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Cyber-Bullying as a Criminal Offence

• Section 10 of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the

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• prohibits harassment of a person “by any

means” by “persistently following, watching, pestering, besetting or communicating with him or her”

Cyber-Bullying as a Criminal Offence

• Section 13(1) of the Post Office (Amendment) Act 1951
• (a) sends by telephone any message that is grossly
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causing annoyance, inconvenience, or needless anxiety to another person ( i ) s e n d s b y t e l e p h

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e a n y m e s s a g e t h a t t h e s e n d e r knows to be false, or (ii) persistently makes telephone calls to another person without reasonable cause

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Online Presence

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Bullying

Note: Excerpt from the School’s Anti-Bullying Policy

http://www.dgs.ie/policies/anti_bullying_policy

Cyberbullying

DEFINITION
 
 Cyberbullying refers to bullying carried out using the internet, mobile phones or other technological devices.

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