said.

“It can be used as an extension of face-to-face bullying and takes it from the classroom and into a child’s own bedroom undermining their sense of safety and security.”

KidsHelpline, which offers hundreds of counselling services to bullying victims a year, urged young people affected by the harassment to come forward and speak out.

Mr Dalgleish said victims should tell a trusted adult or parent who can take action on their behalf, and in extreme cases take it to the police.

He added previous studies on the long-term effects of bullying had showed positive outcomes and an end to the behaviour after victims had told someone about it.

“The first thing victims need to know is it’s not their fault,” he said.

“Action can be taken and it can be stopped.”

Bullying can result in chronic anxiety, depression, fear, anxiety, withdrawal from school and in the worst cases, self-harm.

Parents are urged to monitor their children’s social networking use and speak to them about appropriate behaviour on the internet.

Anyone experiencing bullying or harassment is urged to visit KidsHelpline.

http://www.news.com.au/technology/anti-social-network-australia-the-facebook-bullying-capital/story-e6frfro0-1226246496953

Viewers hear from their peers about diverse forms of harassment that are all-too-common on many school campuses. Real teens discuss their experiences with bullying, intimidation, exclusion from a social group, verbal abuse, name-calling, sexual harassment, hazing and Internet harassment also known as cyberbullying. The program’s peer-to-peer format provides compelling personal stories that viewers will recognize—whether they have been the target of harassment themselves, or if

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