Journal Entry -4

Cyber technology impact interactions between offenders and victims by making things anonymous from the offender’s end. Cyberbullying is a very serious problem in modern day society. It is something the leads to victims committing suicide. Offender can harass anyone from anywhere around the world. Offenders could even pretend to be someone else in order to cause more mental stress on a victim. The person they impersonate could be someone a victim loves or looks up to for example. When it comes to impersonation, the victim is not the only one who suffers, the person that is being impersonated is affected as well. Impersonation can ruin the reputation of people who did not actually harass another person through online posts. Social media is the platform where a majority of cybersecurity takes. Even celebrities can be affected by cyberbullying as there will always be fake rumors that are spread around on the internet. There will always be someone who aims to ruin the success of others either for personal gain or simply out if enjoyment. Cyber harassment is not entirely started with hateful degrading comments. There are also photo-shopped images of people doing sexual acts which count as cyber harass. With everything being anonymous online, it is very hard to determine the identity of the offender as they most likely use multiple devices and accounts. Offenders can even force victims to do certain things for them while threatening to release sensitive information or photos out for the public to see. Some of these forced actions can even push people away from each other as a victim will most likely care more about their secrets getting out. Since everything is anonymous, offenders feel safe to behave however they want when they know that it would be difficult to track them down. They abuse being anonymous to harass others and make a profit for example.