Infographic to help parents identify and stop cyberbullying from Quib.ly

Cyberbullying is a real social phenomena that has grown with the new landscape of openness, instant access to and for all, and the curious new form of anonymity that pervades in being social without being physically present. Quib.ly, an online community and resource originating from the UK but open for membership internationally, is dedicated to help parents of young children through teenagers navigate a world of always-on technology. They have created an interactive infographic on their website to both inform and encourage conversation about cyberbullying.

Besides the general facts, at the bottom of the scroll-down page there’s a tabbed area with deeper content, starting with definitions of four types of cyberbullying:

• Stealing Identity
• Spreading gossip
• Making threats
• Grooming (Someone online is pressuring you into doing things you don’t want to do, such as removing clothing on camera online)
• Abusive commenting

Under the Abusive commenting tips, Quib.ly offers the following links to learn how to remove abusive comments, which are worth offering here:

Removing abusive comments on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/help/212722115425932

Removing abusive comments on Twitter:
http://support.twitter.com/articles/15794-online-abuse

Removing abusive comments on Snapchat:
http://support.snapchat.com/ca/abuse

Removing abusive comments on Instagram:
http://help.instagram.com/165828726894770

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It’s a great sign to see Quimb.ly using an easy to read, easy to digest visual to introduce a topic that needs to be addressed. While technology combined with wide bandwidth allows rich content and open conversation to be shared and spread easily, good etiquette and awareness that good and bad behavior is a personal responsibility needs to be taught and reinforced, from a child’s first use of communication devices.

The images are simple, bright, “friendly”, and the gentle interactivity (parallax motion) is engaging, all leading the reader to the deeper content in the tabs at the bottom of the scroll. Sources are also documented, as good infographics should be.

While a flat static version could do the job of most of the content displayed, it’s a nice touch to make this interactive in order to invite people (parents, hopefully), to join the site and participate in both the sharing and learning that Quib.ly offers.

The direct link to the interactive infographic is on their site at http://quib.ly/cyberbullying-guide