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Let’s understand this with the help of the given scenario:
Ravi receives a friend request on social media from someone
named Priya, who claims to be a new student at his school. Priya
shares pictures of a recent school event and talks about mutual Be careful with online
friends, making Ravi trust her. After a few weeks, Ravi’s friend polls asking for
Aarav tells him that Priya doesn’t go to their school and is likely personal details or
using someone else’s photos. Ravi realises that he has been a photos.
victim of catfishing, where someone pretended to be someone
else to trick him.
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TYPES OF CYBERBULLYING Century #Critical Thinking
Skills
Read the description carefully and write the type of cyberbullying.
Description Type of Cyberbullying
Ravi’s classmate sends him cruel and repetitive messages on social media,
telling him he is not welcome at school and using threats to make him feel
scared.
A student creates an account in Arvind’s name and posts fake messages
claiming that Arvind did something embarrassing, causing confusion
among his friends.
An anonymous user repeatedly comments on Simran’s posts, calling her
names and telling her to delete everything. She doesn’t know who the
person is.
Sara is excluded from all the group chats at school and no one replies to her
messages. She feels left out of all conversations.
A video of Priya’s personal conversation was shared without her consent on a
public platform, with personal details that she never intended to share.
Nikhil has been receiving repeated threatening messages from someone he
doesn’t know, who claims to be following him and sends messages about
his whereabouts.
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