History Main / Cyberbullying

** After Marinette transfers to Rosenhart Academy, Lila "sends her off" by [[MaliciousSlander slandering her online]], hoping to break her spirit further by showing she can't escape her reach ''that'' easily. It nearly gets her akumatized, but the plan ultimately backfires when her new acquaintances prove that they aren't so easily misled by BlatantLies.

* In ''Fanfic/MiraculousNinja'', Heidi secretly films Marinette following Adrien around, hoping that exposing her as a stalker will draw lots of traffic to her blog. Afterwards, Lila starts anonymously spreading ''nasty'' rumors about Marinette online in hopes of forcing her to leave Norrisville.

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** One especially {{Narm}}tastic PublicServiceAnnouncement had ''ComicBook/DoctorDoom'' of all people resorting to this, to cause strife among the Avengers. As the cops (presumably the same ones who booked ComicBook/{{Thanos}}) haul him off, he mwah-ha-ha's over how many ''more'' he'll get to corrupt if he ever gets his hands on a computer in prison.

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* In ''Fanfic/MiraculousNinja'', [[spoiler: after Marinette's stalker actions have been revealed; Lila has now started spreading bad anonymous rumours about Marinette doing horrible actions to force the baker girl to leave Norrisville.]]

* ''Film/{{Unfriended}}'': The central characters are gradually revealed to have been the ringleaders of a cyberbullying campaign that drove one of their classmates to suicide, through the filming of an embarrassing video and [[InstantHumiliationJustAddYoutube posting it online for the world to see]]. Now someone (or something) is seeking revenge. [[spoiler:That someone turns out to be the ghost of the classmate, who gets her revenge on all of them come the end of the film.]]

* ''Film/{{The Net|1995}}'' has Angela Bennett become marked for murder when she discovers that the Gatekeeper anti-virus software also allows back-door access to any system running it. When a hired hitman fails to kill Angela, the evil Praetorians tamper with Angela's identity, making her into a wanted fugitive with no credit and no finances.
* ''Film/Piggy2022'': Sara is at her father's butcher shop when AlphaBitch Maca and FormerFriend Claudia come in. Maca takes a picture of the overweight Sara with her parents and posts a picture of the three of them in Instagram, captioning it "three little piggies".

* Literature/TheBerenstainBears broached the topic of cyberbullying in “Computer Trouble,” where one of Sister Bear’s classmates sends her a harassing message on Pawbook (their version of Facebook).
* ''Literature/RoysBedoys'': In “Stop Cyberbullying, Roys Bedoys!”, Roys gets angry at Hopper after losing to several online card games, so he shares an embarrassing photo of Hopper with bedhead and claims he sniffs dirty socks to fall asleep.

* ''Series/CobraKai:'' In Season 1, this was Yasmine's go-to tactic for making fun of [[YouAreFat Aisha's size]] (for example, posting: "the buffet table is under attack"). Johnny expresses disgust at cyberbullying, noting that [[WhenIWasYourAge back in his day]], bullies at least took ownership and said those mean things to people's faces.
* The KoreanDrama ''Schoolgirl Detectives'' is about a [[KidDetective Detective]] {{School Club|Stories}} in an AllGirlSchool that solve mysteries in their school, since bullying to abortion and suicide. One of the cases was about a case of cyberbullying of a girl who was about to be DrivenToSuicide until the Club intervenes to stop it. Having a [[PlayfulHacker computing expert]] in the group certainly helped a lot in this case.
* ''Series/HouseOfAnubis'': Downplayed in season-two. When Joy is trying to chase Nina out of the school so she can get Fabian, she takes to the internet and chooses to write a nasty, anonymous article about how much Nina sucks. All of it is done with the intention to cause harm, and her being anonymous was intended to keep her free from consequences...until she got busted, and everyone turned on her for it.

* One episode of ''Series/JoanOfArcadia'' features an AlphaBitch taking an embarrassing photo of Joan in her underwear in the locker room after gym class, then threatening to send the photo to everyone in school. When Joan tries to take the mean girl's phone, she inadvertently follows through on the threat and is subjected to relentless teasing. Joan's friends decide to fight fire with fire by stealing the girl's diary and reading all of her humiliating secrets aloud...including the fact that their target's mother has breast cancer. The girl breaks down sobbing, giving Joan a HeelRealization moment.

* ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange'': Kate Marsh suffers from this after the Vortex Club [[InstantHumiliationJustAddYoutube records and shares a video]] of her making out with at least one boy at a party; she was [[SlippingAMickey drugged]] and didn't even remember what most of she did that night. Kate is then bullied severely by her fellow students, her fundamentalist Christian family calls her a "Jezebel", and she will eventually [[spoiler:attempt to commit suicide by throwing herself off a rooftop. Max can talk her down, if she's been consistently supportive of Kate throughout the game.]]

* A video, incorporating video clips of the Music/TaylorSwift song “White Horse” and the 2011 movie [[Film/Cyberbully2011 Cyberbully]], ends with a gunshot, implying a suicide had taken place because of what’s suggested to be cyberbullying. (Possibly meant as a dark parody of some of Swift’s songs, which had depressing themes.)

