Cyber harrassment

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What if that's not enough and the behavior continues or worsens?

Then you need help from an organization such as CyberAngels. Visit our
website and send us an email, or write to us directly at
Cyber911@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx . Or see if your chat program features a CyberAngel
channel. If it does, you can likely find one of our 1300 members there to
help you. If you do send an email, we'll generally respond within hours with
further instructions.

How do you handle these cases?

We first investigate the case and debrief the victim. We need to get a sense
of what has happened and how serious the threat of danger is. The big
question remains: Is there a risk of offline danger? The second we think
there is, we insist the victim contact his or her local police department.


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http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmtpi/is_200406/ai_n6831168

Have you ever been harassed on the Internet? If so, you're not alone.

The three most visible organizations that deal with cyberstalking and
similar Internet issues receive about 30,000 complaints a year, according to
Jayne Hitch***, the president of one of them. And this number is related to
adult crimes, not those directed toward children, says Hitch***, who
founded W.H.O.A. (Working to Halt Online Abuse) in response to her being
stalked for more than three years.

In 1996, Hitch***, a professional writer, warned others publicly in a
Usenet discussion group about a self-described literary agency that required
fees for reading book manuscripts, a shady practice in the book-publishing
industry. (Some legitimate professionals charge to read and edit book
manuscripts, but agents typically earn their fees as a percentage of
royalties after books get published.)

The biggest problem with Woodside Literary Agency, of New ...






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