Cyber Safety: A Bystanderâs Guide
<p> </p> <p> Cyber Safety: A Bystander’s Guide</p> <p> </p> <p> You are going about your day when your Twitter account blows up with inappropriate posts based on someone’s appearance, race, gender or perceived sexuality, etc. What do you do?</p> <p> </p> <p> If you respond on line:</p> <p> Respect yourself and others; think before you hit send. Words typed or pictures posted on a screen can travel far and wide in minutes. They can cause lasting harm.</p> <p> Keep it clean. Sending inappropriate pictures, comments or illegal content to friends, can come back to haunt you. Simply tell people, <em>Cut it out, or That’s not okay.</em></p> <p> Another option is to check in with the target:</p> <p> Send a message and ask, <em>“Are you all right?”</em> If they are a student, tell them the University can help them address the behavior if it’s harrassing, abusive, and/or bullying.</p> <p> Refer them to the services listed on the back.You can even offer to accompany them if they need support.</p> <p> And to keep yourself safe online:</p> <p> Be real with your friends. Only accept friend requests from people you actually know: not friends of friends of friends...</p> <p> Take the tags off. Tell your friends to ask permission before they tag you in photos or upload selfies they took with you at last night’s party.</p> <p> Keep your private information, private. Never post your phone number, address or your whereabouts on line. This may attract stalkers. Also, take the locator function off your apps.</p> <p> </p> <p> <strong>Advocacy & Support</strong></p> <p> ODU Women’s Center</p> <p> 757-683-4109, Crisis Support,</p> <p> M-F 8 p.m.- 5 p.m.</p> <p> next to Student Health Services</p> <p> womenctr@odu.edu</p> <p> </p> <p> Response of the YWCA</p> <p> 757-226-YWCA (9922), 24 Hour Hotline,</p> <p> Victim Advocacy and Counseling</p> <p> <a href="mailto:info@ywca-shr.org">info@ywca-shr.org</a></p> <p> </p> <p> <strong>Reporting</strong></p> <p> Office of Student Conduct & Academic Integrity (OSCAI)</p> <p> 757-683-3431</p> <p> Call to Report Student Conduct Violations</p> <p> or go to the OSCAI homepage</p> <p> to submit online</p> <p> </p> <p> ODU Police Department</p> <p> 757-622-4000</p> <p> To report online harassment</p> <p> or cyber crime</p> <p> </p> <p> National Resources</p> <p> Stalking Resource Center</p> <p> ncvc.org/src</p> <p> </p> <p> Women’s Center</p> <p> 1000 Webb Center</p> <p> 757-683-4109</p> <p> <a href="mailto:womenctr@odu.edu">womenctr@odu.edu</a></p> <p> www.odu.edu/womenscenter</p> <p> </p> <p> Working to Halt On-Line Abuse</p> <p> haltabuse.org</p>
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Posted By: Kishla Conner
Date: Fri Feb 14 08:43:47 EST 2014