Law Enforcement  

(Special thanks to Parry Aftab for her input. For further information, go to cyberlawenforcement.org or netbullies.com
There are times cyberbullying is something best handled by a child, his parents and/or the school. There are other times that cyberbullying requires the intervention of law enforcement.  

This is certainly true when a child feels threatened by the cyberbullying. 

Here are some examples when certainly law enforcement should be brought in:

  • A provocative post in a pedophile chatroom providing the name, address and telephone number of the victim can result in sexual predators showing up at the victim’s home or calling them.

  •  A hateful message posing as the victim posted on a Nazi group’s discussion boards will result in angry Nazi responses. 

  • Intentionally racist remarks falsely attributed to the victim and planted in a member of a racial or ethnic group’s guestbook will help fuel cyberattacks against the victim by irate members of that group.

With very few exceptions, cyberbullies can be identified by a trail left in cyberspace. 

In addition, monitoring software applications can gather and save evidence in a form law enforcement agencies and lawyers need.