Across
- 4. Sharing private information about a person without their permission. For example, sharing private messages by forwarding them or posting them online
- 6. The practice of altering information in a person's profile on a social networking website without his or her permission
- 7. The activity of using the internet to harm or frighten another person, especially by sending them unpleasant messages
- 9. The practice of pretending on social media to be someone different, in order to trick or attract another person
- 11. Obtaining personal information about a person and then publishing it online.
- 13. A way of persuading someone to do something they do not want to do by making them feel guilty about it (9,9)
- 15. Examples include hate speech, offensive or adult material aimed at children or vulnerable users (13,7)
Down
- 1. The act of leaving someone out deliberately. For example being left out of message threads, groups or conversations online.
- 2. The act of spreading cruel information about someone, through public posts or private messages to either ruin their reputation or relationships with other people
- 3. Behaviour which is intended to trouble or annoy someone, for example repeated attacks on them or attempts to cause them problems
- 5. Deliberately trying to upset or start an argument with someone, by posting offensive or unkind things on the internet.
- 8. Social media accounts used to hide the identity of an individual while they send bullying or threatening messages, impersonate someone or trick family and friends of a person into engaging with malicious content (4,8)
- 10. The criminal activity of becoming friends with a child in order to try to persuade the child to have an inappropriate relationship
- 12. An intense argument, that normally takes place in chat rooms, over instant messages or email
- 14. A pattern of fixated and obsessive online behaviour which is repeated, persistent, intrusive and causes fear of violence or engenders alarm and distress in the victim
- 16. The act of befriending someone to lull them into a false sense of security and gain their trust, and then abusing that trust by sharing secrets and private information.
