Taking a Look at Cyberstalking

In “You Are What You Click” by David Auerbach we discover that he helps show the problems through Facebook and Twitter giving a reason to ad stalking on your Facebook page. He talks about the procedure of how these ads are shown. Privacy has had its meaning changed. If only society realize what of a privacy-less society this world has become. Now more people comprehend exactly what it means to be privacy-less of a society. The growth has been a negative instead of a positive.

Cyber Stalking: Cyber Stalking is the use of electronic communications to harass or threaten someone by sending e-mails.

Cyber stalking laws normally classify cyber stalking as a misdemeanor offense. However, a main issue in any cyber stalking case has been proving identity since, most people do not use their real identities while communicating on the internet (Followill, 2015). In this case, the defendant is known which should help the prosecution pursue charges more speedily.

California has four related but distinct laws that make online stalking, harassment, and bullying criminal offenses. The content and nature of a Facebook post can violate one or all of these laws and lead to criminal charges and a conviction that could result in time behind bars.

Cyber stalking and bullying is traumatizing especially for children because it is because of such incidents that make a child withdraw from social gatherings and becomes scared of the outside world. In some extreme instances, cyber stalking has been known to result to death. This is because though it starts with the real world and develops into the internet it also penetrates into the physical world where the perpetrators result to physical

As I myself say, the internet is “Stalking made easy.” In her article, “Friend Request or Foe,” Laurie L. Baughman persuades her audience of the dangers and risks pertaining to internet stalking, mainly pertaining to domestic violence. Baughman is a senior attorney at the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence, thus giving her the right to speak about the topic. Facebook itself has over 400 million active viewers, and it considered the most popular online social networking sight for adults and children alike (Baughman 933). Baughman also points out that Facebook users in total upload approximately three billion photos every month and the average user spends about 55 minutes a day on the site (934-935). With such astronomical numbers like these, this introduces a whole new type of stalking based violence that was once again introduced by the internet.

As stated in the podcast, Status Update, a couple norms of communication on Instagram are: complementing another girl’s photo, commenting only on people you know or are trying to get to know better, no comment by a close friend contains different meanings depending on whether they’ve seen it or not (i.e. if a friend saw the picture and made no comment, then it usually connotes something negative). These are just a few of the myriad of rules established on Instagram and social media culture. Similarly, the most important rules identified in the research Michael Argyle and his colleagues conducted still apply to the world of social media with the exception of “look the other person in the eye” rule. Furthermore, stalking someone’s social media profile holds a different meaning and association than stalking someone physically; Although the former isn’t much better, there generally isn’t as harsh judgement for those who internet stalk. The stalking referred to social media profiles means spending several hours on one individual’s profile. The common rule for this is that you’re not supposed to like, comment, or leave any sort of evidence that you were stalking their profile because the individual, whose profile you stalked, would deem you a creep. And it’s a little funny that generally on the internet you’ll see memes talking

Stalking is a terrifying and potentially lethal crime that seems to be on the rise in recent years. While the act itself can be displayed in a variety of ways with many different motivations, the effects on the victims always result in some sort of fear, anxiety, and paranoia among others, along with crippling the victim financially. The media portrayal of stalking can lead to misconceptions about the crime and minizations of the behavior by the general public can lead to a secondary victimization and cause the crime to go unreported. Although anti-stalking laws exist they vary from state to state and may not always provide the adequate of protection, even a person convicted of stalking will only serve a year or less in prison if no other charges

Cyber stalking and harassment is a serious, unlawful activity by the federal government, all 50 states and U.S. territories. Although the definition of stalking differs between the federal and state jurisdictions, all have created criminal law to address cyber stalking and harassment. According to the DOJ report, state laws do vary in regards to the element of victim fear and emotional distress. (Catalano, 2012) The report said some states required victims must have been frighten by the act of stalking, while other states require a reasonable person to experience fear.

Count 1 (interstate stalking ) alleges that, between July 10 and July 30, 2001, Bowker knowingly and intentionally traveled across the Ohio state line with the intent to injure, harass, and intimidate Tina Knight, and as a result of such travel placed Knight in reasonable fear of death or serious bodily injury, in violation of section 2261A subdivision (1). (Curtis, p.90)

Technology has allowed abusive persons three basic benefits to continuing to harass their victim. The first benefit is that by calling and texting the abuser does not have much cost invested and he doesn’t even have to be in the same county to inflict harassing calls or leave messages. The second benefit for the abuser who is using technology is that they can insight others to join in on the bullying of their victim. Lastly, in the past in order to stalk or harass a woman the abuser would have to follow them physically and take time out of their day and their budget to drive around the neighborhood to follow them (Shimizu, 2013).

Another form of harassment is cyberstalking. So what is cyberstalking? As Naomi Goodno (2007) wrote,” While there is not a universally accepted definition, cyberstalking involves the use of the Internet, e-mail, or other means of electronic communication to stalk or harass another individual.” (pg.129) Jealousy is reason for people in relationships to cyberstalk one another. “The ensuing jealousy manifests as a need for reducing uncertainty by gathering information about the external threat.” (pg. 708) (2010, Tokunaga) Facebook is a good example of an easy way to stalk. “Facebook intrusion was related to relationship dissatisfaction, and cognitive jealousy and surveillance behaviors were linked to relationship dissatisfaction.” (pg.633) (2011,

They may set up their own websites, blogs or user pages for this purpose. Many cyber stalkers try to involve third parties in the harassment. They may claim the victim has harmed the stalker or his/her family in some way, or may post the victim's name and telephone number in order to encourage others to join the pursuit. They post allegations about the victim to newsgroups, chat rooms, or other sites that allow public contributions. Young people face a particularly high risk of having cyber stalkers try to set up meetings between them. Victims who are cyber bullied or cyber stalked are usually bullied in real life. Cyber bullying or cyber stalking can happen twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, and reach a person even when he or she is alone. It can happen any time of the day or night. Cyber bullying or cyber stalking messages and images can be posted anonymously and distributed quickly to a very wide audience. It can be difficult and sometimes impossible to trace the source. Cyber bullies and cyber stalkers have no remorse for their actions. The emotional outcome is similar to those of real life bulling. For cyber bullying and cyber stalking there is no escape, it never ends, and it gets

In relation to privacy, social networking and many other genres of the internet are one of the main and easiest places to track down people, many naïve victims, posts up their details on their profile, making it easy to enable stalkers or strangers to have advantage of virtually meeting you. This problem has caused many families to live in fear, not knowing how vulnerable they are to the outside world, where

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