Spreading cruel information about the victim through public posts or private messages to either ruin their reputation or relationships with other people.
DISSING
The act of openly revealing sensitive or personal information about someone without their consent for purposes of embarrassing or humiliating them.
DOXING/ OUTING
A sustained and constant pattern of hurtful or threatening online messages sent with the intention of doing harm to someone.
HARASSMENT
When a bully creates a made-up profile or identity online with the sole purpose of cyberbullying someone.
MASQUERADING
The act of leaving someone out deliberately, either online or in-person.
EXCLUSION
Similar to outing or doxing, with an added element of deception, where the bully befriends their target and then shares their secrets and private information with others.
TRICKERY
A particularly serious form of cyberbullying that can extend to threats of physical harm to the victim.
CYBERSTALKING
Posting insults and profanity about or directly sending them to the victim to incite them into online fights.
FLAMING
Seeking to intentionally upset others by posting inflammatory comments online.
TROLLING
When a bully uses your child's social networking accounts to post inappropriate content with their name.
FRAPING