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Cyber bullying

  • 21-06-2013 3:41pm
    #1
    Techno_Toaster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 325 ✭✭


    With all the drama with cyber bullying on Facebook I'm just wondering what case would someone have if any if something was written up on Facebook about them but didn't name them. As in it referred to them as 'she'. For example "she's a sick crazy individual"

    The person knows its about them but can they actually do anything? Have we any ruling for cyber bullying/harassment?


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  • #2
    LowKeyReturn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 934 ✭✭✭LowKeyReturn


    Techno_Toaster wrote: »
    With all the drama with cyber bullying on Facebook I'm just wondering what case would someone have if any if something was written up on Facebook about them but didn't name them. As in it referred to them as 'she'. For example "she's a sick crazy individual"

    The person knows its about them but can they actually do anything? Have we any ruling for cyber bullying/harassment?

    6.— (1) The tort of libel and the tort of slander—

    (a) shall cease to be so described, and

    (b) shall, instead, be collectively described, and are referred to in this Act, as the “ tort of defamation ”.

    (2) The tort of defamation consists of the publication, by any means, of a defamatory statement concerning a person to one or more than one person (other than the first-mentioned person), and “ defamation ” shall be construed accordingly.

    (3) A defamatory statement concerns a person if it could reasonably be understood as referring to him or her.

    However I do have to make the comment that Facebook is not required for survival and much heart ache could be saved by just turning the bloody thing off and rising above it.


  • #3
    Grolschevik
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,472 ✭✭✭Grolschevik


    Just read an article that said that the Dept of Education's guidelines on bullying/harrassment could be arguably extendable to cyberbullying.

    There is no specific legislation on it, as far as I'm aware. The authors said it was currently a grey area.


    Article on p24 of the PDF at this link:
    http://www.lawsociety.ie/Documents/Gazette/2013/june2013.pdf


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