Dealing with Online Bullies Outside the Classroom
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The New York Times recently posed a question on Facebook about the role of schools in regulating the off-campus and online behavior of their students...
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The latest online attacks against the teen survivors of the Parkland shooting is a good case study on how this happens and how quickly it occurs. An article in The Washington Post entitled We studied thousands of anonymous posts about the Parkland attack – and found a conspiracy in the making outlines the part that anonymous social media forums play in the process. It’s a primer on how misinformation is created on purpose, endures endlessly, and the havoc that it plays in lives of those who are targeted.
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