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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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