What is cyber-stalking? Is it dangerous?
What is cyber-stalking?
• A person repeatedly harassed or threatened by an individual using an electronic device, most often the internet but not always.
• The basic common "man" test is used- meaning that the behavior which categorized as cyber stalking would elicit fear and concern for safety in the average person but it is not cyber-stalking if the behavior is viewed as annoying or troublesome but not threatening, it would not be cyber-stalking.
Is it dangerous?
• Cyberstalking can lead to physical stalking.
• Causes harm to victim that is as distressing as the psychological and social harm caused by traditional stalking.
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