How To Prevent Cyberbullying

Social media platforms, such as Facebook, have become a means to express your creativity and connect and communicate with family and friends. Through social media, you can share pictures, locations, and opinions in real time. The information you share portrays what kind of person you are, or what you want people to believe. When your social media settings are not configured to private anyone can view the information you share. The more information people know about you the greater risk you have of becoming a victim of cyberbullying because not everyone will agree with what you share. Cyberbullying is bullying through electronic devices to send mean and hurtful content directed to someone else. Cyberbullying has reached epidemic proportions, but you can follow specific steps to help prevent yourself from becoming a victim of cyberbullying.

The first step to limit your risk of cyberbullying is to change your privacy settings on the social media outlet Facebook. Changing your

The first step in reporting cyberbullying is to collect evidence. First, take a screenshot of the information. On an Apple IPhone this is completed by holding down the round home screen button at the same time you hold down the power button on the right side of the phone. This will take a screenshot of the image you are viewing and save as a picture on your phone. The next thing to do is to report the cyberbullying. On Facebook, for example, you can click on the profile of the bully, click on the button more, and then scroll through the list and click on report. You will then answer the questions to provide information about the incident. Once you report the cyberbully, the next step is to block the cyberbully. You can locate the block button under the same section as the report button. Lastly, you should report any cyberbullying to family, friends, and