Family and Child Online Safety Blog - SafetyClicks

In August, a teen from the UK who posted a death threat on someone else's profile, was the first to be arrested for cyberbullying in Britain.

According to the report, the accused had been harassing the victim for many years. When the most recent threat happened online and the arrest was made, this teenage girl became the first person in Britain to be arrested and convicted for cyberbullying. There have been various Internet laws against many things ranging from Spam to hacking for nearly as long as the Internet has been in existence . And there have been laws against harassment and threats for many years before that. Now, the laws have meshed into one to help combat cyberbullying.

There have been a hand full of arrests in the U.S., including a woman for posting fake "Casual Encounters" on Craigslist on behalf of a 17-year-old girl. In this case, she has been charged with a felony. In the Megan Meier case (the 13-year-old who committed suicide following online harassment), the woman was arrested. That case then led to the woman charged being harassed both online and offline.

Just as the Internet is a world wide phenomenon, it seems cyberbullying is as well. Do you think cyberbullying is a big problem? What do you think should be done about cyberbullying? Share your comments have thoughts on this topic below.