Cyberbullying & Harassment: A Recipe for Disaster

As I have argued before, cyberbullying is not a novelty. The problem with our times is that, 20 years later, the World Wide Web  has expanded to all four corners of the Earth with information (including audiovisual content) travelling at the speed of lightning. Anyone, any place, at any point can upload anything with a single click.

The statutory protection against (cyber)bullying in Ireland at the moment is s10 of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997 re harassment, which defines it as: