In this podcast Miss Jones, Ms Marris & Toot Hill students discuss two articles which can be found on https://www.issuesonline.co.uk -> 'Nine things to think about before posting something negative online' and 'How to report bullying on social media'. For a written account of what we mention please see partial articles below: "1) Why are you posting it?
Have a think about why you are posting it. Is it to take part in healthy debate and conversation or is it just to hurt someone’s feelings? A good idea is to write a list of as many reasons as you can think of why you feel the need to do it, and a list of reasons why you shouldn’t. Seeing it all written down might give you a bit of perspective on the situation. Plus, the chances are, you won’t be able to come up with that many reasons why you should.
4) Would you say it to their face?
A big reason why we all find it easy to say negative stuff online is because we can do it from behind a screen, and it is way easier to type insults or rumours than it is to actually say them out loud.
Always think if you would feel comfortable saying something to someone’s face before typing it out on your phone and hitting send.
Plus, even though it might seem like it can be easy to be anonymous on social media, everything that you put out there is staying there until you take it down for the most part, and there is absolutely no guarantee it will stay anonymous forever. There is always going to be the possibility that you get in trouble for it somewhere down the line, or affect your career, relationships, school records and in the most serious of cases, could land you in trouble with the law.
8) How will it affect their lives?
There’s a good chance that whatever you say will have an actual impact on someone’s life. We know it might not seem like it when there is a screen and probably hundreds or maybe even thousands of miles between you, but whatever gets put out into the universe has the power to make waves and to damage someone’s life, career or relationship beyond repair.
9) How would it affect you if you were on the receiving end?
OK so we know this is the kind of thing your teacher or your Mum used to say when they wanted to prove a point, but actually feeling empathy for other people is super important before you decide to say or send something negative online. If those notifications came popping up on your screen, the chances are you would feel a bit rubbish about the whole thing."
"YouTube
If you feel a video you have seen on YouTube is inappropriate, you can ‘flag’ this by clicking on the little flag at the bottom right of the video. YouTube will then look at it to see if it breaks their terms of use. If it does, they will remove it.
YouTube state that videos with hate content, graphic violence or nudity cannot be uploaded so if you see one, report it as inappropriate.
To remove someone from your YouTube page, go to your account page and click on ‘all contacts’ in the ‘Friends and Contacts’ section. Choose which person you wish to unfriend and click on ‘remove contact’. Once you have done this, the person will no longer be on your ‘share video’ list.
If you receive abusive, bullying or threatening comments on YouTube, you can report them and they will investigate https://www.youtube.com/reportabuse.
Instagram
Bullying or abuse on Instagram can take place in a number of ways:
Negative Comments
Fake Profiles
Hacking Accounts
Instagram’s advice is to block and unfollow the person who is being abusive. To block someone on Instagram, tap their username to open their profile, tap the three dots and press the option to ‘block user’.
Snapchat
Bullying through Snapchat takes place in a number of different ways, including:
Taking Screenshots of images without permission
Sending pictures without permission
Negative comments
If this happens to you, you can block a ‘friend’:
Tap the Menu icon
Select ‘My Friends’
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