Online Abuse
What is Online Abuse? Online abuse covers a wide range of behaviours and technologies. Abuse happens when someone acts in a way that causes harm and distress to others. It is often obvious that someone is behaving in an abusive way but it’s not always clear where the boundary falls between expressing a point of view and being abusive. Online abuse is any type of abuse that happens on the internet, through social media, online gaming or mobile phones. Children and young people may be the victims of online grooming, sexual abuse, sexual exploitation or emotional abuse. They also may be exposed to sexting, online misrepresentation and cyberbullying. Since everything come online due to COVID 19 pandemic the rate of online abuse is also increased. A lot of cases been seen through various social medias and even the teachers are getting abused through online classes. There are 7 types of online abuse: Type 1: Cyberstalking Cyberstalking is when someone uses the internet to sys...