NoBullying.com Looks at the Trend of Cyber Blackmail Today
London, UK (PRWEB) December 16, 2013 -- Cyber blackmail is a new trend or form of bullying that is aimed at teens, college students, and younger children using webcams. A webcam is a small video camera that mounts onto the computer. It allows any user to film themselves and send the videos made through email to someone they connect to, know or have met online. It may seem like a harmless application but for some has turned into a tool for cyber bullying. NoBullying.com, a product of Treze Ltd, looks today at this rising trend of Cyber Blackmail.
The victims often meet the blackmailer on a dating website. They often see a photo of a very beautiful woman or handsome man. This person chats with the victim until they are comfortable with them. After that, they convince the victim to photograph or video tape themselves in sexually comprising positions.
Once this is accomplished, they blackmail the victim by threatening to send the photos to the family and friends. Sometimes they threaten to doctor the photos to make the photos look like they are with someone or a child. They prey on the victim’s shame and fear. It is hard to prosecute these crimes because sometimes the criminals are on the other side of the world.
Macartan Mulligan, Co-Founder of NoBullying.com, said, “While it is quite a good thing that many people from different parts of the world are taking an interest in learning about cyber bullying, we at NoBullying.com look forward to the day where it is a thing of the past. We want to end this epidemic once and for all through education and kindness.”
He added that parents and teachers should make a point to educate the younger generations about the sad outcome of bullying online and off line. According to Mulligan, it is quite imperative to press for more firm laws condemning all acts of bullying and harassment.
NoBullying.com features many pages dedicated to parents, teens, teachers, health professionals as well as posts related to cyber safety and the latest news about law making concerning curbing Bullying worldwide as well as inspirational Bullying Poems and Bullying Quotes.
The website makes a habit of updating its bullying statistics and cyber bullying statistics regularly because it is essential to understand how widespread the bullying epidemic is.
He also added that anyone suffering from bullying in any form or way can always reach out to the team of NoBullying and they will be given advice on how to stand up to bullying or protect themselves online.
The founders of the website hope that viewers can truly learn about bullying definition as well as school bullying and workplace bullying and put a serious effort to making it stop by education and caution and not by violence. NoBullying.com is not a mere website but an actual movement against bullying.
Ciaran Connolly, Treze Ltd, http://www.treze.co.uk, 0044-289-581-0610, [email protected]
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