* The ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'' episode "[[Recap/BigCityGreensS1E16 Cyberbullies]]" focuses on Cricket, Tilly, and their friends getting harassed by a trio of online bullies known as the Cyber Knights, who repeatedly force the kids to bow down to them. Cricket helps the others learn to stand up for themselves and not run away for the rest of their lives so they can take the bullies down.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'': In "So Funny I Forgot to Laugh", Arthur already bullies Sue Ellen in real life, but he takes it digitally when he emails her a picture with her head photoshopped on a sheepdog. This is the final straw that makes Sue Ellen want to change classes, just to get away from Arthur.
* ''WesternAnimation/MoonGirlAndDevilDinosaur2023'' tackles this topic in its second episode. A user named [=SYPH0N8TR=] harasses Lunella's online Moon Girl fanpage with petty insults about her and Devil Dinosaur's appearances and intelligence. This extends to warping Lunella's response video into a catchy meme to double down on breaking her image.

* In the MadeForTVMovie ''FilmSocial Nightmare'', a student's chances of getting into a good college hang in the balance when inappropriate photos of her are posted on the Internet, and eventually she's cyberbullied with SlutShaming.

* In the MadeForTVMovie ''Social Nightmare'', a student's chances of getting into a good college hang in the balance when inappropriate photos of her are posted on the Internet, and eventually she's cyberbullied with SlutShaming.

* ''WesternAnimation/MoonGirlAndDevilDinosaur2023'' tackles this topic in its second episode. A user named SYPH0N8TR harasses Lunella's online Moon Girl fanpage with petty insults about her and Devil Dinosaur's appearances and intelligence. This extends to warping Lunella's response video into a catchy meme to double down on breaking her image.

* ''Film/LesMeilleures'': The group of protagonist Nedjma films Zina while she's in a position that looks like she's giving a guy a blowjob, then they upload the video on a social media (implied to be Instagram). A few minutes later the video has already over 150 views and nasty/mocking comments. Zina's sister is naturally furious afterwards and comes to Nedjma and her group the next day at the laundromat to teach them the hard way that you don't mess with her sister. Then Nedjma deletes the video.

* Downplayed in ''LightNovel/MyYouthRomanticComedyIsWrongAsIExpected'': One of the first cases for the Service Club was about discovering who was cyberbullying [[BigManOnCampus Hayato Hayama]]'s [[SatelliteCharacter three male friends]] saying bad rumours about them. This case was managed by [[TheSnarkKnight Hachiman Hikigaya]] [[spoiler:by getting Hayama out of equation so the 3-member workgroup was fulfilled by the three guys so they can meet each other without having Hayato as the center]] and with this, the rumours are over and all is back to normal.

* In ''Fanfic/MiraculousNinja'', [[spoiler: After Marinette's stalker actions have been revealed; Lila has now started spreading bad anonymous rumours about Marinette doing horrible actions to force the baker girl to leave Norrisville.]]

In ''Fanfic/MiraculousNinja'', [[spoiler: After Marinette's stalker actions have been revealed; Lila has now started spreading bad anonymous rumours about Marinette doing horrible actions to force the baker girl to leave Norrisville.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/GnomeAlone'': While trying to get back a MacGuffin necklace from [[AlphaBitch Brittany]] at the school dance, our heroine Chloe has to make the choice between her {{Nerd}} friend Liam and [[AlphaBitch Brittany]]'s approval. When Liam tries to storm off, one of Brittany's groupies trips him with her foot and causes him to FacePlant onto the floor. For further humiliation, she snaps a picture and posts it online with her phone so they can all laugh about it over and over again.

It is persistent in that the devices, such as a cell phone, used to carry out the bullying are ones that are not easy to disengage from. It is permanent since, as opposed to a verbal taunt, the bullying itself is stored on a digital device forever unless specifically removed. It is hard to notice because other people, such as teachers and parents, may not overhear or see the bullying take place, and also because, thanks to {{GIFT}}, sometimes the bully can be completely anonymous.

Can overlap with NewMediaAreEvil, when the digital medium itself is blamed for the bullying rather than putting the blame on the bully, as well InstantHumiliationJustAddYouTube, when Website/YouTube could be just one way a bully targets a victim. Thanks to the nature of smartphones having built-in cameras and wi-fi capability, the bully could also double as a malicious form of CameraFiend. This may be one motivation for {{Catfishing}}. Eventually can involve SuicideDare and lead to DrivenToSuicide for the victim. See also SocialMediaIsBad, when social networks and internet forums are seen as a way to exploit cyberbullying and as tools for cyberbullies.

It is persistent in that the devices, such as a cell phone, used to carry out the bullying are ones that are not easy to disengage from. It is permanent since, as opposed to a verbal taunt, the bullying itself is stored on a digital device forever unless specifically removed. It is hard to notice because other people, such as teachers and parents, may not overhear or see the bullying take place.

* The KoreanDrama ''Schoolgirl Detectives'' is about a [[KidDetective Detective]] {{School Club|Stories}} in an AllGirlSchool that solve mysteries in their school, since bullying to [[UpToEleven abortion and suicide]]. One of the cases was about a case of cyberbullying of a girl who was about to be DrivenToSuicide until the Club intervenes to stop it. Having a [[PlayfulHacker computing expert]] in the group certainly helped a lot in this case.

Occasionally, when a series or movie tackles this subject, the writers [[CriticalResearchFailure did not do the research]] and it can lead to a CluelessAesop when covering the issue. This falls under the InternetSafetyAesop since cyberbullying is a frequent problem.

Sadly this is TruthInTelevision, so '''Administrivia/NoRealLifeExamplesPlease'''