Fakebook: Fakebook. Create educational games and quizzes at classtools.net. Making Safer Online Choices. Test2.html. What is it? :: how it works :: why cyberbully? :: prevention :: take action :: what's the law? What is cyberbullying, exactly? "Cyberbullying" is when a child, preteen or teen is tormented, threatened, harassed, humiliated, embarrassed or otherwise targeted by another child, preteen or teen using the Internet, interactive and digital technologies or mobile phones. It has to have a minor on both sides, or at least have been instigated by a minor against another minor. It isn't when adult are trying to lure children into offline meetings, that is called sexual exploitation or luring by a sexual predator. The methods used are limited only by the child's imagination and access to technology. Children have killed each other and committed suicide after having been involved in a cyberbullying incident.
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