Social networks: protect yourself from harassment and dependence

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If the harassment is not new, social networks and the internet have developed a new form of abuse: cyber harassment. iStock / ViewApart

By: Caroline Paré Follow

If the harassment is not new, social networks and the internet have developed a new form of abuse: cyber harassment. At the same time, the dissemination of stolen photos has become frequent on social networks. Teenagers, heavy consumers of these media, are particularly affected. Another drift associated with the use of smartphones, their ubiquity, the inability to do without it can be likened to addictive behavior.

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What is cyber harassment? What impact can it have on mental health? How to educate young people and parents? How to explain the dependence on screens? How to detach from your smartphone?

  • Dr Laelia Benoit , Pediatric psychiatrist at the Maison des adolescents de Cochin in Paris, Maison de Solenn. Author of the book “The fragile adolescent, can we predict in psychiatry? »Research editions (published in 2016)
  • Hadja Idrissa Bah, Law student, President of the children's parliament and founding president of the Club des jeunes filles leaders de Guinée . Child rights activist.

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