There is a lot of talk about online bullying – but what is online bullying and why is it different than other types of bullying? What does online bullying look like? Online bullying can be private (e.g. in direct messages or by text) or more public (e.g. public posts, or in a closed or public…
New Zealand’s first-ever report into the economic effect of online harm estimates the cost to individuals, communities and interventions to be $444m every year. The new report commissioned by Netsafe and undertaken by leading economist Shamubeel Eaqub provides an important new assessment of the damage from online bullying and harassment. To date, cyberbullying has been primarily understood in terms of social cost and personal…
Advice for young people on what to do about harmful communications and how to report cyberbullying and harassment to platform providers and NetSafe
