www.cyberbullying.org -conceived of, and created by Bill Belsey, creator and facilitator of www.bullying.org

Helpful Resources:

Abuse.net -The Network Abuse Clearinghouse is intended to help the Internet community to report and control network abuse and abusive users. They are trying to keep a master database of reporting addresses for users throughout the net to use. The database is provided in four forms: 1) Via a mail forwarding service 2) Via a web look-up page 30 Via a WHOIS server at whois.abuse.net and 4) Via a domain name lookup.

Bill C-15: Ottawa's proposed anti-cyber-luring law (scroll down to section 172.1 at bottom of page)

Canadian Internet Law Resource Page

Canadian Wireless Technology Association -The Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA) is the authority on wireless issues, developments and trends in Canada. It represents cellular, PCS, messaging, mobile radio, fixed wireless and mobile satellite carriers as well as companies that develop and produce products and services for the industry.

Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission -(CRTC)! The CRTC is an independent agency responsible for regulating Canada's broadcasting and telecommunications systems. They report to Parliament through the Minister of Canadian Heritage.

Chat Danger -a wonderful Web site full of online safety information from Childnet International (United Kingdom)

Children's Partnership, The -Guidelines and advice for adults about how to make kids online experiences safer and more meaningful.

Cybercrimes.net - from the University of Dayton School of Law. Crimes against persons including cyber-harassment and cyber-stalking

Cyberlibel.com -information about libel and the Internet from Canadian lawyer, David Potts of Toronto, who specializes in law regarding libel and the Internet.

Cybertip.ca -Cybertip.ca handles tips from individuals reporting the online sexual exploitation of children. Please contact them if you have information regarding incidents of child pornography, luring, child sex-tourism, or child prostitution.

Cyberwise -helping young people to use the Internet in a safe and responsible way -from Industry Canada, Government of Canada

Dealing with Online Bullies -lesson plans for teachers from Cybersmart (Macmillan - McGraw-Hill Publishers)
Educational CyberPlayGround explains What is CyberBullying and How to handle Cyber Bullyies

Electronic Frontier Canada (EFC) was founded to ensure that the principles embodied in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms remain protected as new computing, communications, and information technologies are introduced into Canadian society.

GetnetWise -GetNetWise is a public service brought to you by Internet industry corporations and public interest organizations to help ensure that families have safe, constructive, and educational or entertaining online experiences. (USA)

GSM World from the GSM Association -The GSM Association’s membership consists of more than 690 second and third generation wireless network operators and key manufacturers and suppliers to the wireless industry. Its members provide digital wireless services to more than 824 million customers (March 2003) in over 193 countries today – approximately 71% of the total digital wireless market today.

Infospace Reverse for Canada -A Web site that allows you to search for someone by phone number or address

-Every day, Kids Help Phone and Parent Help Line counselors answer calls from across Canada. No matter what the problem or concern, our counselors are there to provide support, information and, if necessary, referral to a local community or social service agency.

Kidsmart is great site full of resources for teachers parents and children, produced by the children's Internet charity Childnet. The site focuses on 5 key SMART Safety Tips which children need to remember when they use the Internet or mobile phone.

Media Awareness Network (MNET) and their critically acclaimed Web Awareness Program is a MUST visit for anyone wanting to learn more about being safe and wise online.

MobileMMS.com -Mobile messaging is evolving beyond text by taking a development path from SMS to EMS to MMS. This Web site focuses upon MMS in particular. The Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) is, as its name suggests, the ability to send messages comprising a combination of text, sounds, images and video to MMS capable handsets. (From the United Kingdom)

MobileSMS.com -a resource for mobile communications professionals and those new to the Short Message Service (SMS). This is the only resource for up to the minute information on text messaging. With free white papers, the latest SMS news, an exhaustive SMS links section, definitions and explanations. (From the United Kingdom)

Netsmartz.org -an educational resource for children aged 5 to 17, parents, and teachers on how to stay safer on the Internet created by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, NCMEC (USA)

Privacy Commissioner for Canada -info@privcom.gc.ca or 1 800 282-1376.
Protection Portal which profiles Canadians who are combating illegal and offensive content on the Internet.

Security Soft has developed a new product - Predator Guard - that scans all text on the computer screen, in any software program (Microsoft Word, Outlook Express, or any IM application), "notices" when that text could be threatening to the user's well-being, and ends the IM or chat session if the user tells it to. The software also captures and logs "violations" - messages that contain language a sexual predator would use - for use as evidence by law enforcement. The product that allows it to do these things: 1) a "library" or database of about 250 terms and phrases typically used by sexual predators or pedophiles (e.g., "Are you home alone?") when they're trying to engage chatroom participants and 2) technology that monitors, detects, and logs that text, checking it against the database.

Security Soft worked with computer-crime experts in police departments for about two years to develop its database of pedophile language. This company apparently also went through thousands of chat logs that had been used as evidence in successful prosecutions of sex offenders, looking for patterns in how the offenders had gained victims' confidence. (Note: This product IS NOT ENDORSED by www.cyberbullying.ca)

SMSPortal.com -a site designed for Mobile Phone Users & Text Addicts. It includes information about: SMS Games, Ringtones, Picture Messages, Logos, Consumer SMS News etc..(From the United Kingdom)

School of Library, Archival and Information Studies (SLAIS) at the University of British Columbia -Canadian Legal Information about Cyberbullying

Student Media Guide to Internet Law From the Student Press Law Center (USA)

Tech Law Journal -News, records, and analysis of legislation, litigation, and regulation affecting the computer and Internet industry (USA)

ThinkMobile -An Information Portal for the Mobile Community (From Jupiter Media -USA)

To Shoot the Messenger? A Canadian Approach to Libel and the On-Line Service Provider FromThe Legal Group for the Internet in Canada ("LoGIC")

Transl8it -Use this wonderful Web site to help construct SMS text messages so you can creatively maximize your impact while staying on top the latest short phrases and text messages.

Tools For Controlling Internet Chat Use From Get Net Wise (USA)

Unstrung.com -Unstrung reports on the business of putting wireless networks to work. They deliver in-depth daily news coverage of the wireless industry, often breaking stories weeks or months before you'll read them elsewhere. Hard-hitting reporting is combined with pithy thoughtful analysis.