Stephanie Ovadia, who is best known for representing Lindsay Lohan in her current case against E*TRADE, regarding the televised distribution of the “Milk-aholic” commercial ad. Ovadia, not only a lawyer, but also a mother of 8, she wishes to protect the World Wide Web not only for her children from all possible cyber abuse, but the nation’s children as well. Now taking on a even a bigger defendant , the World Wide Web and its Cyber Bullying.
In a exclusive interview with the inventors of Cyber-Attack.com, the legal team shares the reasoning behind it’s creation, “The website was created in efforts to give a forum for those who are victims to the attacks we are hoping to protect teens and put an end to the web harassment “, says Ovadia. Former Chief of Police Steve Doran ads to the topic, “ this is not a situation to be taking lightly, and should receive every parents full attention, no parent should be unaware of their children's computer activity.”
Stephanie Ovadia, has engaged a list of celebrity peers in her efforts to bring justice to the 1 in 4 teens across America that have fallen victim of these types of crimes, none other than Dina Lohan, Hailey Glassman, Kali Bowyer, Steve Doran and Damon Feldman.
Within the legal definition, "Cyberbullying" is when a child, preteen or teen is tormented, threatened, harassed, humiliated, embarrassed or otherwise targeted by another child, preteen or teen using the Internet, interactive and digital technologies or mobile phones. It has to have a minor on both sides, or at least have been instigated by a minor against another minor. Once adults become involved, it is plain and simple cyber-harassment or cyberstalking. Adult cyber-harassment or cyberstalking is NEVER called cyberbullying.
Dina Lohan shares her thoughts on this issue, “It’s horrible, extremely dangerous, when I was little my parents would say sticks and stones will break my bones but words will never hurt me, today that is not the case, it does not go away any more.”
According to reports the top five states that are effected by these bullies that hide behind the comment wall are; California, New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Washington." a staggering 77% of students are bullied mentally, verbally, & physically in today’s school system.
“Making the web safe for all to use” states Stephanie Ovadia, and she will take on the all that continue to bully through the means of today’s technology. So watch out Myspacer’s , there’s a new Internet Sheriff in town!
In our own resort community backyard of Hilton Head Island, lush with luxury legendary golf courses and fine dinning, lurks a video craze of violence within our own school systems. Not long ago, video of a Beaufort High School gymnasium fight made its way for the world to see on the globally popular web site "YouTube". Shocking the community once more, on June 1, 2009 a series of girl fights were videoed via personal cell phones by students.
Over the 4th of July holiday weekend, the videos were discovered. Within one of the homemade videos, it clearly shows close to 20 Hilton Head Island High School students stood by with back packs in hand to witness the girl fights, while one girl was savagely beaten, punched multiple times in the face, hair pulled out of her head, not one Hilton Head Island student rose to the occasion in attempts to stop the beating, or seek help from the nearby staff.
Hilton Head Island students, are heard laughing and carrying on while witnessing the attack. Is this a violent crime wave within our public schools? "This happens everyday" says one student , "why tell, they don't do anything about it" she continues.
Just how many of our children are being beaten by high school bullies, who then video share the occurrence and jest at the situation at hand. Are our teens living within a high school society that simply turns the other cheek on violence? What about the victims, they are tormented and threatened to tell. The days of the watchdog student reporting on those who don't have a hall pass are simply gone. Where as parents to we draw the line? We send our children to school in hopes that they will receive a education that will enable them to proceed into college and the social skills needed when going into the real world.
If we are idly sitting by without forcing the administration to take responsibility to protect the children within the class rooms, then we are the ones failing our children.
