5. CYBER-BULLYING
Never send an e-mail, IM, text message in
anger
Remember that you are not anonymous
You never know what is going on in
someone else’s life. Try to put yourself in
their shoes before you answer inappropriate
messages. Think first, type second.
6. YOU ARE NOT ANONYMOUS
67.128.54.206
Internet Protocol Address. Like a telephone
number. You cannot access the Internet
without one. 67.128.54.206
The ISP that owns an IP address is located
through Internet directories.
To find out the user, the date and time of the
Internet message is needed; then legal process
is sent to the ISP.
7. CYBER-BULLYING
Have the courage to speak up if you notice
anyone cyber-bullying. Say that this is
wrong and that you are not going to keep it
a secret.
8. CYBER-BULLYING
If you get an upsetting message or see
something that is attacking you: Do not
reply. Do not delete. Save the message,
print it if you can and get help from an adult
you trust. If one adult does not help you,
keep asking until you get the help you need.
9. Responsive Action
Try not to “flip out.”
Determining the scope of the problem.
Life threatening, immediate risk, someone else in immediate
risk
If there is a crime call the police:
Save all printouts. They’re admissible in court and
corroborate the victim. They also lend some helpful
clues to identifying the perpetrator.
Time is of the essence.
10. IT IS ILLEGAL TO:
Threaten people over the Internet
Harass or bully anyone
Use someone else’s ID without
permission
Access other people’s computer
systems without permission
Send inappropriate photos to other
kids
11. Criminal Harassment
•This crime applies to most cyber-bullying
incidents.
•The conduct must be serious enough that a
reasonable person would suffer substantial
emotional distress.
•There must be three events over a period of
time. In person, over the phone or Internet.
12. § 43A. Criminal Harassment.
(a) Whoever willfully and maliciously engages in a knowing
pattern of conduct or series of acts over a period of time
directed at a specific person, which seriously alarms that
person and would cause a reasonable person to suffer
substantial emotional distress, shall be guilty of the crime
of criminal harassment and shall be punished by
imprisonment in a house of correction for not more than
two and one–half years or by a fine of not more than
$1,000, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Such
conduct or acts described in this paragraph shall include,
but not be limited to, conduct or acts conducted by mail or
by use of a telephonic or telecommunication device
including, but not limited to, electronic mail, internet
communications or facsimile communications.
13. § 43A. Criminal Harassment.
(cont.)
(b) Whoever, after having been convicted of the
crime of criminal harassment, commits a second
or subsequent crime, or whoever commits the
crime of criminal harassment having previously
been convicted of a violation of section 43, shall
be punished by imprisonment in a house of such
correction for not more than two and one–half
years or by imprisonment in the state prison for
not more than ten years.
History
History— 2000, 164, approved Aug 1, 2000,
effective Oct 30, 2000.
14. IN CONCLUSION
DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN CYBER-BULLYING
REPORT ANY INCIDENTS OF CYBER-
BULLYING TO A TRUSTED ADULT OR THE
POLICE
PLYMOUTH POLICE
20 Long Pond Road
Plymouth, MA
Business Line
(508) 840-4218
