Assignment #2: Cyberbullying and Privacy

Visit the site's page on "The Law and Reporting." What are two actions that can violate someone's privacy?

Two actions that can violate someone’s privacy are:

1. Non-consensual Distribution of an Intimate Image - If someone has a sexual/intimate photo or video of you that was made in private circumstances, and that person knowingly posts it online or shares it with someone else, knowing that you haven’t given consent or knows that you wouldn’t, that person can be charged.
2. Voyeurism - secretly observing or recording a person who reasonably believes their actions are private and:

• who is in a place where the person might be expected to change or remove clothing 
• who is all or partially naked or engaged in sexual activity at the time; or
• where the recording is done for sexual reasons.

2. There are four other sections on this page about laws in Canada. Identify two of them and provide one example from each section that would be considered an unlawful act. 

Child pornography - (sexually suggestive images or videos of someone who is under the age of 18) is illegal in Canada. It is illegal to view, keep, send, post, or take such pictures or videos.

Online Luring - A situation where one person communicates with a young person through technology (like texting) to make it easier to commit a specific sexual offence against that young person. An example of online luring is if the person asks, hints at or tries to convince the young person to create or send naked or semi-naked sexual pictures or videos.


3. Cite three examples on how you can report a potential crime.

Three ways that you can report a potential crime are:

1. Police - search online for the agency responsible in your area, or call the detachment, let them know your age and what has happened.
2. Cybertip.ca - You can go online to their website and tell them about your concern, or you can call their toll-free line at (1-866-658-9022)
3. Speak to a safe adult - such as a parent, teacher, or school counsellor for advice.

4. At the NeedHelpNow.com main page, there are eight sections (Learn More About...). Select two of them (we just explored "The Law and Reporting") and in a small paragraph provide some information about each section. Consider information that you think is helpful or you did not know about. The section on "Removing Pictures/Videos" is a very good resource.
Removing Pictures/Videos
This section helps work to get pictures of you, usually intimate or sexual images that you did not consent to have shared, taken from the internet. In the system to get these images taken down, it is very important that you state if you are under the age of 18 and have proof that you are the person in the picture. If you are an adult, it may take longer to get the images taken down because there is a bigger issue regarding child pornography rather than pornography featuring legal adults.

Helping A Friend
This section is important because it teaches young people how to recognize the warning signs that their friend could be in danger regarding the internet. Some of these signs to pay attention to are to be cautious of what the person is posting, for example, if they are posting a lot of messages that are about them putting themselves in danger, that can be a sign that you should help. 

5. Visit the site's page on #ChangeTheStory. Scroll down and watch the three short videos. Provide one thing that you found interesting about one of the videos.

Don’t Let Others Write Your Story

I found the part of this video where she said that the people who bullied her were the ones to write her story the most interesting because I don’t think that is the case. I know the story of this certain girl and her story is told by other people mostly, but I feel like it has gotten such serious attention that her bullies have given up on receiving the attention and writing her story and at this point it is mostly her friends.

Manifesto

I found the part of this video where the girl started posting the depressing pictures of herself on Instagram most interesting. At first I thought that it was just kind of ridiculous and that no one would seek that much attention if they were seriously upset or had risky mental health, but I have actually seen this done before. I hate it when people do it and it’s distracting to me but not in a good way. If someone has the nerve to be an attention seeker by posting how miserable they are all the time on social media without ever asking someone they’re close with for help I couldn’t care less. If they can tell the world they can ask a friend. Personally, I never ask anyone for help with any problems I have but that’s just because I feel like I am the most annoying person ever, but I don’t post pictures of myself being a miserable attention seeker for the validation of others. So, I have zero sympathy for these people. 

Change Messages of Hate to Hope

I personally don’t like this video. It sucks that her daughter died obviously and I feel really bad for her because of that but I think that more should be put into making a change rather than just posting about hope and sending prayers. That won’t stop anything. They could do charity events to help support the family or anything else honestly. They can make these posts all they want and it will be great and all but I just think more should be done, and maybe there is more, but it was not mentioned in this video. 

6. What is one way you could help promote the #ChangeTheStory campaign?

One way that you can help promote #ChangeTheStory is to share your own images with the hashtag #ChangeTheStory and share the videos videos associated with the program.