Cyberbullying in Washington State (WA)

In Washington State, schools are legally obligated to stop cyberbullying if it takes  place during school hours, or if any off-campus activity interferes with their ability to concentrate or learn.

As a parent, if you suspect your child is being cyberbullied, talk to the teacher or a school official about the incident and find out what are their bullying and cyberbullying policies and protocols.

Before speaking with them, however, you may want to capture the cyberbullying incident using CanProve and share with the official during your conversation, so there are no doubts or misunderstandings what exactly took place when your child got cyberbullied.

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Press Release: CanProve Announces Beta Of Cyber Bullying Response Kit

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) June 05, 2012.  CanProve (http://www.canprove.com) , the groundbreaking online evidence capturing and reporting service, announced today the beta release of CanProve CyberBullying Response Kit designed to assist children and parents with capturing and preserving cyberbullying evidence, as well as enabling them to easily report incidents to schools, police or authorities via the Web. The service is now available to individuals and organizations.

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Four Steps for Capturing and Reporting Online Evidence

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When confronted with a cyber bully, it is important to capture evidence. In some cases the cyber bully may post comments onto sites such as Facebook and later delete them so there is no physical record. In other cases they use a live chat feature where the dialogue is not saved. Many people are unsure of how to record evidence of cyber-bullying but it is an easy process to learn.  You can prove that that abusive comments were there after that in four simple steps.

Illinois AG – Online Bullying Response Tools

It is great to see a web site that combines advice on tools, best practices, 101 and resources to stop cyberbullying.

http://illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/cyberbullying/for_kidsandteens.html

One thing this site is missing is an easy way to capture and report cyberbullying evidence. CanProve www.canprove.com can help with that task in 3 steps.

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New European Plan Proposed for Safer Internet for Children and Teenagers

The European Commission set out a plan for safer internet and better internet content for children and teenagers. In particular,the new strategy is to build up the market for interactive, creative and educational content online, in a partnership between the European Commission and Member States, mobile phone operators, handset manufacturers and providers of social networking services.

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