Myspace Cyber-bullying

There was a recent story on a girl named Megan Meier who commited suicide because of cyber-bullying. This is an epidemic that has to be stopped before it gets so out of hand that no one is able to stop it. this girl had been arguing with a neighboors daughter. the girls mother made a fake mayspace account of a boy that befriended Meier. He soon began to slander her name and post disturbing things about her on myspace. Megan Meier later hung herself in her closet becuase of this.

Cyber-bullying is being taken to the point where everyone is invovled with it, even parents bulying children. this needs to be stopped because you never know a child or anyone will take to the mean and horrible things you say. There is achance that they may not react to it but there is still the possiblility that they may harm themselves and others.

Is Facebook Helpful?

Many believe that facebook is one of the most helpful sites on the internet. which in most cases it is. but facebook can be helpful to people ing ood ways and or bad ways. For example, there was a story on ABC recently about a girl from Reinhardt University who found her bith family though Facebook. She was reunited with her family and now never regrets using Facebook as a means of finding them. Facebook is also used as a way to communicate with friends and family without having to waste mintues on the phone or txting charges.

But there is always a bad side to things. There are people who use facebook to wead out people who they think will not be good for a job. then there are those who again lvoe to stalk others or are predators.

Is the email soon to be pointless?

I Look closely at people and see nobody uses the Internet to send regular emails anymore. What is up with that? I can tell you one thing,  email accounts for the younger generation is honestly pointless. We do not use it and the only time we would use it is to email are teachers letting them know we wont be in class because of whatever excuse we have.

With that being said about our generation, what about the generations after us? They wont have an email account probably until the get to college. Kids now a days have cell phones as early as the ages of 10,11, 12 etc. I remember my first cell phone wasn't until I was 16.

Now, since kids have cell phones early, why have an email account? Kids talk to their friends through text message, and instant messages. Have you ever ever heard any kids tell their friend email me, we will talk? No they say text me, and or I will talk to you online. The generations that come after us, emails will become pointless until they get to college.

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How to slow down stalkers

There are a lot of men that prey on little boys, and little girls. How do we control it? Law enforcement is trying to crack down on these grown men in kids chat rooms. This is a good thing because the men that are out there have to second guess what if this is a sting operation to get me?

With them second guessing in the back of their mind, it is a step in slowing this type of thing down. But will men preying on little kids online ever stop? No there will never be a complete stop, and that is what is sad, and scary at the same time because it could be you child that falls victim to these stalkers.

Cyberstalking

There is no one way to describe cyberstalking. Cyberstalking can be stalking because you are just obsessed with this person but wont even harm them. What I mean by that is you go online to find out information on someone and you just leave it at that. If on a status  a person says, "Out to lunch at the China buffet," then that is where you will be so u can see him or her. There is no such thing as good stalking but I can honestly consider that as harmless stalking

Then you have your crazy Cyberstalkers where people will go, and try to harm this person. People can make threats towards them about their friends, mother, brother, sister, father, cousin etc. anybody that associates with the person who is being harassed. The person that is making the threats has a sense of power. They think they control the person who is afraid of them. They can send a threating message that if they tell on them then they will hurt anyone who is close to them, and with that being said the person being harassed is stuck.



Law enforcement response: specialized units show promise in combating cyberstalking

"A growing number of law enforcement agencies are recognizing the serious nature and extent of cyberstalking and taking aggressive action to respond. Some larger metropolitan areas, such as Los Angeles and New York, have seen numerous incidents of cyberstalking and have specialized units available to investigate and prosecute these cases. For example, Los Angeles has developed the Stalking and Threat Assessment Team. This team combines special sections of the police department and district attorney's office to ensure properly trained investigators and prosecutors are available when cyberstalking cases arise. In addition, this specialized unit is given proper resources, such as adequate computer hardware and advanced training, which is essential in investigating and prosecuting these technical cases. Similarly, the New York City Police Department created the Computer Investigation and Technology Unit. This unit provides regular training for police officers and prosecutors regarding the intricacies of cyberstalking investigations and prosecutions. The training includes understanding how chat rooms operate, how to obtain and preserve electronic evidence, and how to draft search warrants and subpoenas." 



http://www.cyberguards.com/CyberStalking.html

What Ever Happened To Hi My Name Is?

What has happened to walking up to a person and asking them their name, and having a conversation with them? If you like a person now a days you probably wont come outst tell them. You do your homework on the girl you admire, and then go from there.

What I mean by homework is, you see what the girl, and or guy likes.  and you base your actions on what u find to make it seem as though the two f you have something in comman, when u really might have nothing in common. Facebook, Myspace etc. all these websites are places where you put your infromation out there and people know you without even meeting you.

There are all of these websites where people meet others before they see them face to face. There are Facebook stalkers out there that go on your page, looks at your pictures and just obsess about you. Do you accept people that you only know? Or do you accept people that want to get to know you?