cyber harassment

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Harassment by means of email, text (or online) messages or the internet.

It can take many forms, including but not limited to:

Unwanted sexually explicit emails, text (or online) messages;
Inappropriate or offensive advances on social networking websites or internet chat rooms;
Threats of physical and/or sexual violence by email, text (or online) messages;
Hate speech, meaning language that denigrates, insults, threatens or targets an individual based on her identity (gender) and other traits (such as sexual orientation or disability).