How Facebook Continues To Fight Bullying
Facebook continued its efforts to combat bullying with Wednesday’s launch of the Bullying Prevention Hub, a one-stop shop for the social network’s bullying prevention tools.
Facebook continued its efforts to combat bullying with Wednesday’s launch of the Bullying Prevention Hub, a one-stop shop for the social network’s bullying prevention tools.
The Bullying Prevention Hub was created by engineers from Facebook and the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, in particular Marc Brackett and Robin Stern, and it includes sections for teens and friends, parents, and educators, as well as the following safety and security tools grouped together in one easy-to-find menu:
- Reporting bullying
- Community standards
- Social reporting
- Reporting guide
- Manage privacy settings
- How to block a friend
- How to remove a friend
- Facebook Help Center
The social network announced the Bullying Prevention Hub in a post on the Facebook Safety page:
Today on Facebook, we encourage anyone who sees harassment or bullying to report it, and we even offer teens the ability to connect with a trusted adult to get help as part of our social reporting tool.
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