Certainly, not everything is rosy when we interact with people: we have to talk about violence online.
This problem needs to be made visible and addressed to guarantee a better coexistence online.
How can we define it?
We define it as a set of attitudes or behaviors that are perpetrated online from person to person.
These cause harm or discomfort, and can even compromise the psychological, emotional, and physical integrity of users.
Some of them range from hostile messages with discrimination, verbal attacks, to cyberbullying or identity theft, the truth is that there is a great variety of these types of violence.
Check the following link from the Save the Children Organization where you can learn more about the 9 most common types.
Why is it necessary to address violence online?
In the use of Social Media and dating apps, we will point out some reasons:
It can be dangerous to your health
Online violence negatively affects our online experience and can impact our physical or mental health too.
It happens more often than you think
These acts of violence occur so frequently that users mistakenly associate it with technology.
The authors hide behind the screen
Anonymity makes it easier for these events to happen naturally and often with impunity.
But what can we do about it?
To begin with, digital citizenship education is necessary, promoting values and ethics to better use these services.
Likewise, we need to teach people core values such as respect and tolerance to guarantee coexistence online.
Finally, It is important to learn to identify and recognize how digital violence manifests itself in these environments.
All this so that users can recognize these profiles and scenarios in time to prevent them.
If you want to learn more about how to avoid this type of situation or have more strategies to address it, contact me or write to info@mindful–linking.com to make your online experience safer.