Editing Cyberbullying (section)

==== United States ====
In March 2007, the Advertising Council in the United States, in partnership with the [[National Crime Prevention Council]], U.S. Department of Justice, and Crime Prevention Coalition of America, joined to announce the launch of a new [[public service advertising]] campaign designed to educate preteens and teens about how they can play a role in ending cyberbullying.

As of 2008, the [[Boy Scouts of America]]'s 2008 edition of ''[[Boy Scout Handbook|The Boy Scout Handbook]]'' addresses how to deal with online bullying. A new [[Ranks in the Boy Scouts of America#First Class|First Class]] rank requirements adds: "Describe the three things you should avoid doing related to use of the Internet. Describe a cyberbully and how you should respond to one."<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.usscouts.org/advance/boyscout/changes/bsrank4-08.asp|publisher=US Scout Service Project|title=First Class Rank Requirements|access-date=August 5, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.nbcnews.com/id/22576610/ns/health-childrens_health/t/always-be-prepared-battle-bullies/#.VlVoUcovPO0|work = NBC News|title = Always be prepared to battle bullies|date = January 9, 2008}}</ref>

In 2008, [[KTTV]] Fox 11 News in Los Angeles put out a report about organized cyberbullying on sites like [[Stickam]] by people who call themselves "[[Anonymous (group)|/b/rothas]]".<ref>{{cite web|title=Leelila Strogov – Fox 11 LA – Cyber Bullies|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ai09cWlyPrQ|website=[[YouTube]]|publisher=Fox 11}}</ref> The site had put out a report on July 26, 2007, about a subject that partly featured cyberbullying, titled "Hackers on Steroids".<ref>{{cite web|title=FOX 11 Investigates: 'Anonymous'|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNO6G4ApJQY|website=[[YouTube]]|publisher=Fox Television Stations, Inc.}}</ref>

On June 2, 2008, parents, teens, teachers, and Internet executives came together at Wired Safety's International Stop Cyberbullying Conference, a two-day gathering in White Plains, New York and New York City. Executives from Facebook, [[Verizon]], MySpace, [[Microsoft]], and many others talked with hundreds about how to better protect themselves and their personal reputations, children and businesses from online harassment. Sponsors of the conference included [[McAfee]], [[AOL]], [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]], [[Procter & Gamble]], [[Girl Scouts of the USA]], WiredTrust, Children's Safety Research and Innovation Centre, and KidZui.com. Cyberharassment versus cyberbullying was a forefront topic, where age makes a difference; abusive internet behavior by adults with the repeated clear intent to harm, ridicule or damage a person or business was classified as [[stalking]] harassment, versus bullying by teens and young adults.<ref>{{cite web|last=Smith|first=Skylar|date=October 26, 2009|title=2 dead after head-on collision with CSUF student|url=http://www.dailytitan.com/2009/10/cal-state-fullerton-student-causes-crash/comment-page-46/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151125191052/http://www.dailytitan.com/2009/10/cal-state-fullerton-student-causes-crash/comment-page-46/|archive-date=November 25, 2015|access-date=June 5, 2016|publisher=Dailytitan.com}}</ref>

An organized movement to make [[revenge porn]] illegal began in August 2012: End Revenge Porn.<ref name="endrevengeporn.org">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cybercivilrights.org/|title=Cyber Civil Rights Initiative}}</ref> Currently revenge porn is only illegal in two states, but the demand for its criminalization is on the rise as digital technology has increased in the past few generations. The organization seeks to provide support for victims, educate the public, and gain activist support to bring new legislation before the United States Government.<ref name="endrevengeporn.org" />

In 2006, PACER.org created a week-long event that was held once a year in October. Today, the campaign is a month-long event and is now known as the National Bullying Prevention Awareness Month.<ref>[http://www.stopbullying.gov/blog/2015/10/05/october-national-bullying-prevention-awareness-month Hertzog, J. (2015, October 5). October is National Bullying Prevention Awareness Month. Retrieved November 3, 2015, from stopbullying.gov]</ref>