Technology Applications

• Save the evidence
• Protect your child from further bullying by blocking offending e-mail addresses and cell phone numbers
• Change your child’s phone number and e-mail address if necessary
• Report cyberbullying incidents to school authorities
• Report extremely harmful online speech to the police
• Report incidents and file complaints with e-mail services, Internet Service Providers, Web sites, cell phone companies, etc.
• Consider canceling services with providers who do not respond adequately to your concerns about safety or harassment

• Ignore the bullying; don’t prolong it by engaging with the perpetrator or forwarding hateful messages to others
• Save the evidence to show to parents, school administrators and the police, if necessary
• Don’t feel shame; tell your parents or a trusted adult and report cyberbullying incidents to school authorities
• Protect yourself from further bullying by blocking offending e-mail addresses and cell phone numbers
• Change phone numbers, e-mail addresses and screen names if necessary
• Never arrange a face-to-face meeting with someone you meet online

http://www.adl.org/education/cyberbullying/tips.asp#students