{"id":113012,"date":"2016-02-08T14:14:14","date_gmt":"2016-02-08T12:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/113012\/monday-motivation-stop-cyber-bullying-in-5-clicks\/"},"modified":"2016-03-10T18:36:54","modified_gmt":"2016-03-10T16:36:54","slug":"monday-motivation-stop-cyber-bullying-in-5-clicks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2016\/02\/08\/monday-motivation-stop-cyber-bullying-in-5-clicks\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Motivation: Stop cyber bullying In 5 clicks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cyber bullies have a great way of sucking the fun out of social media. Don\u2019t allow them\u00a0to become a regular fixture in your daily online life. Say goodbye to cyber bullies by clicking on\u00a0five important\u00a0buttons on your social media platforms.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>1. Ignore<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Although cyber bullies are\u00a0the hardest people to ignore online because they always scream at the top of their lungs trying to get a reaction, acknowledging them can exasperate the situation and get you into even bigger trouble.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-95247\" src=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/02\/giphy.gif\" alt=\"giphy\" width=\"500\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>2. Report Abuse<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>On most social media platforms nowadays there are options to report any offensive\u00a0or abusive users especially if they have broken the rules of engagement.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/02\/giphy-31.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-95248\" src=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/02\/giphy-31.gif\" alt=\"giphy (3)\" width=\"514\" height=\"289\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>3. Unfollow<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The simplest way to deal with an abusive cyber bully is to unfollow them\u00a0and rid your newsfeed of their\u00a0negative energy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/02\/giphy-53.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-95254\" src=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/02\/giphy-53.gif\" alt=\"giphy (5)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>4. Block<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>If reporting abuse and unfollowing someone doesn\u2019t seem to deter them, the next step would be to block them completely and prevent them from having any contact with you.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/02\/giphy-8.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-95255\" src=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/02\/giphy-8.gif\" alt=\"giphy (8)\" width=\"503\" height=\"349\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>5. Remove Profile<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>This is the most extreme precaution anyone can take when it comes to cyberbullying. Removing your profile ensures that there is no trace of you on the social media site and therefore preventing anyone from being able to make contact at all.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/02\/giphy-112.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-95257\" src=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/02\/giphy-112.gif\" alt=\"giphy (11)\" width=\"500\" height=\"280\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='d10b0d808b0cfd5fd53de71824456697'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s International Stop Bullying Day and here are five buttons that can guarantee a cyber bully free social media experience. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7783,"featured_media":115502,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Caxton Central","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[3310,4754,9733,1187,9567,3807,1186],"class_list":["post-113012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-abuse","tag-bullying","tag-cyber-bullying","tag-facebook","tag-internet","tag-social-media","tag-twitter"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["abuse","bullying","cyber bullying","facebook","internet","social media","Twitter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7783"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113012\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}