Bullying, no matter what form or over what medium, is always wrong. This site does not tolerate it at all and almost all (if not them all) modern societies are against bullying of any nature.
When questions are cyber-bullying, illegal or 'inappropriate'.
Bullying is bullying, whether cyber or not. And bullying is NEVER nice.
Tell your parents or if you are a student, tell your Teacher. If you are being cyberbullied on WikiAnswers you should report it to a supervisor who can take appropriate action. You can also send the username or a link to the question to WikiAnswers @ Answers.com (no spaces).
While cyber bullying is not illegal in its self, if the person being bullied commits suicide because of online bullying the bullies can be charged with assisted suicide.
Any anti-bullying website will help with cyber bullying.
There aren't necessarily any ways you can "prevent" cyber bullying, but you can stop it when it happens. If you feel as though you or someone you know is being cyber bullied, you should report it to your parents, school administrators, and to the officials of the site on which you are being bullied.
No, WikiAnswers is not that sort of a site. We do not support nor participate in cyber-bullying, which is what you call insulting someone online.
There are millions of children affected by cyber bullying. Almost every child who has access to the internet is subject to cyber bullying.
Any links to questions or answers with cyber-bullying in them?
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Normally, schools have boards set up for bullying and cyber-bullying, tell an adult and then go to your school counsellor, they most likely can help you. Also report it to the site where the bullying is occurring.
Cyber bullying is no worse than any other form of bullying - it is all very, very bad!