Why is cyberbullying considered a form of cybercrime, and how is the Internet used to perpetuate it?

What will be an ideal response?


Cyberbullying is willful and repeated harm inflicted through the medium of electronic text, and cyberbullies may seek pleasure or profit from the mistreatment of others. Cyberbullies who are able to navigate the Internet and utilize technology in a way that enables them to harass others are in a position of power relative to their victims. This fits into the category of cybercrime, which is carried out by those who are proficient in technology, and targets people who are victimized because they cannot defend themselves from the other person's use of that technology. There are four major approaches that cyberbullies employ to harass their victims: they send harassing e-mails or instant messages; they post obscene, insulting, and slanderous messages on social networking sites; they develop websites to promote and disseminate defamatory content; and they send harassing text messages to the victim. While not all forms of cyberbullying are strictly illegal, there are forms of it that do take on a criminal tone-such as spreading defamatory and slanderous information.

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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a. True b. False

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