Cyberbullying
Have you ever typed mean things about your friend or even anyone? Have you ever sent out something embarrassing to the public about someone you hate, And then made fun of it by writing mean comments about? Think about it. Have you actually may have done that before, but then didn’t notice. This is called cyberbullying. Cyberbullying is online bullying. Which is talking online and saying something bad about someone. It could be chatting in gmail, or any kind of chats. You can be talking to your friends about how one of your classmates in your homeroom is really stupid online. Then everyone can see it. Everything you do leaves a footprint online. And it’s permanent there. Meaning it’s there forever! So make sure you don’t cyberbully others.
I used to think no one can see what you’re doing because once you delete it, it says it’s deleted and goes right into the trash can. But then I learned that people can scan the page you were on, and then forward it to his/her friends. Making other people know about. So if you do write bad comments about someone, others can see it, and it can hurt other peoples feelings. How I learned this was because in the computer boot camp, we watched a video about how anybody can see what you’re doing. Even now! So please, don’t do anything before you thought about it.
This learning changed my thinking on how the internet is safe. Because I never knew that people can track you and then still see what you were doing that time. So if you give your personal information, (Like passwords, where you live, phone number, etc.) then people like robbers can hack into your home. And this will impact my future because now I know that I should be more careful when I’m using the internet and not leave anything personal online. So for the big take away, I think it’s “think before you act.” Because if you thought about what you were going to do, you would know what’s right or wrong. (Or what you can and can’t do.)
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