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Theme 2: Social Media, Technology and Young People.The second theme for the inquiry panel was: Social Media, Technology and Young People. Itconsisted of the following representatives:Rebecca Newton and Mithra Nandoo - Mind CandyRosa Birch - FacebookPatricia Cartes - TwitterDr Jo Twist - UK Interactive Entertainment AssociationKathryn Tremlett - UK Safer Internet CentreNatalie opened this session with the same question: did the panel agree with the definitions ofcyberbullying and cyberviolence? Interestingly, the social network companies did not agree asthey saw online bullying as part of bullying, rather than a separate form of bullying. This is becausebullying could move between online and off-line because technology is more mobile.The Youth-led Inquiry also wanted to know when free speech becomes bullying. The panelagreed this was difficult as it depended on:-• The context• The relationship between the people involved• The actual words being used.The Youth-led inquiry recognised this made it very difficult for adults to judge if this was bullyingor banter. The young people felt more education and training for young people and staff onrecognising the difference would really help to prevent cyberbullying and cyberviolence.Amber raised the issue of the way girls are depicted in computer games - either sexy or aboffin. Dr Jo Twist from UKIE responded that the big challenge for the industry was to get moregirls interested in designing and making computer games. She also said that the games industryrecognised that bullying was an issue and worked very hard to protect its gaming communitiesbut that more could be done if they worked with young people.The young specialists were very excited at finding ways in which they could work with gamescompanies to improve safety. Rahim was worried that with more consoles linking into socialnetworking sites this would create more opportunities for online bullying.They had wanted to know what is being done by industry to keep young people safe. RebeccaNewton from Mind Candy explained that they have moderators for Moshi Monsters who arewatching and making sure things are done to keep young people safe and to address anyincidents that are reported. The Youth-led inquiry felt that this was really good for children butas you get older you move from having avatars that are anonymous to being asked to put yourreal details into your profile accounts. They did not think that there was enough information andsupport to help young people with this transition from anonymous to identifiable accounts such asFacebook where you have to put in your real details.12Cyberbullying: A youth led inquiry
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