Synopsis: This week on “Learn Me Something,” Aaron and Rich delve into the rather complex and pervasive ssue of cyberbullying. What’s it like to be a kid growing up with Facebook and Snapchat? Have you ever experienced it or have known someone who has?

Discussion of online harassment and defamation has taken place since as early as 1996, when Canadian lawyers David Potts and Sally Harris presented a paper titled Defamation on the Internet at the Legal Issues on the Internet conference on May 14th, 1996. The term “cyberbullying” was coined by Canadian teacher and public speaker Bill Belsey, who launched cyberbullying.ca] on March 3rd, 2003 in conjunction with the anti-bullying website he launched three years prior, bullying.org.

Duration: 1:15:00

Present: Aaron Stewart, Rich Plumb

Episode Links

• What Is Cyberbullying
• Law Enforcement’s Reminder: the Negative Effects of Cyberbullying
• Cyber Bullying Statistics
• 11 Facts About Cyber Bullying
• It’s Time To Call Out Bullying By Social Justice Warriors
• 15 Teen Bullying Cases With Tragic Ends
• Cyberbullying Court Cases
• Tyler Clementi, student outed as gay on internet, jumps to his death
• Cyberbullying Laws
• Anti-Cyber Bullying Site Gets Cyber Bullied By 4chan
• Cyberbullying: Part of a series on Internet Slang
• Whatever happened to Star Wars Kid? The sad but inspiring story behind one of the first victims of cyberbullying

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Download: Episode 58: Cyberbullying