A cyber bully has targeted my friend

Stinicker · 02-12-2014 10:50PM #1

I have a friend who has a page on social media (FB) and she recently banned some trolls from the page. One of these trolls has now created a page online impersonating her and basically mocking and targeting abuse at her and at the subject her page was about, including making obscene comments to some of her friends which they mistook as being from her.

I don't know who is behind it but it has effected her badly as she used to spend alot of her spare time running this facebook page and for her to be targeted by trolls like this is sickening. I wonder is there anything that can be done? This friend is quite a recluse and would be the type to take these things to heart.

Kevin McCloud · 02-12-2014 10:53PM

Ring the online police.

biko · 02-12-2014 10:53PM

She can report the facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/help/355811251195044

Kristopherus · 02-12-2014 10:53PM

Can FB do anything to get rid of this scumbaggery?

Witchie · 02-12-2014 10:55PM

She can contact the Gardai about it and they will call to the person who set it up and give them a warning or maybe worse.

caustic 1 · 02-12-2014 10:56PM

Don't go on fake book. simples.

Buona Fortuna · 02-12-2014 10:58PM

This amused me

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/30290141

wexie · 02-12-2014 11:00PM

Buona Fortuna wrote: »

This amused me

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/30290141

I think that's bloody genius, should be more parents more aware of what their offspring get up to online.

biko · 02-12-2014 11:03PM

Tell all her friends about this bully. When eventually the bully is found out everyone can then bully the bully instead.

anncoates · 02-12-2014 11:07PM

caustic 1 wrote: »

Don't go on fake book. simples.

Top contribution.

Macavity. · 02-12-2014 11:09PM

DEFTLEFTHAND · 02-12-2014 11:12PM

biko wrote: »

Tell all her friends about this bully. When eventually the bully is found out everyone can then bully the bully instead.

It could be more than one person, organised trolls often operate in groups.

shruikan2553 · 02-12-2014 11:15PM

Cant you report them as a fake profile?

The Moldy Gowl · 02-12-2014 11:15PM

I used to troll facebook a lot. What your friend did was a bad move by banning them.

Just ignore them and they go away and move on to the next

The_Valeyard · 02-12-2014 11:16PM

Easily traced now. Cyberbullies are found out with little effort.

Miss Demeanour · 02-12-2014 11:18PM

Tell her to post a reply to the troll using caps lock........should frighten the shyte out of bully when she shouts at them......

Wabbit Ears · 02-12-2014 11:28PM

if so much of your life is invested in a single site like facebook that you can even be cyber bullied then you really need to take a step back and realise you're an epic twat.

Just like people who complain about TV shows and all that nonsense, the answer really is just switch it off and, you know, go outside or something.

Tail Docker · 02-12-2014 11:29PM

Another case for the FB Aye.

Micky Dolenz · 02-12-2014 11:38PM

Want me to meet them at the back of the church after school?

yipeeeee · 02-12-2014 11:40PM

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Easily traced now. Cyberbullies are found out with little effort.

How?

The_Valeyard · 02-12-2014 11:57PM

yipeeeee wrote: »

How?

Neighbours teen was a Facebook troll. Bullying kids in school with fake accounts. Some girls made complaints and gardai traced it back.

He was stunned to be caught as he was using vpn & alternating daisy chains. So it seems Gardai do have resources to trace it back.

Littlekittylou · 03-12-2014 07:40AM

Gowlasauras Rex wrote: »

I used to troll facebook a lot. What your friend did was a bad move by banning them.

Just ignore them and they go away and move on to the next

Why should she have to put up with it?

Littlekittylou · 03-12-2014 07:41AM

biko wrote: »

Tell all her friends about this bully. When eventually the bully is found out everyone can then bully the bully instead.

No. Two wrongs don't make a right. And why cause more hurt and unpleasantness?

Anyway she probably has no idea who they are.

She should just delete the account.

cerastes · 03-12-2014 08:40AM

Gowlasauras Rex wrote: »

I used to troll facebook a lot. What your friend did was a bad move by banning them.

Just ignore them and they go away and move on to the next

What did you do? harass people? I thought most people kept their profiles private?
Move on to the next, is that what you did? so you think its preferable to allow someone just harass people? what else is allowed slander? libel?

I have to say, besides not spending much time on FB, I dont see why people dont just name and shame and then delete these people from being contactable, if they see any comments via friends, Id have thought that it would be possible to challenge that officially or legally depending on what was said.

Grayson · 03-12-2014 08:49AM

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Neighbours teen was a Facebook troll. Bullying kids in school with fake accounts. Some girls made complaints and gardai traced it back.

He was stunned to be caught as he was using vpn & alternating daisy chains. So it seems Gardai do have resources to trace it back.

Noob.

Grayson · 03-12-2014 08:50AM

Wabbit Ears wrote: »

if so much of your life is invested in a single site like facebook that you can even be cyber bullied then you really need to take a step back and realise you're an epic twat.

Just like people who complain about TV shows and all that nonsense, the answer really is just switch it off and, you know, go outside or something.

So what you're saying is that if you have say, a local charity page on facebook, you should ditch it at the first sign of bullying?

DoYouEvenLift · 03-12-2014 08:53AM

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Easily traced now. Cyberbullies are found out with little effort.

How could they easily trace someone who's using vpns and proxy's?

Edit: saw your reply. Interesting. Would like to learn more about stories like that. Thought Gardai only put effort into tracing online drug markets like the silk road busts.

Wabbit Ears wrote: »

if so much of your life is invested in a single site like facebook that you can even be cyber bullied then you really need to take a step back and realise you're an epic twat.

Just like people who complain about TV shows and all that nonsense, the answer really is just switch it off and, you know, go outside or something.

Just letting you know that some people actually run Facebook pages that generate ad revenue, some of which earn more money than a lot of people's jobs. Are these people also epic twats?

crazygeryy · 03-12-2014 08:54AM

Get off face book. Simple as.
Waste of bloody time anyway.

Canis Lupus · 03-12-2014 08:59AM

Report the page and then tell her to stop reading it... Pretty straightforward.

caustic 1 · 03-12-2014 09:16AM

anncoates wrote: »

Top contribution.

Thank you...oh wait were you being sarcastic? hold on till I get upset. Going now to I check out your suggestion, I'm sure you have one.

Also I was being serious, why read **** being written about you to get annoyed?

anncoates · 03-12-2014 09:33AM

caustic 1 wrote: »

Thank you...oh wait were you being sarcastic

Yeah.

A cyber bully has targeted my friend

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