More and more people, including our kids,
have inevitably been spending more
time online and cyber bullying,
even during COVID-19,
is still a problem. In fact,
our very own tech expert, Burton Kelso,
has been a target for cyber bullies.
So he's fighting back and using
his own experience to help others.
Burton, I am so disappointed and saddened
to hear about people cyberbullying.
Not just you,
but they've also taken aim at your family.
Do you mind telling us a little
bit about the experience because
I understand they've even gone as
far to create a Facebook group?
Dedicated toward saying some
not so nice stuff about you.
Oh yeah, it's a continuous on,
but it all started with me creating a
group on a community group on Facebook
and so I wanted to make it neutral band.
Some people. They created a cyber
bullying page and it got bad where
they were posting our home address.
Our business address leaving negative
reviews for both my wife and I's
businesses and they were even stalking
us on different social media accounts.
So it's it's still going on going
because the challenge is Aubrey.
Bullying pages on both Twitter,
Instagram and even Facebook,
they won't take those pages down.
I've had multiple people report the
page and they refused to take it down.
They said it doesn't go against
their community standards.
Yeah,
I mean. Here. Being an unfortunately
it keeps happening and you know you
hear about you know these cyber thugs
because they hide behind a computer.
But we saw some of the screenshots
of the Facebook page and no,
that was not very nice and
so this is pretty terrible.
And even though it is happening to your
trying to turn it into a positive,
turn it around and use this experience
to help people like our viewers.
You have tips,
tips that we can use to prevent or try to
avoid being the victims of cyberbullying.
So what do you suggest we do first?
Well, the first thing you need to do
is to make sure you're careful with
the information that you share online.
The challenges is that we
get to LAX with social media,
so therefore we may accidentally share
personal information, especially kids,
because they quickly bond with people online.
So if you can, you want to create an
alias with your social media account
so people can't find you if possible.
Also too, you might want to sign up for
sites like unroll Me or on Rome dot me.
And also delete dot me which will go
through and remove you from remove
your name from different websites
and social media accounts.
Yeah I.
I personally have done some of
that and it's a little tedious,
but it's worth it.
'cause you do get removed and you
mentioned you touched on kids.
You know what about our kids?
I keep an eye on mine.
They are online and I try to monitor
that activity as best possible.
But what else can we do
when it comes to our kids?
Because mine can be very trusting.
They feel like they know some
of these people they're seeing
on line when it even when
they're just watching videos.
Right, and it's important for
parents to always monitor your kids
devices because you can install
parental controls on your kids gaming
systems and on their computers.
But there is no all encompassing
parental control that can monitor
what goes on in chat rooms,
and so usually that's where your
personal information is shared.
So always grab your kids devices,
take a look at it and see
who they're interacting with.
Make sure that they are not bullying
and also make sure that they're not
becoming victims of cyber bullying.
Because with no school kids
don't have those resources to go
and report when there's a cyber
bullying activity going on.
Yeah, you gotta talk to your
kids and I make sure I tell them you
do not talk about anything personal.
Then there's something
called doxing. Can you tell
me what that is? Yeah yeah,
doxing is what happened to our family.
What that is is when cyber bullies look
up for your personal information online
and then they post it and hopes to,
I guess, have something malicious
happened to you in the in the real world.
And it's really illegal.
So if you see someone doxing or
putting your personal information
on social media or uneven websites,
you need to report it to your
authorities immediately,
because obviously you don't want any
harm to happen to your family or your
family and also with online gaming,
they need to be.
You need to be aware of swatting
and swatting is a practice word.
Online gamers call local law
enforcement to report a problem
at your address and in the course
the authorities bust in your door
and it's supposed to cause.
Embarrassment,
but sometimes it can cause harm to
because you know authorities are
thinking they're going into scary situation,
so you know they may wrap up your family.
Oh
my goodness, yeah, it's it's no joke.
Something I do uses Google
alerts like kind of tells me if
something pops up with my name.
Can this be helpful to combat?
Oh, definitely, because Google is the
all seeing eye and people worry about
Google tracking all your information.
But you can use it to your advantage.
So if you sign up for Google Alerts,
either under your name or your kids name,
you can monitor what things are
being said about them online
and it can look on websites.
Google Earth can also look on social media,
so if you haven't signed
up for Google Alerts,
I highly recommend that you
Sign up today and it's free
and then real quick when it
comes to social media private.
Should we keep those accounts private?
It depends. I mean, if you're like
myself or you you you have to have a
public account, but at the same time,
if you're becoming a victim of bullying,
or if you want to prevent your kids
from becoming a victim of bullying,
just create those counts.
Public, public,
private and then also make sure that
you are blocking people that aren't
causing problems. Alright, Burton,
great tips for cyberbullying.
We appreciate you joining
us in this interview.
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