my friend is being cyber bullied what can be done?

Yes there can be, depending on where you live. Many teens and young children have committed suicide because of cyber bullying so a lot of states have opened their eyes to help.

-In the United States, there's no federal law against cyber bullying -- yet. A bill introduced to the House of Representatives last year would make it against the law to "transmit in interstate or foreign commerce any communication, with the intent to coerce, intimidate, harass, or cause substantial emotional distress to a person, using electronic means to support severe, repeated, and hostile behavior."

-Several states have signed cyber bullying bills into law. States like Maryland, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky and others have tried to define cyber bullying in a way that allows law enforcement officials to charge bullies with specific crimes.

I hope you and your friend get justice. =]

I'm not sure if there's anything legal that can be done, but perhaps your friend could contact Twitter's administration and tell them what's going on. They may be able to track the guy's IP address and block him from using the site.

If that doesn't work, then I suggest your friend delete her Twitter account. Probably she should just use Facebook, or whatever, at least for awhile. If her bully can't get through to her, he'll probably go away eventually.

Also, perhaps she should try just laughing it off? Make fun of him, ridicule him? If he thinks she's not bothered by it, he'll probably give up after awhile. Seriously - I did that to one of my bullies in high school. That idiot rolled my yard and set some stuff on fire in it, then proceeded to mess with me about it the next day - "Someone really nailed your yard, didn't they?" And you should have seen the ook on his face when I burst into laughed and said "Hell yeah, that was funny as hell, man! I hope they come back next year, it was GREAT!" He looked absolutely crestfallen! Maybe your friend could try something like that...I'm not really all that sure how Twitter works, but next time he leaves a rude tweet, just say something like "LOL my stalker's at it again, folks...I guess I'm just that cool!" and every time he insults her, ridicule him and make it out like he's obsessed with her (which he clearly is). Perhaps "You know, when a boy messes with a girl like this, that usually means that he likes her. Sorry, but I don't return those feelings." or "I thought your insults couldn't get any lamer, but you've proved me wrong. Can't you do any better than that?" She shouldn't ever let on that it bothers her (even if it does) because that's what he wants. If he thinks that she's just taking the mickey out of him because of it, then he'll probably get worse at first (to see if he can get to her) then he'll eventually get bored and move on.

That's kind of how I dealt with an online stalker that I had once. I just made fun of her. She stalked me on Myspace and write ugly blogs about me, the whole nine yards. I just wrote one of my own and basically said "I'm flattered that you're so obsessed with me, but seriously, get a life."

Good luck...I hope this idiot leaves your friend alone!

I think legal action could work, um...You can call the police. Cyber bullying is serious. Tell your friend to delete her Twitter account to save herself.

she should either delete her account or make a new one she doesnt need to put up with that bs, and im sure there is a "report" feature on twitter tell twitter about the situation and maybe they can help.

I'm sorry to hear about what you're going through right now. I wrote an article which may help you combat cyber bullies and other online jerks: http://linkbee.com/F2WC6

I hope this helps with your situation.

Tell her to not post pictures of herself so he won't know what she looks like. Im not calling her fat but he will look retarted if he calls her fat without knowing what her pic looks like. Or you could tell her to quit twitter and get a facebook or myspace instead.

Not to be mean, but there is really nothing you can do about it. This is the internet, full of dim-witted scumbags. Just tell her to get a new twitter.

situations like this piss me off. its the victims fault as much as the bully. its the internet ppl talk trash 24/7 she should stop living her life by the internet and start living a REAL life outside her computer.

Hmm, trace his IP address to his address. Take a knife round and **** HIS **** UP.

make a new account!