Cyberbullying

Now, for most of us, we can recall a time when a child being bullied at school could at least leave school and go home, and the hurt might have still traveled with them, but the person causing it usually did not have twenty-four-hour access to the other student.

Cyberbullying changed that.

It can happen through group chats, social media, gaming platforms, or shared photos.

A cruel post can be seen by dozens of classmates before a parent even knows it exists.

Are you going to just turn off the computer and forget about it? Probably not.

So let's not ask kids to do the same.

Cyberbullying also creates an audience.

A child may not write the cruel message, but they can forward it, react to it, or stay in the conversation while someone is being torn apart.

Nina Jankiewicz, the former head of the Disinformation Governance Board, set up by the Department of Homeland Security, is not alone.

Women around the world who have risen to powerful government positions have faced an overwhelming crush of online harassment, stalking, and abuse.

A recent report from the United Nations found that female politicians, regardless of political affiliation, in Finland are subjected to 10 times more abusive Twitter messages.

The UN says that online abuse prevents democracies from bullying equally representatives.