Assignment #2 CyberBullying and Privacy

CyberBullying has been a problem since people realized it was a way of easily harassing someone without the person seeing their face. These people are arrogant, ignorant people who are not happy with themselves, but whatever. I'm not judging (much).

Under NeedHelpNow's Law and Reporting, there are two actions that are considered as violating someone's privacy, and can be brought to the police and/or charged for. These are:

1. Non-Consentual Distribution of an Intimate Image: If a person has an intimate/sexual picture or video of you, and knowingly puts it online or shares it without your consent, that person could be charged.
2. Voyeurism: is when someone is secretly observing 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 (e.g. bedroom, bathroom, change room, cabin, tent);
• who is all or partially naked or engaged in sexual activity at the time; or
• where the recording is done for sexual reasons.

There are four other sections about the law in Canada, and these are:

• Illegal Pictures and Videos
• Acts That Make Others Feel Unsafe
• Acts That Hurt The Reputation Of Others
• Unwanted or Illegal Sexual Content

Acts That Make Others Feel Unsafe can be things like harassment and threats, blackmail and intimidation. Anything that makes a person feel unsafe or harms them in any way. 

Acts That Hurt The Reputation Of Others can be publicly saying something that could harm a person's reputation or cause people to judge, ridicule or think badly of them. This could be claiming someone is racist or homophobic. 

On NeedHelpNow.ca, there are eight different sections to help you for your different, online situations. One of them is Removing Pictures/Videos. It explains the steps of how to remove any unwanted or illegal pictures from social media and even a person's phone. The social media websites they have listed are Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, Google, and a page on how to contact the people at NeedHelpNow if you are having problems on a website that was not listed there.

Another section they have is Helping A Friend, which talks about the warning signs of an emotionally in distress person, and how to help. I think this is very helpful because a lot of people are going through major and heavy things, and you might not even know about it or notice that they are not doing so well right now. It's good to know that there is a place where you can get advice on how to help a friend in need, especially when you know that person is not looking for advice or trying to get help. 

#ChangeTheStory is a campaign NeedHelpNow has started that fights to get your life around after you have been harassed, especially after a picture or video of you has been taken and posted without your consent. in one of the videos on their site, you get to see the process of how it affects a person. You see pictures of a girl with her friends, and they are smiling and laughing, but slowly you see her alone, in emotional distress, looking worst and worst because of the mental trauma she is going through, but then it starts to turn around. You see her start to look and feel better, and then her friends come back, and everyone is smiling. Things can get better, and this video symbolizes that. 

Ways you could help promote the #ChangeTheStory campaign could be to share it on social media, show it to people who you know need it. Most people who are going through things feel pathetic or stupid if they go on a website like NeedHelpNow, and therefore wouldn't know what the campaign even is. It might also make those who would post pictures and intentionally or unintentionally ruin someone's life, think twice before they hit send.